Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Only two formal infraspecific taxa within cucumis melo, subsp. Jan 22, 2015 the genome of the melon cucumis melo l. Cucumis cucurbitaceae in australia and eastern malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to c. Cucumis sativus, cucurbita foetidissima, cucurbita maxima, cucurbita pepo, citrullus lanatus, thladiantha dubia habitat preference. Impact of potassium nutrition on postharvest fruit quality. Linkage studies were undertaken with genes that control disease resistance, flower biology, or vegetative characters of cucumis melo l. The principal component of fruit quality in sweet melons is the content of sugar, primarily sucrose 24. The optical mapping approach allowed correcting the order and the orientation of. Cucumis melo melon seed extract is an extract of the seeds of cucumis melo functions. To investigate phylogenetic relationships in the genus cucumis, 9 consensus chloroplast simple sequence re.
Chemical composition and bioactive compounds of cucumis melo. Recent advances in massively parallel sequencing have. Potential source for new trends of plant oils author links open overlay panel sana mallekayadi neila bahloul nabil kechaou show more. Regiona market classb populationc seed sourced 1 china q 322 1 thin l farmer 2 china taitian245 1 thin l farmer 3 china yucui 1 thin l farmer 4 china tianshuai 1 thin l farmer 5 china chaotianbaishami 1 thin ops haalc. The optical mapping approach allowed correcting the. Techniques to overcome barrier of interspecific hybridization in cucumis m. To investigate phylogenetic relationships in the genus cucumis, 9 consensus chloroplast simple sequence re peat ccssr primer pairs ccssr3, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, and 23 were employed for dna fragment length varia. Arbuscular mycorrhizal am symbiosis can play a major role in enhancing drought tolerance. Muskmelons, cantaloupes and late melons, like honeydew and casaba, are all.
Shina alhabeeb aroyehun, wilfred olusegun alegbeleye, olubunmi temilade agbebi, adeyemi mustafa bamgbose. Image of leaf courtesy of forest and kim starr plants of hawaii. Some of these were earlier also separated under var. Besides its economical and medicinal importance, cucumis melo l. Muskmelons, cantaloupes and late melons, like honeydew and casaba, are all cucumis melo variants believed to have origins in africa. Physiological and photosynthetic responses of melon. Draft genome sequences of two oriental melons, cucumis melo l. Genomewide characterization and expression analysis of the. Seeds and whole fruit and their metabolite profiling using hplc and gcms xudong zhang,1 yuzhuo bai,2 yun wang,2 chunlan wang,3 jianhua fu,4 longlan gao,5 yu liu,5 jingbin feng,6 mallappa kumara swamy,7 maddipatla yogi,7. These include smoothskinned varieties such as honeydew, crenshaw, and casaba, and different netted cultivars cantaloupe, persian melon, and santa claus or christmas melon. The effect of various organic solvents on the recovery of phytochemicals from honeydew melon plant fruits and seeds was assessed. Rongling wu, pennsylvania state university, united states of america. Research article open access variability of candidate genes, genetic structure and association with sugar accumulation and climacteric behavior in a broad germplasm collection of melon cucumis melo l.
They have large angular leaves, long petioles, simple tendrils, long branched and hirsute stems, and with climbing or. While melons were familiar in antiquity, they were grown mostly for use of the young fruits, which are similar in appearance and taste to cucumbers, c. Sweet melons, cucumis melo, are a widely grown and highly prized crop. Pdf intraspecific classification of melons cucumis melo l. Cucurbitaceae is a family of the genus cucumis and consists of more than 30 species. Use of targeted snp selection for an improved anchoring of. Cucumis melo, which came in many different forms and uses, is one of the. Editing and assembly of reads were done in geneious r6 version. Chemical composition and bioactive compounds of cucumis melo l. Subject these test guidelines apply to all varieties, hybrids and parental lines of muskmelon cucumis melo l. Four linkages were already known, and four new groups were found. Pollen germination and pollen tube growth in open and handpollinated flowers of muskmelon cucumi.
