462 Inheritance of Light-Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Kwon, Young-Seok; Dane, Fenny

doi:10.21273/hortsci.34.3.524b

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“…Within the species, fruits range from small, hard, bitter, white, and inedible to large, succulent, red or yellow, and sweet (Chakravarty, 1990;Lee et al, 1996;Robinson and Decker-Walters, 1997). Some of the morphological characteristics most well studied in watermelon are fruit flesh color (Poole, 1944;Henderson, 1989;Henderson et al, 1998), flower color (Kwon and Dane, 1999), seed characteristics (Porter, 1937;Poole et al, 1941), bitterness (Chambliss et al, 1968;Navot et al, 1990), and fruit weight and shape (Poole, 1945).…”

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Molecular Markers Associated with Morphological Traits in Watermelon

Hawkins¹,

Dane²,

Kubisiak³

2001

HortSci

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Morphological traits were examined in an F3 generation derived from a cross between C. lanatus var. lanatus [(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] and C. lanatus var. citroides. At least three genes, C (yellow) vs. c (red), i (inhibitory to C) vs. I (non-inhibitory to C), and y (yellow) vs. yw (white), with epistatic and inhibitory actions were found to govern the inheritance of fruit flesh color. The high frequency of yellow-fleshed fruit and low frequencies of white and red fruits can be explained by the presence of a new allele (yw recessive to y) in the multiple allele series at the Y locus. The low frequency of tan colored seeds in segregating populations could be explained by at least three genes governing inheritance of seed-coat color. Single factor analysis of variance was conducted for each pairwise combination of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) locus and fruit or seed characteristics. Several RAPD loci were identified to be loosely linked to morphological characteristics.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Molecular Markers Associated with Morphological Traits in Watermelon

Hawkins¹,

Dane²,

Kubisiak³

2001

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“…The andromonoecious gene a [30] controls monoecious (AA) vs. andromonoecious (aa) sex expression in watermelon. Light green flower color is controlled by the single recessive gene, gf [31]. A gynoecious mutant was discovered in 1996, and is controlled by a single recessive gene, gy [32].…”

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Biotechnological Approaches of Watermelon to Meet the Future Challenges for Next Decades

Sultana¹

2013

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Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is widely produced and consumed around the world as fleshy fruits. According to consumer and grower preferences, and market conditions (i.e. seedless varieties, good shelf life, etc.), many different cultivars are grown. The largest producer of watermelon in the world is China, is accounted for over 50% production by weight. Increasing in the production of melons is required for a growing population over the next decades. The production of total watermelons approximately doubled in 2009 from 2005 and currently it stabled. For consequences of climate alterations, declining agricultural land and water resources, and assailing microbes and pests, the demands of watermelon fruits are worsen. The watermelons production can be reached at an efficient level with cultivation of elite varieties such as, drought tolerance, disease resistant, high yield, which will be pivotal to success. It is important to improve of watermelon with the traits such as, seedless, good shelf life, excellent flesh color and good shapes that will make them more attractive to consumers. In order to generate elite varieties in watermelon, plant breeding with respect to conventional or molecular breeding methods must be reoriented to meet the global demand for next decades. Reports in here reveal some advanced work related to biotechnology that pivotal for enhancement of watermelon production.

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“…Weetman, 1937Poole, 1944Porter, 1937? Weetman, 1937Poole, 1944C Navot and Zamir, 1986---M Navot et al, 1990Navot and Zamir, 1986 ---M Kwon and Dane, 1999---? Watts, 1962, 1967Robinson et al, 1976Ray and Sherman, 1988?…”

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“…Andromonoecious plants have both staminate and perfect fl owers, and appears to be the wild type. Light green fl ower color is controlled by the single recessive gene, gf (Kwon and Dane, 1999).…”

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The Genes of Watermelon

Guner¹,

Wehner²

2004

HortSci

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Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is a major vegetable crop in the world, accounting for 6.8% of the world area devoted to vegetable crops. Watermelon is a useful vegetable crop for genetic research because of its small genome size, and the many available gene mutants. The watermelon genes were originally organized and summarized in 1944, and have been expanded and updated periodically. However, the action of some watermelon genes has not been described clearly in some cases. Also, the interaction of multiple gene loci that control similar traits needs to be described more clearly. Finally, it is necessary to identify the inbred lines having each published gene mutant, for use as type lines in studies of gene action, allelism, and linkage. The objective of this work was to update the gene list, identify the cultivar or line having each gene mutant, and collect seeds of the lines for use by interested researchers. In addition, the gene descriptions were expanded and clarified, information on gene interactions was added, and errors in naming or citing previously described genes were corrected. New genes that have not previously been described (cr, Ctr, dw-3, ms-2, Ti, ts and zym-FL) were added to the list, for a total of 163 watermelon gene mutants.

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462 Inheritance of Light-Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

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Molecular Markers Associated with Morphological Traits in Watermelon

Molecular Markers Associated with Morphological Traits in Watermelon

Biotechnological Approaches of Watermelon to Meet the Future Challenges for Next Decades

The Genes of Watermelon

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