The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits.

The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits.

The present invention relates to a watermelon plant showing resistance against potyviruses, wherein the watermelon plant may comprise one or more of resistance conferring alleles of QTL1, QTL2 and QTL3 and wherein the said QTLs are as present in or obtainable from a watermelon plant, representative seed of which was deposited under deposit accession number NCIMB 42537, 42536, 42535 respectively.

The present invention relates to a watermelon plant showing resistance against potyviruses, wherein the watermelon plant may comprise one or more of resistance conferring alleles of QTL1, QTL2 and QTL3 and wherein the said QTLs are as present in or obtainable from a watermelon plant, representative seed of which was deposited under deposit accession number NCIMB 42537, 42536, 42535 respectively.

A method includes introducing a protein having double-stranded DNA cleavage activity itself into the eukaryote or a part of the eukaryote, and rearranging DNA of the eukaryote by the protein in the eukaryote or a part of cells of the eukaryote.

A method includes introducing a protein having double-stranded DNA cleavage activity itself into the eukaryote or a part of the eukaryote, and rearranging DNA of the eukaryote by the protein in the eukaryote or a part of cells of the eukaryote.

Compositions and methods are provided for genome modification of a nucleotide sequence located in or near a male fertility gene of Ms1 or Ms5 in the genome of a plant cell or plant to produce a male-sterile plant. In some examples, the methods and compositions employ a guide RNA/Cas endonuclease system for modifying or altering target sites located in or near a male fertility gene of Ms1 or Ms5 in the genome of a plant cell, plant or seed to produce a male-sterile plant. Also provided are compositions and methods employing a guide polynucleotide/Cas endonuclease system for genome modification a nucleotide sequence located in or near a male fertility gene of Ms1 or Ms5 in the genome of a plant cell to produce a male-sterile plant. Compositions and methods are also provided for restoring fertility to a Ms1 or Ms5 nucleotide sequence to a male-sterile Ms1 or Ms5 plant produced using the methods and compositions described herein.

New lettuce varieties designated ‘Ezthana’ and ‘Eztron’ are described. ‘Ezthana’ and ‘Eztron’ are lettuce varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

The present invention relates to methods for targeted editing in a plant, a plant cell or material, which is combined with the parallel introduction of a phenotypically selectable trait. Furthermore, methods are provided not comprising a step of introducing a transgenic selection marker sequence.

A tomato plant exhibiting a facultative parthenocarpy is provided. The plant comprises a loss-of-function mutation in a SlAGL6 gene and alternatively or additionally characterized by an average fruit weight/plant at least about the same as that of a non-parthenocarpic tomato of the same genetic background under fertilization permissive conditions of the non-parthenocarpic tomato. Also provided are methods of producing such plants and processed products produced from same.