{"id":12073,"date":"2022-02-01T09:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=12073"},"modified":"2024-06-21T03:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:37:58","slug":"cuccap-researchers-develop-watermelon-breeding-lines-with-broad-resistance-to-phytophthora-capsici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2022\/02\/01\/cuccap-researchers-develop-watermelon-breeding-lines-with-broad-resistance-to-phytophthora-capsici\/","title":{"rendered":"CucCAP researchers develop watermelon breeding lines with broad resistance to <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watermelon is a major cucurbit crop grown on over 100,000 acres and valued at more than $500 million annually. A significant portion of the watermelon crop is grown in the eastern United States where Phytophthora fruit rot occurs regularly resulting in severe yield losses. CucCAP researchers in Charleston, SC developed 5 Phytophthora fruit rot resistant watermelon germplasm lines with high levels of resistance against a broad range of diverse <em>P. capsici<\/em> (20) isolates collected from across the United States. These resistant germplasm lines are being used in breeding programs to develop resistant cultivars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12074\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2022\/02\/01\/cuccap-researchers-develop-watermelon-breeding-lines-with-broad-resistance-to-phytophthora-capsici\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12074\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12074 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/phytophthora-on-melon-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/phytophthora-on-melon-min.jpg 554w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/phytophthora-on-melon-min-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/phytophthora-on-melon-min-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phytophthora fruit rot susceptible cultivar Sugar Baby (fruit on left) compared with resistant germplasm line USVL203-PFR (fruit on right). Intense sporulation and growth of the fruit rot pathogen <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em> is observed on susceptible cultivar Sugar Baby, whereas no sporulation is seen on USVL203-PFR.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apsjournals.apsnet.org\/doi\/10.1094\/PDIS-11-20-2480-RE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Broad resistance to post-harvest fruit rot in USVL watermelon germplasm lines to isolates of <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em>\u00a0from across USA<\/strong>.<\/a><br \/>\nby: Chandrasekar S. Kousik, Jennifer Lauren Ikerd, William Wechter, Sandra Branham, and William W. Turechek<br \/>\nPublished online by Plant Disease on September 27, 2021.<br \/>\nDOI: 10.1094\/PDIS-11-20-2480-RE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CucCAP researchers developed 5 Phytophthora fruit rot resistant watermelon germplasm lines with high levels of resistance against a broad range of diverse <em>P. capsici<\/em> isolates collected from across the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,419],"tags":[571,461,116,572],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12073"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12073"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12200,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12073\/revisions\/12200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}