Shiva kumar modi and vaddin chetan, investigation on the effect of moisture content and temperature on specific heat of cucumis melo muskmelon. Physiological and photosynthetic responses of melon cucumis. Repeated domestication of melon cucumis melo in africa and asia and a. Muskmelon cucumis melo is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. Sweet melons, cucumis melo, are a widely grown and highly prized. General information hedgehog cucumber is a fibrousrooted annual plant producing stems up to 2 metres long that scramble over the ground or climb into other plants, supporting themselves by means of tendrils. Anticancer properties of different solvent extracts of. Of these known species, the cultivated speciesinclude cucumber c. Although originally thought to originate in africa, recent data. Nurul ashikin binti abdul karim thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of science biotechnology faculty of industrial sciences and technology universiti malaysia pahang. Cucumis melo melon seed extract skin deep cosmetics.
Sulfurcontaining compounds in the aroma volatiles of. Extractions were prepared after 100 g of dried cucumis was added to 1,500 ml of 80% ethanol and boiled for 2 hours with a heating mantle. An improved assembly and annotation of the melon cucumis. Based on differe nt treatment methods involving dipping with. This situation is particularly acute for crops grown on highly calcareous soils whereby such uptake limitations can lead to kdeficiency symptoms, reduced. Medieval emergence of sweet melons, cucumis melo cucurbitaceae. Pdf a quantitative model of melon cucumis melo var. Transcriptome sequencing for snp discovery across cucumis melo. Aug 29, 2017 cucumis melo is highly diverse for fruit traits providing wide breeding and genetic research opportunities, including genomewide association gwa analysis. It belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, which also includes cucumber cucumis sativus l. Sulfurcontaining compounds in the aroma volatiles of melons. Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendrilbearing plants in the family cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber cucumis sativus, muskmelons cucumis melo, including cantaloupe and honeydew, the horned melon cucumis metuliferus, and the west indian gherkin cucumis anguria. Beadle herbarium, school of environmental and rural science. Potential source for new trends of plant oils author links open overlay panel sana.
Research article open access variability of candidate. Genomewide linkagedisequilibrium mapping to the candidate. However, very limited numbers of molecular markers were reported for cucumis melo l. The time and place of emergence of sweet melons is obscure, but they are generally thought to have reached europe from the east near the end of the 15th. It is a multidimensional stress causing alteration in the physiological, morphological, biochemical, and molecular traits in plants resulting in improper plant growth and development. As discussed above, plant and soil factors can limit soilavailable, as well as plant uptake of k even though soil tests may report sufficient k. However, insufficient marker coverage and a lack of recombination left several large, gene rich scaffolds unanchored, and some anchored scaffolds unoriented. Intraspecific classification of melons cucumis melo l. Pdf we report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide.
Drought mediated physiological and molecular changes in. Plant growth, physiological, and photosynthetic responses of melon plants inoculated with three glomus. The effects of temperature on pollination and pollen tube. Organogenic and embryogenic potential of several commercial lines of cucumis melo l. Research article open access variability of candidate genes. Molecular phylogeny of cucumis species as revealed by consensus chloroplast ssr marker length and sequence variation s. Chemical composition and bioactive compounds of cucumis. Cucumis melo, density, moisture content and specific heat conductivity cite this article. The effects of temperature on pollination and pollen tube growth in muskmelon cucumis melo l. The roman agricultural writer palladius 4th century described seed. Antibacterial and antihypertensive properties of crude extracts of in vitro callus culture of muskmelon cucumis melo l.
Cucumis melo is highly diverse for fruit traits providing wide breeding and genetic research opportunities, including genomewide association gwa analysis. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The use of the genome sequence in future investigations will facilitate the understanding of evolution of cucurbits and the improvement of breeding strategies. Molecular phylogeny of cucumis species as revealed by. The extreme fruit variation within cucumis melo does not easily lend itself. Genomewide characterization and expression analysis of. Image of male and female flowers courtesy of howard garrett. Fruit nutritional quality and health functionality article pdf available in horttechnology 73 july 1997 with 6,927 reads how we measure reads. Mapping the flavor contributing traits on fengwei melon. Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendrilbearing plants in the family cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber cucumis sativus, muskmelons cucumis melo, including cantaloupe and honeydew, the horned melon cucumis metuliferus, and the west indian gherkin cucumis anguria 30 species occur in africa, and 25 occur in india, southeast asia, and australia. Fragrant and delicious, these warm season fruits have been bred and revered by cultures worldwide and come in all shapes, sizes and colors. International journal of mechanical engineering and technology. New records for citrullus, cucumis, and cucurbita 4 2.