Abstract
AbstractPowdery mildew (PM) is an economically important disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) caused by the obligate biotrophic pathogen, Podosphaera xanthii, in greenhouse and field. In this study, a resistant breeding line S06 (greenhouse European type) and a susceptible cucumber inbred line S94 (Northern China open‐field type) and their F2:3 populations were used to investigate PM resistance under seedling spray inoculation in two growing seasons and leaf disc infection in one season. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis was undertaken based on a constructed molecular linkage map of the corresponding F2 population using composite interval mapping. Five QTL (PM1.1, PM1.2, PM2.1, PM2.2 and PM5.1) for PM resistance were identified and located on linkage groups (LG) 1, 2 and 5, explaining 3.4–45.0% of the phenotypic variation. Three consistent QTL (PM1.1, PM2.1 and PM5.1) were detected under the three test conditions. The present results of the QTL analysis for PM resistance have laid a basis for breeding PM‐resistant cucumber varieties by molecular marker‐assisted selection.
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