Natural variation in CRABS CLAW contributes to fruit length divergence in cucumber

G Che, Y Pan, X Liu, M Li, J Zhao, S Yan, Y He… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The mutation of ent-kaurenoic acid oxidase, a key enzyme involved in gibberellin biosynthesis, confers a dwarf phenotype to cucumber

M Zhang, M Song, F Cheng, X Han, C Cheng… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2025 - Springer
Plant architecture is the primary target of artificial selection during domestication and
improvement based on the determinate function for fruit yield. Plant architecture is regulated …

The mutation of CsSUN, an IQD family protein, is responsible for the short and fat fruit (sff) in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Z Zhang, H Zhang, J Liu, K Chen, Y Wang, G Zhang… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The fruit shape of cucumber is an important agronomic trait, and mining regulatory genes,
especially dominant ones, is vital for cucumber breeding. In this study, we identified a short …

Phenotypic Characterization and Fine Mapping of a Major-Effect Fruit Shape QTL FS5.2 in Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., with Near-Isogenic Line-Derived …

Y Pan, B Chen, L Qiao, F Chen, J Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit size/shape (FS) is an important yield and quality trait
that is quantitatively inherited. Many quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for fruit size/shape have …

A SNP mutation in the CsCLAVATA1 leads to pleiotropic variation in plant architecture and fruit morphogenesis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

F Cheng, M Song, M Zhang, C Cheng, J Chen, Q Lou - Plant Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant architectures is predominantly determined by branching pattern, internode elongation,
phyllotaxis, shoot determinacy and reproductive organs. Domestication or improvement of …

The mutation of C-24 reductase, a key enzyme involved in brassinolide biosynthesis, confers a novel compact plant architecture phenotype to cucumber

M Zhang, M Song, M Davoudi, F Cheng, J Yin… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Key message A novel compact plant architecture mutant, cpa-2, was identified from EMS-
induced mutagenesis. Bulked segregant analysis sequencing and map-based cloning …

Transcriptional and phytohormone regulatory network involved in LITTLELEAF-mediated organ size development in cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

N Xu, X Fang, K Xie, S Cheng, Y Wang, S Yang… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organ size, especially fruit size, is an economically important trait in many horticulture crops
like cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) which affects both fruit yield and quality. Organ size …

Fine mapping of TFL, a major gene regulating fruit length in snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L)

Q Jiang, P Wang, Y Xu, B Zou, S Huang, Y Wu, Y Li… - BMC Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Fruit length is a crucial agronomic trait of snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L); however,
genes associated with fruit length have not been characterised. In this study, F2 snake gourd …