Potential Research Priority Grouping (based on survey with 40 respondents)

1

Fusarium Wilt

Gummy Stem Blight

Bacterial Fruit Blotch

2

Anthracnose, Improved yield, fruit quality, Sugar content, Post-harvest quality

Improved seedless hybrid, CGMMV, Powdery Mildew

3

Hybrid Production, CMS, Firm cut flesh

Gynoecious Sex expression, Potyviruses,

Phytophthora, Whitefly resistance

4

Grafting methods, Hollow Heart, Improved pollenizers,

Downy mildew, CVYV, Tospoviruses

5

SqVYV-vine decline, Thrip resistance,

Bud necrosis, Fusarium solani,

Spidermites, CYSDV, Parthenocarpy

Rind Necrosis, Nematodes, Health effects