Cucurbitaceae is one of the most genetically diverse plant families in the world. Many of
them are important vegetables or medicinal plants and are widely distributed worldwide. The …

Abstract Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.(2n= 2x= 14), is an important vegetable crop
worldwide. It was the first specialty crop with a publicly available draft genome. Its relatively …

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important vegetable, popular worldwide for its crispy
texture and special flavor. Plant hormones such as auxin stand out for its dominating …

Fruit length is a key domestication trait that affects crop yield and appearance. Cucumber
(Cucumis sativus) fruits vary from 5 to 60 cm in length. Despite the identification of several …

Fruit neck is the proximal portion of the fruit with undesirable taste that has detrimental
effects on fruit shape and commercial value in cucumber. Despite the dramatic variations in …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit shape is related to microtubule organization and the
activity of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). However, insights into the mechanism of …

Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

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 …

Fruit shape and size are important appearance and yield traits in cucumber, but the
underlying genes and their regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we …

In Arabidopsis, the photoreceptors phytochrome B (PhyB) and UV-B resistance 8 (UVR8)
mediate light responses that play a major role in regulating photomorphogenic hypocotyl …