Publications
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| the alcohol dehydrogenase gene family in melon (cucumis melo l.): bioinformatic analysis and expression patterns. | alcohol dehydrogenases (adh), encoded by multigene family in plants, play a critical role in plant growth, development, adaptation, fruit ripening and aroma production. thirteen adh genes were identified in melon genome, including 12 adhs and one formaldehyde dehydrogenease (fdh), designated cmadh1-12 and cmfdh1, in which cmadh1 and cmadh2 have been isolated in cantaloupe. adh genes shared a lower identity with each other at the protein level and had different intron-exon structure at nucleotide ... | 2016 | 27242871 |
| genome-wide investigation of the nac transcription factor family in melon (cucumis melo l.) and their expression analysis under salt stress. | 82 melon nac (cmnac) genes were identified in melon. we putatively identified the function of cmnac gene in melon under salt stress. nac transcription factor proteins play important roles in many biological processes, including plant development and stress responses. to date, few full-length melon nac proteins have been identified. in this study, 82 melon nac (cmnac) genes were identified in the cucumis melo l. genome. by interrogating our cdna libraries and transcriptome data from melon under s ... | 2016 | 27229006 |
| agroindustrial composts to reduce the use of peat and fungicides in the cultivation of muskmelon seedlings. | environmental concerns about peat extraction in wetland ecosystems have increased. therefore, there is an international effort to evaluate alternative organic substrates for the partial substitution of peat. the aim of this work was to use different composts (c1-c10) obtained from the fruit and vegetable processing industry (pepper, carrot, broccoli, orange, artichoke residues, sewage sludge (citric and pepper) and vineyard pruning wastes) to produce added-value composts as growing media with su ... | 2017 | 27197924 |
| genetic characterization of turkish snake melon (cucumis melo l. subsp. melo flexuosus group) accessions revealed by ssr markers. | snake melon is an important cucurbit crop especially in the southeastern and the mediterranean region of turkey. it is consumed as fresh or pickled. the production is mainly done with the local landraces in the country. turkey is one of the secondary diversification centers of melon and possesses valuable genetic resources which have different morphological characteristics in case of snake melon. genetic diversity of snake melon genotypes collected from different regions of turkey and reference ... | 2016 | 27193591 |
| transcriptome profiling of cucumis melo fruit development and ripening. | hami melon (cucumis melo) is the most important melon crop grown in the north-western provinces of china. in order to elucidate the genetic and molecular basis of developmental changes related to size, flesh, sugar and sour content, we performed a transcriptome profiling of its fruit development. over 155 000 000 clean reads were mapped to melonomics genome, yielding a total of 23 299 expressed genes. of these, 554 genes were specifically expressed in flowers, and 3260 genes in fruit flesh tissu ... | 2016 | 27162641 |
| somatic coliphage profiles of produce and environmental samples from farms in northern méxico. | somatic coliphages were quantified in 459 produce and environmental samples from 11 farms in northern mexico to compare amounts of somatic coliphages among different types of fresh produce and environmental samples across the production steps on farms. rinsates from cantaloupe melons, jalapeño peppers, tomatoes, and the hands of workers, soil, and water were collected during 2011-2012 at four successive steps on each farm, from the field before harvest through the packing facility, and assayed b ... | 2016 | 27153836 |
| effects of industrial wastewater on growth and biomass production in commonly grown vegetables. | in developing countries like pakistan, irrigation of crops with industrial and municipal wastewater is a common practice. however, the impact of wastewater irrigation on vegetables growth has rarely been studied. therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of industrial wastewater on the germination and seedling growth of some commonly grown vegetables in pakistan. wastewater samples were collected from two different industries (marble industry and match alam factory) at h ... | 2016 | 27149970 |
| a biotransformation process for the production of cucurbitacin b from its glycoside using a selected streptomyces sp. | cucurbitacin b (cub) and its glycoside, cucurbitacin b 2-o-β-d-glucoside (cubg), abundantly occur in the pedicels of cucumis melo. compared with cub, cubg is not efficiently extracted from the pedicels. furthermore, the anticancer activity of cubg is lower than that of the aglycone. a process for cubg biotransformation to cub was developed for the first time. a strain of streptomyces species that converts cubg into cub was isolated from an enrichment culture of c. melo pedicels. after optimizati ... | 2016 | 27145940 |
| oviposition preferences of pickleworm (lepidoptera: crambidae) in relation to a potential push-pull cropping management approach. | pickleworm, diaphania nitidalis cramer (lepidoptera: crambidae), is a major pest of cucurbits. the current management approach for this pest is weekly insecticide applications. a push-pull cropping approach may be an alternative management practice and could reduce reliance on pesticides. one potential push-pull scenario is the use of squash (cucurbita pepo l.) as a trap crop and watermelon (citrullus lanatus [thunb.] matsum. & nakai) as a deterrent intercrop to manage pickleworm on cantaloupe ( ... | 2016 | 27118111 |
| heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of two lipoxygenases in oriental melon, cucumis melo var. makuwa makino. | lipoxygenases (loxs) are a class of non-heme iron-containing dioxygenases that catalyse oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to produce hydroperoxidation that are in turn converted to oxylipins. although multiple isoforms of loxs have been detected in several plants, loxs in oriental melon have not attracted much attention. two full-length lox cdna clones, cmlox10 and cmlox13 which have been isolated from oriental melon (cucumis melo var. makuwa makino) cultivar "yumeiren", encode 902 and 90 ... | 2016 | 27101009 |
| relaxin and atrial natriuretic peptide pathways participate in the anti-fibrotic effect of a melon concentrate in spontaneously hypertensive rats. | in spontaneously hypertensive rats (shr), a model of human essential hypertension, oxidative stress is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis associated with hypertension. dietary supplementation with agents exhibiting antioxidant properties could have a beneficial effect in remodeling of the heart. we previously demonstrated a potent anti-hypertrophic effect of a specific melon (cucumis melo l.) concentrate with antioxidant properties in spontaneously hypertensive rats. ... | 2016 | 27079780 |
| assessment of the microbiological safety of precut fruit from retail and catering premises in the united kingdom. | fresh fruit has been associated with a number of foodborne outbreaks in recent years. in particular, a large outbreak of listeriosis in the united states in 2011 was associated with consumption of cantaloupe melon, and an outbreak of salmonella newport in the united kingdom and europe (also in 2011) was linked to watermelon consumption. a study of precut fruit products from catering and retail premises in the united kingdom was, therefore, carried out to assess their microbiological safety. betw ... | 2016 | 27052864 |
| effects of 20 selected fruits on ethanol metabolism: potential health benefits and harmful impacts. | the consumption of alcohol is often accompanied by other foods, such as fruits and vegetables. this study is aimed to investigate the effects of 20 selected fruits on ethanol metabolism to find out their potential health benefits and harmful impacts. the effects of the fruits on ethanol metabolism were characterized by the concentrations of ethanol and acetaldehyde in blood, as well as activities of alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in liver of mice. furthermore, potential hea ... | 2016 | 27043608 |
| review of scientific evidence of medicinal convoy plants in traditional persian medicine. | one concept used in traditional persian medicine (tpm) for multidrug therapy is that of the convoy drug (mobadregh). according to tpm texts, convoy drugs are substances (or drugs), which facilitate the access of drugs or foods to the whole body or to specific organs. this study reviewed some convoy drugs presented in tpm, their biological effects, and their probable interactions with main drugs, considering the increased absorption through inhibition of p-glycoprotein (p-gp) efflux function, bio ... | 2017 | 27041871 |
| cucumis melo ssp. agrestis var. agrestis ameliorates high fat diet induced dyslipidemia in syrian golden hamsters and inhibits adipogenesis in 3t3-l1 adipocytes. | cucumis melo ssp. agrestis var. agrestis (cma) is a wild variety of c. melo. this study aimed to explore anti-dyslipidemic and anti-adipogenic potential of cma. | 2015 | 27013786 |
| identification and molecular characterization of the cdna encoding cucumis melo allergen, cuc m 3, a plant pathogenesis-related protein. | melon (cucumis melo) allergy is one of the most common food allergies, characterized by oral allergy syndrome. to date, two allergen molecules, cuc m 1 and cuc m 2, have been fully characterized in melon pulp, but there are few reports about the molecular characteristics of cuc m 3. | 2014 | 26989726 |
| molecular cloning, characterization, and expression of cuc m 2, a major allergen in cucumis melo. | several studies reported the clinical features of ige-mediated hypersensitivity after ingestion of melon. melon allergy is a common ige-mediated fruit allergy in iran. this prompted us to investigate immunochemical and molecular properties of the major allergen in melon fruit, to compare the ige-binding capacity of the natural protein with the recombinant allergen, and to determine cross-reactivity of the major allergen with closely-related allergens from other plants displaying clinical cross-r ... | 2013 | 26989709 |
| validity of using recombinant melon profilin, cuc m 2, for diagnosis of melon allergy. | allergy is a clinical disorder affecting humans worldwide. allergenic extracts prepared from natural source materials remain heterogeneous in composition and content, but are regularly used for diagnosis and immunotherapy. recombinant allergens are suitable candidates to use in place of natural allergens; however, the recombinant allergens should be assessed and compared with the natural ones. cuc m 2 (profilin), one of the most important allergens of melon (cucumis melo), has been cloned and wa ... | 2012 | 26989703 |
