A review of the Cucurbitaceae

Jeffrey, C.

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1980.tb01676.x

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“…Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae (Jeffrey 1980;Mliki et al 2003) and is one of the most important vegetable crops in many countries of the world. The melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) has occurred in most areas of China.…”

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Genetic inheritance analysis of melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Liang

et al. 2015

Euphytica

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The melon aphid Aphis gossypii Glover is one of the most serious pests in cucumber production, often causing severe damage in commercial fields. Identifying and deploying resistant germplasm and understanding the inheritance of melon aphid resistance are required for cucumber geneticists to develop an effective breeding strategy. In this study, resistance of 30 cucumber selections to melon aphid was evaluated at the seedling stage. Six generations, P 1 , P 2 , F 1 , BC 1 , BC 2 and F 2 derived from the cross of JY30 (susceptible) 9 EP6392 (resistant), were used as genetic populations to study the inheritance of melon aphid resistance in cucumber with the mixed major gene plus polygene inheritance model with the joint analysis method of multiple generations. Eight of the 30 tested selections displayed resistance to the melon aphid. The resistance of cucumber to melon aphids was controlled by one additive and dominant major gene plus additive and dominant polygenes, and was affected by environment as well. The additive effect and the dominant effect of the major gene were greater than the additive effect and the dominant effect of the polygenes. The heritabilities of the major gene in BC 1 , BC 2 and F 2 were 63.62 %, 0 % and 70.39 %, respectively. The polygenic heritabilities were 22.62 %, 37.0 % and 9.32 %, and the ratios of the environmental variance to phenotype variance were 58.54 %, 63.16 % and 30.77 %. We conclude that selections of cucumber with high resistance to melon aphid could be screened in advanced generations.

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Genetic inheritance analysis of melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Liang

et al. 2015

Euphytica

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“…However, within limits of the investigated species, the seed-coat anatomical features proved useful for species identification in Momordica from Nigeria [16]. Momordica charanthia, M. multiflora, and M. cabraei showed five distinct tissues, epidermis, hypodermis, sclerenchyma, aerenchyma, and collenchymatous parenchyma, whereas M. cissoids and M. foetida showed four distinct layers, lacking aerenchyma.…”

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“…The exomorphyc and endomorphic features of the seeds of Cucurbitaceae have been critically analyzed and are considered valuable diagnostic characters for tribal or infrageneric classifications or for species identification [15,16] However, in the genus Momordica, the diversity of seed-coat anatomy have not been extensively explored yet. The Momordica genus is large, including about 60 species, with only a limited number of species being already investigated.…”

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Micromorphology and anatomy of fruits and seeds of bitter melon (Momordica charantia L., Cucurbitaceae)

2016

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The aim of this paper is investigating the micromorphological properties of fruits and seeds in the food and medicinal plant Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae). A detailed anatomical description on cross-sections of immature fruits and seeds is reported for the first time.The fruit is characterized by a thin epicarp, a multi-layered mesocarp and by an inconspicuous endocarp. The seed-coat displays a pattern of organization in five tissues. These endomorphic features were compared and discussed with the results of previous investigations on other representatives of the genus Momordica. Since the structure of seed-coat is considered diacritical in the taxonomy of the genus, this report may offer a set of additional character useful for the characterization of the genus.

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“…Cucumber, cucumis sativus L., is one of the most important crops, agriculturally and economically, in the world (Jeffrey 1980, Pitrat et al 1999. A draft of the genome for the cucumber (2nϭ2xϭ14) was recently published, having been determined used next-generation DNA sequencing technologies (Huang et al 2009).…”

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A Comparative Study of the Three Cucumber Cultivars Using Fluorescent Staining and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

Hoshi

Yagi²,

Matsuda

et al. 2011

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Summary A molecular cytogenetic survey of Cucumis sativus L. revealed a chromosomal polymorphism among 2 European pickling cultivars of 'Borszczagowski' and 'Monastyrski', and one Japanese cultivar of 'Zibai' by fluorescent banding method with chromomycin A 3 (CMA) and 4Ј,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with the probes of 5S, 45S rDNA and telomere repeat sequences. Heterochromatic banding polymorphism was found in some chromosomes with CMA and DAPI staining, whereas no chromosomal polymorphism was found in FISH. Thus, the FISH allowed us to identify all of homologous chromosomes in each cucumber cultivars, while CMA and DAPI banding showed an easy detection of the polymorphism in cucumber chromosomes, even in close related cultivars between European pickling cultivars.

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A review of the Cucurbitaceae

Cited by 354 publications

References 40 publications

Genetic inheritance analysis of melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Genetic inheritance analysis of melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Micromorphology and anatomy of fruits and seeds of bitter melon (Momordica charantia L., Cucurbitaceae)

A Comparative Study of the Three Cucumber Cultivars Using Fluorescent Staining and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

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