Class 800/308 - Watermelon

Subclass of Class 800 - Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
Definition: Subject matter wherein the higher plant, seedling, plant
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 08/28/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8252982	Seedless watermelon having small fruit The present invention is a novel method which results in the production of small seedless watermelon fruit having an average fruit weight of less than 12.0 pounds. The novel method involves using small tetraploid parental lines to produce small triploid hybrid seed....	08/28/2012
8212118	Watermelon pollenizer SP-6 The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-6, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit. ...	07/03/2012
8173873	Watermelon pollenizer SP-5 The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-5, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit. ...	05/08/2012
8119862	Watermelon line WNV142-1115 The invention provides seed and plants of the watermelon line designated WNV142-1115. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of watermelon line WNV142-1115, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing a plant of ...	02/21/2012
8115064	Watermelon line WAS146-4197 The invention provides seed and plants of the watermelon line designated WAS146-4197. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of watermelon line WAS146-4197, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing a plant of ...	02/14/2012
8034999	Multibranching watermelon plant and method of producing The present invention relates to a watermelon plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a watermelon plant having an allele which results in a multibranching compact watermelon plant with small fruit. The invention also relates to ...	10/11/2011
7820884	Dual purpose watermelon: reduced sugar watermelon for type 2 diabetics, and pollenizer for seedless watermelons The invention relates to a diploid watermelon having fruit with approximately ⅓ lower sugar content than common watermelons found in the market place, and plant characteristics favorable for use as a pollenizer for commercial production of seedless watermelons. In...	10/26/2010
7741542	Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content An endogenous oil extracted from Brassica seeds is disclosed that contains, after crushing and extraction, greater than 86% oleic acid and less than 2.5% α-linolenic acid. The oil also contains less than 7% linoleic acid. The Brassica seeds are produc...	06/22/2010
7667101	Watermelon line 110-1005 The invention provides seed and plants of the watermelon line designated 110-1005. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of watermelon line 110-1005, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing a plant of waterm...	02/23/2010
7550652	Watermelon pollenizer SP-4 The present invention provides a novel watermelon line designated SP-4, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit. ...	06/23/2009
7528298	Enhanced pollenizer and method for increasing seedless watermelon yield An enhanced, diploid pollenizer watermelon plant and method used to maximize the yield of triploid seedless watermelons per area. The enhanced pollenizer watermelon plant of the invention is either a hybrid variety, an open-pollinated variety or a synthetic variety,...	05/05/2009
7314979	Multibranching watermelon plant and method of producing The present invention relates to a watermelon plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a watermelon plant having an allele which results in a multibranching compact watermelon plant with small fruit. The invention also relates to ...	01/01/2008
7238866	Triploid hybrid watermelon plants A tetraploid watermelon inbred 90-4194 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of tetraploid watermelon inbred 90-4194, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbred 90-4194 through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to metho...	07/03/2007
7235712	Bacterial isolates of the genus , and an isomaltulose synthase gene isolated therefrom Two strains of a novel bacterial species, Klebsiella singaporensis LX3 and LX21, are claimed. A nucleotide sequence (kis) encoding a novel form of isomaltulose synthase, KIS, is also claimed. Also claimed is a method for production of isomaltulose in a plant,...	06/26/2007
7164059	Method of producing seedless watermelon The present invention is a novel method which improves the economical production of seedless watermelon fruit. The novel method involves using short vine pollinators in the production field to pollinate the triploid hybrids which result in increased yields. ...	01/16/2007
7115800	Seedless watermelon having small fruit The present invention is a novel method which results in the production of small seedless watermelon fruit having an average fruit weight of less than 12.0 pounds. The novel method involves using small tetraploid parental lines to produce small triploid hybrid seed....	10/03/2006
7071374	Method for producing triploid, seedless watermelon An enhanced, diploid pollenizer watermelon plant and method used to maximize the yield of triploid seedless watermelons per area. The enhanced pollenizer watermelon plant of the invention is either a hybrid variety, an open-pollinated variety or a synthetic variety,...	07/04/2006
6858777	Methods for stable transformation of plants Multiple shoot structures are induced from plant tissues (e.g., shoot apices or axillary buds on an artificial medium) to produce multiple shoot cultures. These multi-shoot cultures are then transformed by known transformation methods. Plants are subsequently regene...	02/22/2005
