Research on the molecular biology of cucumoviruses and their plant-virus interactions has
been very extensive in the last decade. Cucumovirus genome structures have been …

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) a member of family Cucurbitaceae is extensively cultivated for its
fleshy fruits. Dependent upon the agroclimatic zones of cultivation along with the local …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Among Cucurbitaceae, Cucumis melo is one of the most important cultivated cucurbits. They
are grown primarily for their fruit, which generally have a sweet aromatic flavor, with great …

Using cotyledonary explants excised from seedlings germinated in vitro, efficient plant
regeneration via organogenesis was established for two winter squash (Cucurbita maxima …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

The formerly unexpected occurrence of somaclonal variation has become commonplace. It
has been either heralded as a source of new variation in plants or dreaded by …

Ethylene perception has been studied using Arabidopsis and tomato as model plants during
last two decades. Arabidopsis has been an ideal model system for gene identification and …

The cucurbit family includes a number of valuable crop species (melon, cucumber,
squash/pumpkin, watermelon). Much of this review is concerned with transgenic resistance …