Melon plants with enhanced fruit yields

US10111395B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizatin (ARO) (Volcani Center) · IL

Inventors

• Yaakov Tadmor · Timrat, IL
• Yosef Burger · Haifa, IL
• Ayala Meir · Mizpe Ramon, IL
• Uzi Saar · Rekhasim, IL
• Fabian Baumkoler · Nazareth Ilit, IL
• Arthur A. Schaffer · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
• Nurit Katzir · Rekhasim, IL
• Ido Oz · Koranit, IL
• Tamar Lavee · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/10
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A Cucumis melo plant or a part thereof, the plant bearing more than 12 fruit, the fruit being seedless. Methods of generating same and breeding same are also disclosed.