1College of Landscape and Horticulture，Qingdao Agricultural University，Qingdao 266109，Shandong，China|2Institute of Vegetables and Flowers，Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Beijing 100081，China
Abstract：Watermelon mosaic virus（WMV）is one of the most popular viruses，which can infect cucumber（Cucumis sativus L．）．This virus has brought severe loss to cucumber production．This paper briefly introduces WMV and expounds the methods for identifying cucumber resistance to WMV，resistance inheritance rule，resistance germplasm resources，and selection and application of molecular markers linked to WMV gene．It also analyzes the existing problems and prospects the future research tasks．
