Patents by Inventor Margalith Levy

Margalith Levy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Production of hybrid cucumber seeds
    Patent number: 4822949
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of F.sub.1 hybrid seeds in cucumber (Cucumis sativus). The present invention relates to a method wherein the pollen-parent bears only male flowers and thus lacks the capability to bear fruits. The method comprises planting the hybrid seed production field with a mixture of seed-parent and pollen-parent seeds and harvesting the desired F.sub.1 hybrid cucumber seeds from the thus produced fruit on the seed parent.This invention also relates to hybrid seed produced by the methods of this invention, the hybrid cucumber plant produced from the hybrid cucumber seed, and variants, modifications, and mutants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Yeda Research Development Company Limited
    Inventors: Shlomo Niego, Esra Galun, Margalith Levy