Recent remarkable innovations in platforms for omics-based research and application
development provide crucial resources to promote research in model and applied plant …

Melon is an important horticultural crop worldwide. The high diversity of melon makes it a
model plant for various different properties. Some quantitative trait loci or candidates have …

Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus, is an important cucurbit crop grown throughout the world.
Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the east Asia watermelon cultivar …

Background Cucurbita pepo belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. The" Zucchini" types rank
among the highest-valued vegetables worldwide, and other C. pepo and related Cucurbita …

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 …

Abstract Background Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) are a source of simple sequence
repeats (SSRs) that can be used to develop molecular markers for genetic studies. The …

Background Rapid and consistent genotyping is an important requirement for cultivar
identification in many crop species. Among them grapevine cultivars have been the subject …

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 …

Background The melon belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance
among vegetable crops is second only to Solanaceae. The melon has a small genome size …

Background Fruit ripening and softening are key traits that have an effect on food supply,
fruit nutritional value and consequently, human health. Since ethylene induces ripening of …