@article{wang_tan_wu_vandenlangenberg_wehner_wen_zheng_owens_thornton_bang_et al._2019, title={STAYGREEN, STAY HEALTHY: a loss-of-susceptibility mutation in the STAYGREEN gene provides durable, broad-spectrum disease resistances for over 50 years of US cucumber production}, volume={221}, ISSN={["1469-8137"]}, DOI={10.1111/nph.15353}, abstractNote={Summary}, number={1}, journal={NEW PHYTOLOGIST}, author={Wang, Yuhui and Tan, Junyi and Wu, Zhiming and VandenLangenberg, Kyle and Wehner, Todd C. and Wen, Changlong and Zheng, Xiangyang and Owens, Ken and Thornton, Alyson and Bang, Hailey H. and et al.}, year={2019}, month={Jan}, pages={415–430} }
 @article{vandenlangenberg_wehner_2016, title={Downy Mildew Disease Progress in Resistant and Susceptible Cucumbers Tested in the Field at Different Growth Stages}, volume={51}, ISSN={["2327-9834"]}, DOI={10.21273/hortsci.51.8.984}, abstractNote={Downy mildew, caused by the oomycete pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berkeley & Curtis) Rostov, is a major foliar disease of cucumber. Ten years after the reemergence of P. cubensis, downy mildew continues to be a major threat to cucumber production in the United States. Cucumber accessions with high levels of resistance have been identified. Development of cultivars with high levels of resistance remains an important objective of cucumber breeding programs. We tested a set of cucumber cultigens, including highly resistant PI accessions and susceptible control lines, to observe the effect of plant age on resistance. Cultigens responded differently to disease across plant developmental stages. In general, older plants had more disease symptoms, even those classified as resistant, such as PI 197088. However, PI 330628 and PI 605996 held their resistance even at late developmental stages. It is possible that these lines were resistant at late stages due to other factors, such as their rapid, indeterminate growth, that allows them to outgrow the disease. However, although PI 197088 appears to have a rapid, indeterminate growth habit, it did not have more resistance at later stages of plant maturity. Regardless of the mechanism involved, plant breeders should use the genetic resistance in PI 330628 and PI 605996 over PI 197088.}, number={8}, journal={HORTSCIENCE}, author={VandenLangenberg, Kyle M. and Wehner, Todd C.}, year={2016}, month={Aug}, pages={984–988} }
 @article{wang_vandenlangenberg_wehner_kraan_suelmann_zheng_owens_weng_2016, title={QTL mapping for downy mildew resistance in cucumber inbred line WI7120 (PI 330628)}, volume={129}, ISSN={["1432-2242"]}, DOI={10.1007/s00122-016-2719-x}, abstractNote={Host resistance in WI7120 cucumber to prevailing downy mildew pathogen field populations is conferred by two major-effect, one moderate-effect and two minor-effect QTL. Downy mildew (DM) caused by the obligate oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis is the most devastating fungal disease of cucumber worldwide. The molecular mechanism of DM resistance in cucumber is poorly understood, and use of marker-assisted breeding for DM resistance is not widely available. Here, we reported QTL mapping results for DM resistance with 243 F2:3 families from the cross between DM-resistant inbred line WI7120 (PI 330628) and susceptible '9930'. A linkage map was developed with 348 SSR and SNP markers. Phenotyping of DM inoculation responses were conducted in four field trails in 2 years at three locations. Four QTL, dm2.1, dm4.1, dm5.1, and dm6.1 were consistently and reliably detected across at least three of the four environments which together could explain 62-76 % phenotypic variations (R (2)). Among them, dm4.1 and dm5.1 were major-effect QTL (R (2) = 15-30 %) with only additive effects; dm2.1 (R (2) = 5-15 %) and dm6.1 (R (2) = 4-8 %) had moderate and minor effects, respectively. Epistatic effects were detected for dm2.1 and dm6.1 with both dm4.1 and dm5.1. One additional minor-effect QTL, dm6.2 (R (2) = 3-5 %) was only detectable with the chlorosis rating criterion. All alleles contributing to DM resistance were from WI7120. This study revealed two novel QTL for DM resistance and the unique genetic architecture of DM resistance in WI7120 conferring high level resistance to prevailing DM populations in multiple countries. The effects of disease rating scales, rating time and criteria, population size in phenotyping DM resistance on the power of QTL detection, and the use of DM resistance in WI7120 in cucumber breeding were discussed.}, number={8}, journal={THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS}, author={Wang, Yuhui and VandenLangenberg, Kyle and Wehner, Todd C. and Kraan, Peter A. G. and Suelmann, Jos and Zheng, Xiangyang and Owens, Ken and Weng, Yiqun}, year={2016}, month={Aug}, pages={1493–1505} }
 @article{gong_li_vandenlangenberg_wen_sun_wei_li_yang_shi_wang_2014, title={Overexpression of S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase increased tomato tolerance to alkali stress through polyamine metabolism}, volume={12}, number={6}, journal={Plant Biotechnology Journal}, author={Gong, B. and Li, X. and VandenLangenberg, K. M. and Wen, D. and Sun, S. S. and Wei, M. and Li, Y. and Yang, F. J. and Shi, Q. H. and Wang, X. F.}, year={2014}, pages={694–708} }
 @article{gong_wen_vandenlangenherg_wei_yang_shi_wang_2013, title={Comparative effects of NaCl and NaHCO3 stress on photosynthetic parameters, nutrient metabolism, and the antioxidant system in tomato leaves}, volume={157}, journal={Scientia Horticulturae}, author={Gong, B. and Wen, D. and VandenLangenherg, K. and Wei, M. and Yang, F. J. and Shi, Q. H. and Wang, X. F.}, year={2013}, pages={1–12} }