Co-Authors:
Danin-Poleg, Y., Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Tadmor, Y., Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Tzuri, G., Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Reis, N., Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Hirschberg, J., Department of Genetics, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
Katzir, N., Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Abstract:
A partial linkage map of melon was constructed from a cross between PI414723 and Dulce. Twenty-two SSR, 46 RAPD, 2 ISSR markers and four horticultural markers [female flower form (a), Fusarium resistance, striped epicarp (st), and fruit flesh pH (pH)] were analyzed in an F2/F3 population to produce a map spanning 14 linkage groups. We report for the first time map positions for the st, a, and pH genes. One SSR marker was tightly linked to pH. Mapping the a gene for the female flower form to molecular linkage group 4 enabled the merging of the map of horticultural traits with the of molecular markers in this region. Using the 22 SSR markers of this map, two of the three postulated ZYMV resistance genes were located using a BC1 population (PI414723 recurrent parent). One SSR marker was tightly linked to a ZYMV resistance gene, designated Zym-1.