Description:
`Kiawah' is the product of a conventional recurrent backcross breeding procedure to transfer the dominant Rk gene for root-knot nematode (Genus: Meloidogyne) reistance from `Mississippi Silver' into `Pinkeye Purple Hull'. `Kiawah' is a composite of four homozygous resistant (Rk/Rk) F4 selections from the fifth backcross