| first record of drosophila buzzatii (patterson & wheeler) (diptera: drosophilidae) emerging from a non-cactus host. | drosophila buzzatii (patterson & wheeler), a typical cactophilic species of the repleta group, is registered for the first time emerging from melon (cucumis melo) in western argentina. the analysis of inversion polymorphism and genetic diversity of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit i gene (mtcoi) provided additional evidence that corroborated the presence of a high proportion of d. buzzatii among the flies emerged from melon. this finding set the scenario for a broader range of possible h ... | 2016 | 26960546 |
| dosakaya juice assuages development of sucrose induced impaired glucose tolerance and imbalance in antioxidant defense. | the objective was to explore the effect of dosakaya (dk) (cucumis melo var. chito) juice on sucrose induced dysglycemia and disturbances in antioxidant defense in rats. | 2015 | 26929582 |
| differential colonization dynamics of cucurbit hosts by erwinia tracheiphila. | bacterial wilt is one of the most destructive diseases of cucurbits in the midwestern and northeastern united states. although the disease has been studied since 1900, host colonization dynamics remain unclear. cucumis- and cucurbita-derived strains exhibit host preference for the cucurbit genus from which they were isolated. we constructed a bioluminescent strain of erwinia tracheiphila (tedcu10-bl#9) and colonization of different cucurbit hosts was monitored. at the second-true-leaf stage, cuc ... | 2016 | 26926487 |
| assessing crop n status of fertigated vegetable crops using plant and soil monitoring techniques. | evaluation of crop n status will assist optimal n management of intensive vegetable production. simple procedures for monitoring crop n status such as petiole sap [no 3--n], leaf n content and soil solution [no 3-] were evaluated with indeterminate tomato and muskmelon. their sensitivity to assess crop n status throughout each crop was evaluated using linear regression analysis against nitrogen nutrition index (nni) and crop n content. nni is the ratio between the actual and the critical crop n ... | 2015 | 26924847 |
| mapping the flavor contributing traits on "fengwei melon" (cucumis melo l.) chromosomes using parent resequencing and super bulked-segregant analysis. | we used a next-generation high-throughput sequencing platform to resequence the xinguowei and shouxing melon cultivars, the parents of fengwei melon. we found 84% of the reads (under a coverage rate of "13×") placed on the reference genome dhl92. there were 2,550,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms and 140,000 structural variations in the two genomes. we also identified 1,290 polymorphic genes between xinguowei and shouxing. we combined specific length amplified fragment sequencing (slaf-seq) an ... | 2016 | 26840947 |
| rapid ester biosynthesis screening reveals a high activity alcohol-o-acyltransferase (aatase) from tomato fruit. | ethyl and acetate esters are naturally produced in various yeasts, plants, and bacteria. the biosynthetic pathways that produce these esters share a common reaction step, the condensation of acetyl/acyl-coa with an alcohol by alcohol-o-acetyl/acyltransferase (aatase). recent metabolic engineering efforts exploit aatase activity to produce fatty acid ethyl esters as potential diesel fuel replacements as well as short- and medium-chain volatile esters as fragrance and flavor compounds. these effor ... | 2016 | 26814045 |
| cucumis melo endornavirus: genome organization, host range and co-divergence with the host. | a high molecular weight dsrna was isolated from a cucumis melo l. plant (referred to as 'cl01') of an unknown cultivar and completely sequenced. sequence analyses showed that dsrna is associated with an endornavirus for which a name cucumis melo endornavirus (cmev) is proposed. the genome of cmev-cl01 consists of 15,078 nt, contains a single, 4939 codons-long orf and terminates with a stretch of 10 cytosine residues. comparisons of the putative cmev-encoded polyprotein with available references ... | 2016 | 26805037 |
| cloning of superoxide dismutase from post-harvest hami melon and quantitative expression analysis before and after disease. | primers were designed according to the cu/zn-sod gene sequences of cloned cucurbits plants (cucumbers and watermelons) available in ncbi. total rna from hami melon pulp was used as a template. following rt-pcr amplification, a 403-bp fragment of the hami melon cu/zn-sod gene was obtained. according to alignment in blast and phylogenetic tree analysis, the cloned gene fragment was confirmed to be the hami melon cu/zn-sod gene sequence. real-time fluorescence quantitative expression analysis indic ... | 2015 | 26782470 |
| de novo transcriptome analysis of cucumis melo l. var. makuwa. | oriental melon (cucumis melo l. var. makuwa) is one of six subspecies of melon and is cultivated widely in east asia, including china, japan, and korea. although oriental melon is economically valuable in asia and is genetically distinct from other subspecies, few reports of genome-scale research on oriental melon have been published. we generated 30.5 and 36.8 gb of raw rna sequence data from the female and male flowers, leaves, roots, and fruit of two oriental melon varieties, korean landrace ... | 2016 | 26743902 |
