Recent advances in genetics and breeding of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.)

H Kesh, S Yadav - The Journal of Horticultural Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pumpkin is a traditional crop that is widely grown for its mature and immature fleshy fruits,
seeds, flowers and processed products. It occupies a foremost place among the cucurbits …

A single-gene mutation changed the architecture of pumpkin seed: a review

GK Chahal, A Kaur, AS Dhatt - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022 - Springer
Pumpkin seeds are used globally for snacks, bakery, and oil due to their nutritional and
medicinal properties. The seeds of pumpkin have 35–45% oil, rich in health-enhancing fatty …

Population structure and markers analysis associated with powdery mildew resistance in pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo L

H Sabet, HA Asadi-Gharneh… - … and Molecular Plant …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) is an economically important vegetable and summer crop. The
seeds have high nutritional value due to their edible oil and protein content with a high …

A natural mutation of the NST1 gene arrests secondary cell wall biosynthesis in the seed coat of a hull-less pumpkin accession

X Lyu, L Shi, M Zhao, Z Li, N Liao, Y Meng… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hull-less pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo L.) are naturally occurring novel variants known as
oilseed or naked-seeded pumpkins, and are characterized by the absence of a normal …

Comparative analysis of genetic diversity in Greek Genebank collection of summer squash ('Cucurbita pepo') landraces using start codon targeted (SCoT) …

A Xanthopoulou, I Ganopoulos, A Kalivas… - Australian Journal of …, 2015 - search.informit.org
The conservation and characterization of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) genetic
resources in germplasm banks has been the basis of their use in breeding projects, which …

Morphological and molecular characterization of some pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) genotypes collected from Erzincan province of Turkey

Hİ Öztürk, V Dönderalp, H Bulut, R Korkut - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Plant genetic resources constitute the most valuable assets of countries. It is of great
importance to determine the genetic variation among these resources and to use the data in …

Advances in improvement of pumpkin and squashes

AS Dhatt, M Sharma, B Kaur - … Plant Breeding, Volume 2: Vegetable Crops, 2020 - Springer
Pumpkins and squashes which belong to genus Cucurbita are among the four important
genera of Cucurbitaceae family, with widest adaptation from temperate to tropics. These are …

Transferability of Cucurbita SSR markers for genetic diversity assessment of Turkish bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) genetic resources

M Yildiz, HE Cuevas, S Sensoy, C Erdinc… - … Systematics and Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
The genetic diversity present in crop landraces represents a valuable genetic resource for
breeding and genetic studies. Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) landraces in Turkey are …

Assessment of genetic diversity in summer squash genotypes using some yield traits and DNA markers analysis under Sinai conditions

D Abd El-Moneim, MAAAB El… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - journals.ekb.eg
Fourteen summer squash genotypes were used to assess their genetic diversity and
relationships using some yield traits (Fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit shape index, average …

Genetic diversity in Egyptian bottle gourd genotypes based on ISSR markers

EA Ibrahim - Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Genetic diversity among 12 Egyptian bottle gourd genotypes was assessed using 11 ISSR
molecular markers. The ISSR analysis generated 76 amplicons in a size range of 170–1600 …