ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,221, issued on July 22, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).
"Genetic basis for Pythium resistance" was invented by Cornelis Haaring (De Lier, Netherlands), Adrianus Cornelis Koeken (De Lier, Netherlands) and Lena Johanna Huijbregts-Doorduin (De Lier, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Cucumis sativus plant which comprises a copy number variant region which leads to Pythium and Didymella brioniae resistance. The invention further relates to propagation material suitable for producing such Cucumis sativus plant. The invention also relates to a method...