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Disease Resistance in Melon and Its Modification by Molecular Breeding Techniques

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Functional Genomics and Biotechnology in Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae Crops

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 70))

Abstract

Disease resistance is one of the main objectives in breeding new melon cultivars. Phenotypic evaluation of the genetic resources has lead to the identification of sources of resistance to viruses, bacteria, oomycetes and fungi. The genetic control of some but not all of these resistances has been published. Molecular tools can be useful for (1) Agrobacterium-mediated inoculation of viruses, (2) evaluation of genetic resources or mutant populations by reverse genetics, (3) mapping the genes and QTLs and using marker-assisted selection, (4) studying the molecular interactions between the pathogens and the plant and (5) developing transgenic material which has been made up to now mainly to control viruses.

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Pitrat, M. (2016). Disease Resistance in Melon and Its Modification by Molecular Breeding Techniques. In: Ezura, H., Ariizumi, T., Garcia-Mas, J., Rose, J. (eds) Functional Genomics and Biotechnology in Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae Crops. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 70. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48535-4_11

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