Tetraploid watermelons producing small fruits

摘要

Tetraploid watermelon inbreds are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of the tetraploid watermelon inbreds, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbreds through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to methods of producing the triploid seedless watermelon seeds and plants by crossing the tetraploid inbreds with diploid watermelon inbreds, and to the triploid plants produced therefrom.

主权项

1. A method of producing tetraploid watermelon seed, wherein the method comprises:
a) growing a tetraploid watermelon plant of line 90-4194, representative seed of tetraploid watermelon line 90-4194 having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4855; b) allowing self-pollination of said tetraploid watermelon plant; c) obtaining a fruit from a tetraploid watermelon plant of step b); and d) extracting tetraploid watermelon seed from said fruit.