Anthracnose is a worldwide fungal disease of cucurbit crops,mainly harming cucumber,watermelon,melon and wax gourd.In recent years,the facility planting area of melon vegetable crops in China has been increased,and an-thracnose damage has been worsened,seriously affecting the yield and quality of melon vegetables,and restricting the in-dustrial benefits and the enthusiasm of melon farmers in production.The authors elaborated and analyzed melon anthrac-nose through the incidence pattern of anthracnose during the production of cucumber,watermelon,melon and wax-gourd at home and abroad,the current status of anthracnose-resistant germplasm resources,the molecular biology re-search of the pathogenic bacteria and the breeding of resistance to the disease,to provide ideas for the study of anthrac-nose as well as references to the efficient production of melon-based crops.
Melon cropAnthracnoseAssignment of genesResistance breeding