Gummy stem blight (GSB), caused by Didymella bryoniae (syn. Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum), is an important disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) worldwide. To better understand the resistance to GSB in cucumber seedlings, a set of 160 F9 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and a total of 405 pairs of SSR primers were employed to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) conferring the resistance. Genetic analysis indicated that the resistance to GSB in PI 183967 seedlings was quantitative and mainly governed by two pairs of major QTLs and multiple minor QTLs. Six QTLs, gsb3.1, gsb3.2, gsb3.3, gsb4.1, gsb5.1, and gsb6.1, for resistance to GSB in cucumber seedlings were detected. The stable locus gsb5.1 on Chr.5 was repeatedly detected in three seasons. Locus gsb5.1 accounted for the highest phenotypic variation, 17.9%, and was flanked by SSR15321 and SSR07711 within the genetic distance of 0.5 cM. There were 102 candidate genes predicted in the region harboring the stable QTL gsb5.1, of which seven genes were related to disease resistance. These results can provide a good base for further study and molecular markers for fine-mapping the major QTL conferring GSB resistance in cucumber.
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