The application concerns melon plants (Cucumis melo) resistant to infection with tomato leaf curl New Dehli virus (ToLCNDV). The resistant melon plants have a genomic introgression fragment on chromosome 5 which confers tolerance to ToLCNDV in a dominant manner. Also disclosed are markers for identifying those fragments, methods for identifying or producing resistant melon plants.

Provided is a polynucleotide for identifying a male or female Ginkgo biloba plant, comprising or consisting of the following sequence: 1) the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5; or 2) a complementary, degenerate or homologous sequence of the sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5; or 3) a polynucleotide hybridizing to the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5 under stringent conditions or a complementary sequence thereof; 4) the coding sequence of any one of the sequences of the above 1)-3); or 5) a nucleotide sequence being identical to more than 10 bp contiguous nucleotides in any one of the sequences of the above 1)-4). The polynucleotide provided herein is unique to a male Ginkgo biloba plant, and it may be used to identify a male or female Ginkgo biloba plant; this identification method has the advantages of stable and accurate results, good repeatability and fast detection, thereby providing the basis for identifying a male or female Ginkgo biloba plant by molecular markers.

The present invention relates to a modified FBXL13 gene which leads to a plant showing resistance to a virus belonging to the Torradovirus genus. The invention also relates to a plant belonging to the Solanaceae family comprising the modified FBXL13 gene. The modified FBXL13 gene of the invention provides a plant showing resistance to a virus belonging to the Torradovirus genus when compared to plants not comprising the modified FBXL13 gene. The invention further relates to the use of the modified FBXL13 gene for the identification and development of a plant belonging to the Solanaceae family showing resistance to a virus belonging to the Torradovirus genus.

The invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant that is resistant to TBRFV, which plant comprises a QTL on chromosome 11 between SEQ ID NO: 1 and 53. The presence of the QTL on chromosome 11 is identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group comprising SEQ ID NOS: 4 to 52. The QTL is as comprised in the genome of a Solanum lycopersicum plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42882, NCIMB 42885, NCIMB 42887, or NCIMB 42890.

The present invention relates to a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.) which may comprise a genetic determinant that confers resistance to Pepino Mosaic Virus (PepMV), wherein the resistance is characterised by the presence of at least QTL1 and/or QTL2. The invention also relates to sources for obtaining said genetic determinant, representative seed of which were deposited with the NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 41927, NCIMB 41928, NCIMB 42068, and NCIMB 42069. The invention further relates to seeds and progeny of the plant and to its fruits and processed fruits. In addition the invention relates to molecular markers linked to PepMV resistance conferring QTLs and the use thereof.

The present invention relates to Tomato spotted wilt virus, or TSWV, resistant plants and especially plants of the genus Cichorium such as leaf chicory, endive, radicchio, Belgian endive, French endive, and witloof. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and providing the present plants using genomic nucleic acid sequences identified herein. Specifically, the present invention relates to plants being resistant to Tomato spotted wilt virus, or TSWV, wherein the plants comprise a first resistance providing genomic fragment comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 24, and SEQ ID No. 26.

The present invention relates to a tomato plant which carries at least one QTL in its genome that leads to its fruits comprising higher levels of anthocyanins when compared to fruits produced by a tomato plant not carrying said QTL in its genome, wherein said fruits are not purple at the red-ripe harvest stage. A tomato plant of the invention may also comprise all QTLs, each either in homozygous or heterozygous form. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant, propagation material for the plant and to markers for identifying the QTLs and their use.

The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum BCMS plants comprising a male fertility restoration locus. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with male fertility from Capsicum annuum on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male fertility phenotype are provided.

A method for maintaining a male sterile plant in a homozygous recessive state includes providing a first plant that includes homozygous recessive male sterility alleles, providing a second plant that includes homozygous recessive male sterility alleles the same as that in the first plant and a nucleotide construct in which the construct exists in a heterozygous state. The first nucleotide sequence of the nucleotide construct encodes a first protein that restores male fertility of the first plant after expression in the first plant. The second nucleotide sequence of the nucleotide construct allows for distinguishing the grains with or without the construct by observation through naked eyes or devices. The first nucleotide sequence and the second nucleotide sequence are tightly connected with each other and coexist in a plant. The method further includes fertilizing female gametes of the first plant with male gametes of the second plant.

The present disclosure provides for unique onion plants with disease resistance and desirable bulb color and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with multiple disease resistance coupled with a desirable bulb color. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with disease resistance and/or desirable bulb color are provided.