Why was seedless watermelon invented?
Why was seedless watermelon invented? Seedless watermelons were invented over 50 years ago, and they have few or no seeds. Watermelon breeders discovered that crossing a diploid plant (bearing the standard two sets of chromosomes) with a tetraploid plant (having four sets of chromosomes) results in a fruit that produces a triploid seed. When did they come out with seedless watermelons? 1990s Commercial production of seedless watermelon began in the 1990s. Since then it has steadily increased to be a major part of today's watermelon market. Where do seedless watermelons come from? When the tetraploid plant is bred back, or...