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Using the melon cultivar 'Vedrantais'(VD), which has a stable transformation efficiency, and 'Piel de Sapo'(PS), which hardly produces transformants, we attempted to identify genetic factors related to the varietal difference in transformation efficiency. We determined the regeneration and transformation efficiencies of the two cultivars. Next, we investigated whether transformation was possible or not using a chromosome substitution line in which part of 'Piel de Sapo' was replaced with 'VD'. The transformation efficiency of PS was less than 0.1%, while that of 'VD' was about 2%. We found that transformation was possible with 'PS', in which chromosomes 4, 5, and 8 were replaced with 'VD'.
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