Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is an economically important crop with attractive ripe fruit that has colorful flesh. Fruit ripening a complex, genetically programmed process. In this study, comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to identify the regulators and pathways are involved in of pale-yellow-flesh cultivated watermelon (COS) red-flesh (LSW177). We first identified 797 novel genes extend available reference gene set. Second, 3958 COS 3503 LSW177...

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is an important horticultural crop worldwide, but peel cracking caused by hardness severely decreases its quality. Lignification one of the functions class III peroxidase (PRX), and accumulation in plant cell wall leads to thickening wood hardening. For in-depth physiological genetical understanding, we studied relationship between lignin role PRXs affecting biosynthesis using genome-wide bioinformatics analysis. The obtained results showed that gradually...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are essential traits of flowers since they attract pollinators, aid in seed distribution, protect the plant from internal and external stimuli, involved plant-plant plant-environment interactions. Apart their role plants, VOCs used pharmaceuticals, fragrances, cosmetics, flavorings. Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is a popular fruit due to its enticing red appearance, exotic taste, high nutritional qualities. bloom as inflorescences primarily on shoot...

The rind color of watermelon fruit is a significant trait that directly affects consumer acceptability. However, the genetic regulatory mechanisms underlying remain poorly understood. In this study, we crossed two differentiated lines (K2Q “female parent line with light green rind” and K2S “male dark rind”) developed segregated F 2 mapping populations. dynamic development was observed by identifying critical period for transformation as occurring between 7 14 days after pollination (DAP)....

Fruits are an important source of a healthy diet due to their essential nutrients for daily intake. Melon is known as significant fruit crop the Cucurbitaceae family based on its various dietary benefits, but shelf life needs be maintained long-term usage. 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) cyclopropene-derived synthetic plant growth regulator (PGR) that used significantly delaying ripening process and maintaining climacteric fruits during storage. In this study, freshly harvested melon were...

Cadmium (Cd) has detrimental effects on crop plants, whereas, jasmonates (JAs) play a vital role in abiotic stress tolerance plants. The present study investigated the of exogenous application methyl jasmonate (MeJa) physio-biochemical attributes, yield, and quality two fragrant rice cultivars, i.e., Xiangyaxiangzhan Meixiangzhan-2 under Cd stress. experiment was comprised four treatments, CK, control (normal conditions); Cd: 100 mg kg-1 soil; MeJa: MeJa at 20 mM; + soil mM. Results depicted...

Fusarium wilt is one of the most destructive and less controllable diseases in melon, which usually caused by fusarium oxysporum . In this study, transcriptome sequencing Yeast Two-Hybrid (Y2H) methods were used for quantification differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved (f. sp. melonis race 1) stress-induced mechanisms contrasted melon varieties (M4-45 “susceptible” MR-1 “resistant”). The interaction factors Fom-2 resistance also explored response to plant-pathogen infection...

A variety of melons are cultivated worldwide, and their specific biological properties make them an attractive model for molecular studies. This study aimed to investigate the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from mitochondrial, chloroplast, nuclear genomes seven melon accessions (Cucumis melo L.) identify phylogenetic relationships among cultivars with Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform bioinformatical analyses. The data showed that there were a total 658 mitochondrial SNPs (207–295 in...

The objective of this study was to investigate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities five pepper varieties tissues. Green Bell peppers had highest total contents; while Red Chilli variety lowest (ABTS 3.89 ?mol TE/g fw, DPPH 2.82 fw FRAP 16.95 fw). methanolic extracts different showed strong but activity values (8.22 ?g/ml - 9.52 ?g). Yellow Bell, followed by extracts, respectively. results suggest that these could contribute as sources important related oxidative stress...

The plant compact and dwarf growth habit is an important agronomic trait when breeding watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) cultivars because of their reduced vine length, high-density planting, better land utilization; however, the genetic basis not well-known. In this study, population six generations, P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1P1, BC1P2, were studied. A segregation analysis demonstrated that dwarfism mainly controlled by a single recessive Cldw gene. Furthermore, whole-genome sequencing two distinct...

Melon is an important Cucurbitaceae crop. Field observations had shown that the green stigmas of melon are more attractive to pollinators than yellow stigmas. In this study, F 2 and 2:3 populations obtained by crossing MR-1 (green stigma) M4-7 (yellow were used for genetic analysis mapping. A map 1,802.49 cm was constructed with 116 cleaved amplified polymorphism sequence (CAPS) markers. Two stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked stigma color identified on chromosomes ( SC2.1 ) 8 SC8.1...

Fruit pedicel (FP) is an important determinant of premium fruit quality that directly affects commercial market value. However, in-depth molecular and genetic basis pedicel-related traits has not been identified in watermelon. Herein, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping strategy was used to identify the potential regions controlling FP based on newly derived whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism cleaved amplified sequence (SNP-CAPS) markers. Next-generation sequencing...

Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the main fungal diseases that appear during cultivation melon fruit crop. Mildew Resistance Locus "O" (MLO) known as a gene family and has seven conserved transmembrane domains. An induced functional loss specific MLO could mainly confer PM resistance to melons. However, genomic structure genes its role in still remain unclear melon. In this study, bioinformatic analysis identified total 14 members genome sequence, these were distributed an uneven manner on...

The R2R3-MYB transcription factors (TFs) play several key roles in numerous plant biological processes. Hedychium coronarium is an important ornamental well-known for its elegant flower shape and abundant aroma type. floral of H. due to the presence a large amount terpenes benzenoids. However, less known about role TFs regulatory mechanism production this breed. Herein, we isolate functionally characterize TF HcMYB132, which potentially involved regulating synthesis. Sequence alignment...