Evaluation location: Florida, United States
Evaluation of watermelon for resistance to bacterial fruit blotch, Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. An isolate obtained in 1989 (WFB89-1) from a commercial watermelon variety was the primary isolate used in the greenhouse screening tests. The commercial watermelon 'Charleston Gray' was used as a susceptible check in all of the greenhouse screening tests. Screening tests conducted during summer of 1997 and repeated during the winter of 1997-98.