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Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai - Cucurbit Breeding ...

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plant breeders to reduce the number of replications needed to test breeding lines in field and greenhouse, and to<br />

confirm the transfer of the QTLs to the progeny. In crosses of adapted by wild germplasm in watermelon, it is<br />

difficult to recover a usable cultivar with high fruit quality. Linkage drag of deleterious fruit characteristics<br />

from the resistant wild germplasm (resistant PI accessions) and the reduction of the number of backcrosses<br />

needed to recover the adapted parental fruit type would be additional advantages of a molecular assisted<br />

breeding program (Frisch et al., 1999; Stuber et al., 1999). Negative effects of linkage drag in these crosses<br />

have been experienced by watermelon breeders using pedigree and backcross breeding strategies. Furthermore,<br />

recurrent selection programs, even though requiring more resources, may be more useful in breaking linkage of<br />

resistance and fruit quality.<br />

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