Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species
Fusarium wilt is a serious disease of cucurbit crops including cultivated Luffa species (Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa acutangula) causing considerable amount of reduction in yield and quality. Luffa is starting to be used as rootstocks for major commercial cucurbit crops, but little is known of its resis...
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| author | Sumant Bindal Sumant Bindal Zong-ming Sheu Lawrence Kenyon Dalia Taher Dalia Taher Mohamed Rakha Mohamed Rakha |
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| description | Fusarium wilt is a serious disease of cucurbit crops including cultivated Luffa species (Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa acutangula) causing considerable amount of reduction in yield and quality. Luffa is starting to be used as rootstocks for major commercial cucurbit crops, but little is known of its resistance against soilborne diseases. Here, 63 Luffa accessions from the World Vegetable Center genebank were evaluated for resistance to an aggressive isolate of Fusarium oxysporum f. FoCu-1 (Fsp-66). According to visual screening based on disease severity rating, 14 accessions exhibited a high level of resistance against Fsp-66. These accessions were further evaluated for resistance against Fsp-66 and two more isolates FoCu-1 (isolated from infected cucumber plants) and FoM-6 (isolated from infected bitter gourd plants). Of the 14 accessions, 11 were confirmed resistant against isolate Fsp-66. In addition, 13 accessions showed high resistance against isolates FoCu-1 and FoM-6. This is the first report of Fusarium wilt resistance in Luffa and these sources will be valuable for the development of Luffa rootstocks/cultivars resistant to soil-borne pathogen to manage this serious disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe526f16a4604038be12aa020cc2dd592023-06-09T04:56:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2023-06-011410.3389/fpls.2023.11160061116006Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa speciesSumant Bindal0Sumant Bindal1Zong-ming Sheu2Lawrence Kenyon3Dalia Taher4Dalia Taher5Mohamed Rakha6Mohamed Rakha7Breeding Unit, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, TaiwanResearch and Development Department, R. K. Seed Farm Company, Azadpur, IndiaPlant Pathology Unit, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, TaiwanPlant Pathology Unit, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, TaiwanBreeding Unit, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, TaiwanVegetable Crops Research Department, Horticultural Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, EgyptBreeding Unit, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, TaiwanHorticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kafr El-Sheikh, Kafr El-Sheikh, EgyptFusarium wilt is a serious disease of cucurbit crops including cultivated Luffa species (Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa acutangula) causing considerable amount of reduction in yield and quality. Luffa is starting to be used as rootstocks for major commercial cucurbit crops, but little is known of its resistance against soilborne diseases. Here, 63 Luffa accessions from the World Vegetable Center genebank were evaluated for resistance to an aggressive isolate of Fusarium oxysporum f. FoCu-1 (Fsp-66). According to visual screening based on disease severity rating, 14 accessions exhibited a high level of resistance against Fsp-66. These accessions were further evaluated for resistance against Fsp-66 and two more isolates FoCu-1 (isolated from infected cucumber plants) and FoM-6 (isolated from infected bitter gourd plants). Of the 14 accessions, 11 were confirmed resistant against isolate Fsp-66. In addition, 13 accessions showed high resistance against isolates FoCu-1 and FoM-6. This is the first report of Fusarium wilt resistance in Luffa and these sources will be valuable for the development of Luffa rootstocks/cultivars resistant to soil-borne pathogen to manage this serious disease.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1116006/fullbiotic stressbreedingcucurbitsFusariumridge gourdrootstocks |
| spellingShingle | Sumant Bindal Sumant Bindal Zong-ming Sheu Lawrence Kenyon Dalia Taher Dalia Taher Mohamed Rakha Mohamed Rakha Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species Frontiers in Plant Science biotic stress breeding cucurbits Fusarium ridge gourd rootstocks |
| title | Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species |
| title_full | Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species |
| title_fullStr | Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species |
| title_short | Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in Luffa species |
| title_sort | novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in luffa species |
| topic | biotic stress breeding cucurbits Fusarium ridge gourd rootstocks |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1116006/full |
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