Natural resistances to viruses in cucurbits

AM Martín-Hernández, B Picó - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cucurbit viruses cause considerable economic losses worldwide. The most common viral
diseases affecting this crop family are Potyviruses, Cucumoviruses, Criniviruses …

Advances in melon (Cucumis melo L.) breeding: An update

H Kesh, P Kaushik - Scientia Horticulturae, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A comprehensive genome variation map of melon identifies multiple domestication events and loci influencing agronomic traits

G Zhao, Q Lian, Z Zhang, Q Fu, Y He, S Ma… - Nature Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Melon is an economically important fruit crop that has been cultivated for thousands of years;
however, the genetic basis and history of its domestication still remain largely unknown …

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia

P Sebastian, H Schaefer… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Among the fundamental questions regarding cultivated plants is their geographic origin and
region of domestication. The genus Cucumis, which includes cucumber (Cucumis sativus) …

A 'golden' SNP in CmOr governs the fruit flesh color of melon (Cucumis melo)

G Tzuri, X Zhou, N Chayut, H Yuan, V Portnoy… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The flesh color of Cucumis melo (melon) is genetically determined, and can be white, light
green or orange, with β–carotene being the predominant pigment. We associated …

A conserved mutation in an ethylene biosynthesis enzyme leads to andromonoecy in melons

A Boualem, M Fergany, R Fernandez, C Troadec… - Science, 2008 - science.org
Andromonoecy is a widespread sexual system in angiosperms characterized by plants
carrying both male and bisexual flowers. In melon, this sexual form is controlled by the …

Identification of quantitative trait loci involved in fruit quality traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

AJ Monforte, M Oliver, MJ Gonzalo, JM Alvarez… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2004 - Springer
Two populations [an F 2 and a set of 77 double haploid lines (DHLs)] developed from a
cross between a 'Piel de Sapo'cultivar (PS) and the exotic Korean accession PI 161375 …

A genetic map of melon highly enriched with fruit quality QTLs and EST markers, including sugar and carotenoid metabolism genes

R Harel-Beja, G Tzuri, V Portnoy… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2010 - Springer
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 …

A consensus linkage map for molecular markers and Quantitative Trait Loci associated with economically important traits in melon (Cucumis meloL.)

A Diaz, M Fergany, G Formisano, P Ziarsolo, J Blanca… - BMC plant biology, 2011 - Springer
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 …

Melon

M Pitrat - Vegetables I: Asteraceae, Brassicaceae …, 2008 - Springer
Melon (Cucumis melo L.) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes several other
vegetables of economic importance such as cucumber, watermelon, squash, pumpkin and …