6759576	Enhanced pollenizer and method for increasing seedless watermelon yield An enhanced, diploid pollenizer watermelon plant and method used to maximize the yield of triploid seedless watermelons per area. The enhanced pollenizer watermelon plant of the invention is either a hybrid variety, an open-pollinated variety or a synthetic variety,...	07/06/2004
6747191	Inbred tetraploid watermelon line 90-4194 A tetraploid watermelon inbred 90-4194 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of tetraploid watermelon inbred 90-4194, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbred 90-4194 through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to metho...	06/08/2004
6355865	Pollenizer plants for use in the production of seedless watermelon This invention relates to a pollenizer watermelon plant, for use in the production of seedless watermelon. The pollenizer plant is characterized by at least two of the following features: (a) distinguishable fruit phenotype; (b) high number of male flower...	03/12/2002
6350935	Fruit-specific and ripening-regulation expansin gene to control fruit texture and softening Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils. Because the plant primary cell wall acts as a constraint to ce...	02/26/2002
6323393	Enhancer-increased gene expression in plants The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the nucleotide sequence. Particular sequences are identified fro...	11/27/2001
6268552	Transgenic seedless fruit comprising AGL or GH3 promoter operably linked to isopentenyl transferase or tryptophan monooxygenase coding DNA The present invention provides methods and DNA constructs for the genetic engineering of plant cells to produce plants which produce substantially seedless fruit in the absence of exogenous growth factors (auxins or cytokinins) and in the absence of polli...	07/31/2001
6235974	Hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed treatment with a hypersensitive response elicitor The present invention relates to a method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant seed under conditions where the polypeptide or prote...	05/22/2001
6228644	Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene The present invention is directed to an isolated protein or polypeptide which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants as well as an isolated DNA molecule which encodes the hypersensitive response eliciting protein or polypeptide. This isolated protein...	05/08/2001
6160201	Lettuce infectious yellows virus genes The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid which contains a nucleotide sequence which encodes at least one of five LIYV proteins: the coat protein, the heat shock protein-70, RNA polymerase, the protein encoded by the gene positioned at ORF 3...	12/12/2000
6069299	Fungus and insect control with chitinolytic enzymes The present invention relates to chitinolytic enzymes which have chitinolytic activity under alkaline conditions as well as DNA molecules encoding these enzymes and expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants and plant seeds transformed with suc...	05/30/2000
6051752	Genetic factor responsible for a defective endosperm phenotype in seeds, plants comprising said factor and their use in hybridization processes The invention relates to a genetic male gametophytic factor capable, when expressed, of conferring a defective endosperm phenotype to seeds, said seeds being unable to germinate on their own. The invention also relates to the use of plants or part of plan...	04/18/2000
6018101	Method using male sterility and a marker to produce hybrid seeds and plants A method is provided for efficiently producing superior hybrid seed and plants. The method uses a genetic mechanism for ensuring high percentages of natural cross-pollination and combines this mechanism with a genetically conferred morphological trait tha...	01/25/2000
6015942	Transgenic plants exhibiting heterologous virus resistance A method for increasing virus resistance to a transgenic plant comprising a coat protein gene from a cucumber mosaic virus is provided....	01/18/2000
5932479	Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts Methods for the transformation of etioplasts and of chloroplasts are disclosed. One method comprises incubating isolated etioplasts with a chelating agent to bind metal ions on which chloroplast nucleases are dependent and incubating the resultant nucleas...	08/03/1999
5929303	Fruit-specific and ripening-regulation expansin genes to control fruit texture and softening Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils. Because the plant primary cell wall acts as a constraint to ce...	07/27/1999
5773697	Genetic constructs and methods for producing fruits with very little or diminished seed The invention discloses a transgenic method for producing fruit with diminished or very little seeds or fruits with reduced seed number. It involves the temporal expression of a cytotoxic gene or combination of genes targeted toward arresting seed develop...	06/30/1998
5007198	Process for the accelerated production of triploid seeds for seedless watermelon cultivars Disclosed here is a novel process which facilitates the rapid and economical production of seedless watermelon seed. The novel process involves cloning desirable tetraploid watermelon parental lines. These parental lines are essential in the production of...	04/16/1991

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