Novel sources of resistance to fusarium wilt in species.

Fusarium wilt is a serious disease of cucurbit crops including cultivated Luffa species () causing considerable amount of reduction in yield and quality. Luffa is starting to be used as rootstocks for major commercial cucurbit crops, but little is known of its resistance against soilborne diseases. Here, 63 Luffa accessions from the World Vegetable Center genebank were evaluated for resistance to an aggressive isolate of f.