Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, is a very large and diverse family, the
order Cucurbitales, contains 95 genera and 950–980 species of food and ornamental …

Cultivated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus subsp. vulgaris) has a narrow genetic base due to
domestication and breeding focusing primarily on fruit quality traits. Bitter or bland-tasting …

Yield and fruit quality loss by powdery mildew (PM) fungus is a major concern in cucurbits,
but early-stage resistance mechanisms remain elusive in the majority of cucurbits. Here, we …

Powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Podosphaera xanthii, is one of the most important
diseases of melon. Although there are several pathogenic races of P. xanthii, race 1 is the …

Dirigent (DIR) proteins are induced under various stress conditions and involved in sterio-
and regio-selective coupling of monolignol. A striking lack of information about dirigent …

The narrow genetic diversity of cultivated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) makes it vulnerable
to a wide variety of biotic stressors; hence, breeding for resistance has become a research …

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a heterogeneous group of rare genetic disorders affecting
tooth enamel formation. Here we report an identification of a novel de novo missense …

Watermelon is an important cucurbit vegetable crop grown in most of the United States.
Phytophthora fruit rot of watermelon caused by Phytophthora capsici has been a major …

Zingiber officinale Rosc. is a significant perennial herbaceous plant referred as 'universal
medicine'in Ayurveda, due to its wide range of medicinal properties. It is vegetatively …

Key message ClLOX, is located on chromosome 2 and encodes a lipoxygenase gene,
which induced watermelon powdery mildew resistance by inhibiting pathogen spread …