Biodiversity refers to variation within the living world, while genetic diversity represents the
heritable variation within and between populations of organisms, and in the context of this …

Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, is a very large and diverse family, the
order Cucurbitales, contains 95 genera and 950–980 species of food and ornamental …

Cucumis melo L.(melon) genotypes differ widely in morphological and biochemical traits.
Intraspecific classification of such variability has been difficult, and most taxonomists still rely …

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 …

This study provides a set of useful SSR markers and describes their development,
characterization and application for diversity studies. Sixty one Cucumis SSR markers were …

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 …

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

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 …

The genetic relationships among 56 melon (Cucumis melo L.) genotypes collected from
various parts of Turkey were determined by comparing their phenotypic and molecular traits …

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
were used to characterize genetic relationships among 46 accessions in two C. melo L …