Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Cultivation and Uses of Cucurbits

   • James D. McCreight

   Pages 1-12

3. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Cucurbitaceae

   • Susanne S. Renner, Hanno Schaefer

   Pages 13-23

4. Melon Genetic Resources: Phenotypic Diversity and Horticultural Taxonomy

   • Michel Pitrat

   Pages 25-60

5. Genetic Resources of Cucumber

   • Rachel P. Naegele, Todd C. Wehner

   Pages 61-86

6. Genetic Resources of Watermelon

   • Amnon Levi, Robert Jarret, Shaker Kousik, W. Patrick Wechter, Padma Nimmakayala, Umesh K. Reddy

   Pages 87-110

7. Genetic Resources of Pumpkins and Squash, Cucurbita spp.

   • Harry S. Paris

   Pages 111-154

8. Gourds: Bitter, Bottle, Wax, Snake, Sponge and Ridge

   • Narinder P. S. Dhillon, Supannika Sanguansil, Sheo Pujan Singh, Mohammed Abu Taher Masud, Prashant Kumar, Latchumi Kanthan Bharathi et al.

   Pages 155-172

9. The Melon Genome

   • Josep Casacuberta, Pere Puigdomènech, Jordi Garcia-Mas

   Pages 173-181

10. The Cucumber Genome

    • Yiqun Weng

    Pages 183-197

11. The Watermelon Genome

    • Xu Yong, Shaogui Guo

    Pages 199-210

12. Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbita spp.

    • J. Montero-Pau, C. Esteras, J. Blanca, P. Ziarsolo, J. Cañizares, B. Picó

    Pages 211-227

13. Comparative Genomics of the Cucurbitaceae

    • Padma Nimmakayala, Thangasamy Saminathan, Venkata Lakshmi Abburi, Lav Kumar Yadav, Yan Tomason, Amnon Levi et al.

    Pages 229-240

14. Organellar Genomes of the Cucurbits

    • Michael J. Havey

    Pages 241-252

15. Databases and Bioinformatics for Cucurbit Species

    • Yang Bai, Zhonghua Zhang, Zhangjun Fei

    Pages 253-267

16. Genetic Mapping of Complex Traits in Cucurbits

    • María José Gonzalo, Antonio J. Monforte

    Pages 269-290

17. Phloem Biology of the Cucurbitaceae

    • Robert Turgeon

    Pages 291-305

18. Sex Determination in Cucumis

    • Natalia Yaneth Rodriguez-Granados, Afef Lemhemdi, Fadi Abou Choucha, David Latrasse, Moussa Benhamed, Adnane Boualem et al.

    Pages 307-319

19. Genomic Analysis of Cucurbit Fruit Growth

    • Rebecca Grumet, Marivi Colle

    Pages 321-344

20. Fruit Ripening in Melon

    • Ryoichi Yano, Hiroshi Ezura

    Pages 345-375

This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds.  Recent years have resulted in tremendous increases in our knowledge of these species due to large scale genomic and transcriptomic studies and production of draft genomes for the four major species, Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis melo, Cucumis sativus, and Cucurbita spp.  This text examines genetic resources and structural and functional genomics for each species group and across species groups. In addition, it explores genomic-informed understanding and commonalities in cucurbit biology with respect to vegetative growth, floral development and sex expression, fruit growth and development, and important fruit quality traits.

• cucurbit
• fruit quality
• genetic resources
• genome sequence
• traits
• transcriptome
• Systematic Botany

• Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Rebecca Grumet

• Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel

  Nurit Katzir

• Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Institute de Recerca i Technologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Bellaterra, Spain

  Jordi Garcia-Mas

Dr. Rebecca GrumetMichigan State University
Department of Horticulture
Lansing, Michigan
USA

Dr. Nurit Katzir
Agricultural Research Organization
Newe Ya'ar Research Center
Ramat Yishay  
Israel

Dr. Jordi Garcia-Mas
IRTA Institute of Agro-food Research and Technology
Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics 
CSIS-IRTA-UAB 
Plant and Animal Genomics 
Barcelona  
Spain

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