Abstract Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] and citron watermelon (Citrullus
lanatus var. citroides (LH Bailey) Mansf. ex Greb.) are amongst the widely grown yet under …

Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, is a very large and diverse family, the
order Cucurbitales, contains 95 genera and 950–980 species of food and ornamental …

Yield and fruit quality loss by powdery mildew (PM) fungus is a major concern in cucurbits,
but early-stage resistance mechanisms remain elusive in the majority of cucurbits. Here, we …

Watermelon is an important vegetable crop and is widely cultivated in USA with an
approximate global production of> 100 million tons. Powdery mildew (PM) caused by …

Powdery mildew (PM) of watermelon caused by Podosphaera xanthii has been occurring
more frequently in recent years than in the past and now growers routinely apply fungicides …

Key message ClLOX, is located on chromosome 2 and encodes a lipoxygenase gene,
which induced watermelon powdery mildew resistance by inhibiting pathogen spread …

Cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM) is caused most frequently by well‐differentiated obligate
erysiphaceous ectoparasites Golovinomyces orontii and Podosphaera xanthii, which vary in …

The narrow genetic diversity of cultivated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) makes it vulnerable
to a wide variety of biotic stressors; hence, breeding for resistance has become a research …

USVL531-MDR is a multiple diseaseresistant (MDR) watermelon (Citrullus mucosospermus;
Syn: Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) germplasm line that exhibits high levels of resistance to a …

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a fruit crop in the family Cucurbitaceae, which also
includes other important vegetables such as cucumber, pumpkin, gourds, and other types of …