Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

10-30-2001

Patent Number

patent number 6309837

Abstract

The present invention provides a sensitive assay for objectively determining the genotype of cucurbit plants, particularly species of melon, with respect to resistance or susceptibility to Fusarium wilt infection. The assay of the present invention uses a polymerase chain reaction to amplify sample DNA using either an AM or FM oligonucleotide primer pair. The PCR product which results from either primer pair differs in size, depending upon whether the template DNA was obtained from a plant susceptible or resistant to Fusarium wilt, permitting easy and rapid identification of plant genotype.

Application Number

09/417722

Assignees

Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Filing Date

1999-10-13

Primary/U.S. Class

435/6.12

Other/U.S. Class

428/99, 428/907, 435/91.1, 435/91.2, 435/410, 435/803, 536/25.4

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