Article | 21-July-2017
Southern root-knot nematode (RKN, Meloidogyne incognita) is a serious pest of cultivated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) in southern regions of the United States and no resistance is known to exist in commercial watermelon cultivars. Wild watermelon relatives (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) have been shown in greenhouse studies to possess varying degrees of resistance to RKN species. Experiments were conducted over 2 yr to assess resistance of southern RKN in C. lanatus var
JUDY A. THIES,
JENNIFER J. ARISS,
CHANDRASEKAR S. KOUSIK,
RICHARD L. HASSELL,
AMNON LEVI
Journal of Nematology, Volume 48 , ISSUE 1, 14–19
Research Article | 17-October-2018
Citrullus amarus (CA) (previously known as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) accessions collected in southern Africa are known to have resistance to root-knot nematodes (RKN) and are suitable rootstocks for grafted watermelon. The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative metabolomics analysis and identify unique metabolites in roots of CA accessions versus roots of watermelon cultivars (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai var. lanatus; CL). Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR
Mihail Kantor,
Amnon Levi,
Judith Thies,
Nihat Guner,
Camelia Kantor,
Stuart Parnham,
Arezue Boroujerdi
Journal of Nematology, Volume 50 , ISSUE 3, 303–316