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 …

Premise of the Study The domestication history of melon is still unclear. An African or Asian
origin has been suggested, but its closest wild relative was recently revealed to be an …

Genetic relatedness and phenotype are important factors that govern the expression of
heterosis in hybrid progeny of many cross-pollinating plant species. Since this relationship is …

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 …

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes several other
vegetables of economic importance such as cucumber, watermelon, squash, pumpkin and …

A set of 118 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers has been developed in melon from two
different sources: genomic libraries (gSSR) and expressed sequence-tag (EST) databases …

A doubled haploid line (DHL) population of melon derived from a cross between the Korean
cultivar “Songwhan Charmi” accession PI161375 (SC), included in the horticultural group …

Novel sequencing technologies were recently used to generate sequences from multiple
melon (Cucumis melo L.) genotypes, enabling the in silico identification of large single …

Melons, Cucumis melo L., are a familiar crop of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Melon
plants are procumbent vines that thrive on heat and sunshine and are grown in fields and …

A melon (Cucumis melo L.) genomic library of near-isogenic lines derived from the cross
between the Spanish cultivar Piel de Sapo and the exotic accession PI 161375 has been …