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Research Project: Biology, Etiology and Host Resistance in Vegetable Crops to Diseases and Nematodes

Location: Vegetable Research

Title: PA-593: A root-knot nematode resistant sweet cherry-type pepper

Author
item Rutter, William
item Kousik, Chandrasekar - Shaker
item THIES, JUDY - Retired ARS Employee
item Farnham, Mark
item Fery, Richard

Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/2/2018
Publication Date: 12/27/2018
Citation: Rutter, W.B., Kousik, C.S., Thies, J.A., Farnham, M.W., Fery, R.L. 2018. PA-593: A root-knot nematode resistant sweet cherry-type pepper. Horticultural Science. 53(12):1922-1923. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13544-18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13544-18

Interpretive Summary: PA-593 is a new sweet cherry-type pepper line that has been selectively bred by USDA ARS scientists to be resistant to the most common species of root-knot nematode that cause damage to pepper in the southern United States. In addition to being resistant to root-knot nematodes, PA-593 produces fruit that are very similar in color, shape, and size to other sweet cherry-type pepper cultivars that are grown commercially. During field trials in Charleston, South Carolina, PA-593 also produced yields similar to its commercially grown parent cultivar Sweet Cherry. This new pepper line will allow pepper breeders to incorporate nematode resistance into their new pepper cultivars while maintaining the desired commercial traits associated with sweet cherry-type peppers.

Technical Abstract: PA-593 is a new sweet cherry-type pepper line containing the ‘N’ gene, providing resistance to the most prevalent root-knot nematodes (RKN) in the Southern United States. PA-593 has shown comparable growth, fruit, and yield characteristics to commercially available cultivars of sweet-cherry type peppers. PA-593 will provide breeders with a useful resource for incorporating RKN resistance into their breeding programs to produce commercial sweet cherry-type pepper varieties. This root-knot nematode resistant pepper line was developed by the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.