US Patent Issued to Seminis Vegetable Seeds on Jan. 20 for "Resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in Cucumis sativus" (Dutch, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,069, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in Cucumis sativus" was invented by Melissa C. Cantet (Saint Andiol, France), Belgin Cukadar (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Maarten de Milliano (Bergschenhoek, Netherlands) and Antoon Stekelenburg (Houten, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus) exhibiting increased resistance to Cumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a CGMMV resistance phenotype. Such plants include cucu...