Fruits represent an important part of the human diet and show extensive variation in size and
shape between and within cultivated species. The genetic basis of such variation has been …

The Cucurbitaceae family hosts many economically important fruit vegetables (cucurbits)
such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, pumpkin/squash, and various gourds. The cucurbits …

Background Melon shows a broad diversity in fruit morphology and quality, which is still
underexploited in breeding programs. The knowledge of the genetic basis of fruit quality …

Volatile organic compounds (volatiles) comprise a chemically diverse class of low molecular
weight organic compounds having an appreciable vapor pressure under ambient …

Key message A 159 bp deletion in ClFS1 gene encoding IQD protein is responsible for fruit
shape in watermelon. Abstract Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is …

Domestication and improvement are two important stages in crop evolution. Melon (Cucumis
melo L.) is an important vegetable crop with wide phenotypic diversity in many horticultural …

A genetic map of melon enriched for fruit traits was constructed, using a recombinant inbred
(RI) population developed from a cross between representatives of the two subspecies of …

Key message CSSLs are a complete library of introgression lines with chromosomal
segments of usually a distant genotype in an adapted background and are valuable genetic …

Background A number of molecular marker linkage maps have been developed for melon
(Cucumis melo L.) over the last two decades. However, these maps were constructed using …

A near-isogenic line (NIL) SC3-5 and a further nine NILs of melon contained introgressions
of an exotic non-climacteric accession of Cucumis melo 'Shongwan Charmi'[SC (PI 161375) …