Description:
'Charleston Nemagreen' was developed using a pedigree breeding procedure that included a single cross and repeated single-plant selections. The original cross involved "Bettergreen', a cream-type cultivar that is homozygous for the gc gene that conditions the green cotyledon trait, and US-629, a cream-type breeding line with cream-colored cotyledons. 'Bettergreen' is susceptible to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.); the breeding line US-629 is resistant. After the initial cross, intense selection pressure was applied in subsequent segregating generations for combined green cotyledon and root-knot nematode resistant phenotypes and superior horticultural characteristics. 'Charleston Nemagreen' originated as a bulk of an F8 population grown in 1996