GENETIC RESISTANCE OF CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS) AGAINST THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F.SP.RADICIS-CUCUMERINUM

摘要

The present invention involves methods to create cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants and seeds that are genetically resistant to the "root and stem rot"disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum. Also it involves a method to graft cucumber plants onto the resistant cucumber cultivar C566 or onto any other cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) genetic material with resistance to the "root and stem rot"disease caused by F. oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum. Cucumber (C. sativus) plants that are resistant to are used to construct the cucumber plants and seeds of the present invention. The preferred cucumber (C. sativus) selection used in the present invention as a source of the resistant genes against the "root and stem rot" disease caused by F. oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum is designated as C566. The control of the "root and stem rot"disease of cucumber caused by F. oxysporum f.sp. radicis- cucumerinum.