Development of sequence-specific primers that amplify a 1.5-kb DNA marker for race 1 Fusarium wilt resistance in Cucumis melo L.

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-292

  Wechter, W Patrick ^a   Dean, Ralph A ^a   Thomas, Claude E ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk segregant analysis; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis; Marker assisted selection; Muskmelon; SCARs; Sequence characterized amplification regions

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUSARIUM; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILT;

CUCUMIS MELO; FUSARIUM;

EID: 0031960091     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.2.291     Document Type: Article

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