“…While Arabidopsis and Nicotiana spp. have been extensively studied as genetic models for nectar production (Bender et al., , ; Carter, Graham, & Thornburg, ; Carter, Shafir, Yehonatan, Palmer, & Thornburg, ; Carter & Thornburg, , , ,,; Carter et al., ; Hampton et al., ; Horner et al., ; Kram & Carter, ; Kram et al., ; Lin et al., ; Liu & Thornburg, ; Liu et al., ; Naqvi et al., ; Ren, Healy, Horner, et al., ; Ren, Healy, Klyne, et al., ; Roy et al., ; Ruhlmann et al., ; Stitz, Hartl, Baldwin, & Gaquerel, ; Thomas, Hampton, Dorn, Marks, & Carter, ; Thornburg et al., ; Wiesen et al., ), an expansion of molecular biology approaches into other systems with larger nectaries (Figure ) that produce copious amounts of nectar will aid our understanding of nectary biology, particularly with regard to quantitative biochemical, physiological, and comparative studies. Our study has revealed a plethora of squash genes and metabolic processes that are temporally regulated as the nectary progresses from pre‐secretion to secretion to post‐secretion stages of development.…”