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Title: Watermelon in: Genetics, genomics and breeding of cucurbits

Author
item Levi, Amnon
item Wechter, William - Pat
item Thies, Judy
item Ling, Kai-Shu
item REDDY, U - West Virginia State University
item XU, Y - National Engineering Research Center For Information Technology In Agriculture
item GUO, S - National Engineering Research Center For Information Technology In Agriculture
item ZHANG, X - Syngenta Seeds, Inc

Submitted to: CRC Press
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/25/2010
Publication Date: 1/10/2012
Citation: Levi, A., Wechter, W.P., Thies, J.A., Ling, K., Reddy, U.K., Xu, Y., Guo, S., Zhang, X. 2012. Watermelon In Wang, Y, H., Dehdra, T. K., and Kole, C. (eds) Genetics, genomics and breeding of cucurbits. 1st edition. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY. Pp. 309-334.

Interpretive Summary: N/A

Technical Abstract: This manuscript describes the accomplishments in genetics and breeding of watermelon, dealing with crop origin and major diseases and pests. It also describes the recent advances in genomics of watermelon and construction of physical map and genetic maps for watermelon. It elucidates challenges in enhancing watermelon cultivars for disease and pest resistance, genetic mapping, and identification of disease resistance genes. It also describes the genome sequencing using 454 and Solexa technologies, and the potential use of the genomics and genetic tools for improving watermelon.