Genomics assisted breeding for mildew resistance in cucumber: from gene discovery to future innovations.

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Cucumber is an economically important vegetable crop cultivated worldwide, but its productivity is severely affected by destructive foliar diseases particularly powdery mildew and downy mildew. These pathogens cause significant yield and quality losses and the continuous emergence of new races makes disease management increasingly challenging. Conventional approaches including cultural, biological and chemical...

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