ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,980, issued on April 14, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Disease resistant melon plants" was invented by Adrien Mauny (Sarrians, France), Marc Oliver (Saint-Sauveur, France) and Bruno Foncelle (Sarrians, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel melon plants displaying an increased resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis race 1,2 infection. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to ...