| identification of aphis gossypii glover (hemiptera: aphididae) biotypes from different host plants in north china. | the cotton-melon aphid, aphis gossypii glover (hemiptera: aphididae), is a polyphagous species with a worldwide distribution and a variety of biotypes. north china is a traditional agricultural area with abundant winter and summer hosts of a. gossypii. while the life cycles of a. gossypii on different plants have been well studied, those of the biotypes of north china are still unclear. | 2016 | 26735973 |
| structure, evolution and functional inference on the mildew locus o (mlo) gene family in three cultivated cucurbitaceae spp. | the powdery mildew disease affects thousands of plant species and arguably represents the major fungal threat for many cucurbitaceae crops, including melon (cucumis melo l.), watermelon (citrullus lanatus l.) and zucchini (cucurbita pepo l.). several studies revealed that specific members of the mildew locus o (mlo) gene family act as powdery mildew susceptibility factors. indeed, their inactivation, as the result of gene knock-out or knock-down, is associated with a peculiar form of resistance, ... | 2015 | 26715041 |
| establishment of an agrobacterium-mediated inoculation system for cucumber green mottle mosaic virus. | the infectious full-length cdna clones of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (cgmmv) isolates kw and kom, which were isolated from watermelon and oriental melon, respectively, were constructed under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35s promoter. we successfully inoculated nicotiana benthamiana with the cloned cgmmv isolates kw and kom by agrobacterium-mediated infiltration. virulence and symptomatic characteristics of the cloned cgmmv isolates kw and kom were tested on several indicat ... | 2015 | 26674677 |
| biological and molecular characterization of a korean isolate of cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus infecting cucumis species in korea. | surveys of yellowing viruses in plastic tunnels and in open field crops of melon (cucumis melo cultivar catalupo), oriental melon (c. melo cultivar oriental melon), and cucumber (c. sativus) were carried out in two melon-growing areas in 2014, korea. severe yellowing symptoms on older leaves of melon and chlorotic spots on younger leaves of melon were observed in the plastic tunnels. the symptoms were widespread and included initial chlorotic lesions followed by yellowing of whole leaves and thi ... | 2015 | 26673519 |
| [study on extraction methods of characteristic wavelength of visible near infrared spectroscopy used for sugar content of hetao muskmelon]. | hetao muskmelon is a unique fruit in the hetao area of northwest china, which has been loved by consumers. sugar content is the important indicator of measuring the quality and mature of muskmelons. this research uses maya 2000 pro portable spectrometer and pr-101α portable digital refractometer to get spectrum and sugar content values of "jinhongbao" muskmelon, researches the effect of different extraction methods of characteristic wavelength (stepwise multiple linear regression (smlr), interva ... | 2015 | 26669156 |
| marker-assisted selection of fusarium wilt-resistant and gynoecious melon (cucumis melo l.). | in this study, molecular markers were designed based on the sex determination genes acs7 (a) and wip1 (g) and the domain in the fusarium oxysporum-resistant gene fom-2 (f) in order to achieve selection of f. oxysporum-resistant gynoecious melon plants. markers of a and f are cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences that distinguish alleles according to restriction analysis. twenty f1 and 1863 f2 plants derived from the crosses between the gynoecious line wi998 and the fusarium wilt-resistant line ... | 2015 | 26662419 |
| a prospective pharmacological review of medicinal herbs, cucumis melo and berberis vulgaris, commonly used in the treatment of renal diseases in pakistan. | the kidneys are important organs which have many functions in the body, including the production of hormones, absorbtion of minerals and the filtration of blood, producing urine. their failure can be fatal, therefore, to focus the study of such herbs which may be useful in treating renal disease is the need of hour. in pakistan, cucumis melo and berberis vulgaris has been commonly used for renal problems. in both of these plants were found flavonoids, alkaloids and terpenes, which may stand for ... | 2015 | 26647620 |
| oxidative stability, chemical composition and organoleptic properties of seinat (cucumis melo var. tibish) seed oil blends with peanut oil from china. | seinat seed oil was blended with peanut oil for the enhancement of stability and chemical characteristics of the blend. the physicochemical properties (relative density, refractive index, free fatty acids, saponification value, iodine value and peroxide value) of seinat seed and peanut oil blends in ratios 95:5, 85:15, 30:70 and 50:50 proportions were evaluated, as well as oxidative stability index, deferential scanning calorimetric (dsc) characteristics and tocopherols content. results of oil b ... | 2015 | 26604391 |
| the effect of cmloxs on the production of volatile organic compounds in four aroma types of melon (cucumis melo). | lipoxygenases (loxs) play important role in the synthesis of volatile organic compounds (vocs), which influence the aroma of fruit. in this study, we elucidate that there is a positive relationship between loxs activity and voc production in melon (cucumis melo), and cmlox genes are involved in fruit aroma generation in melon. to this end, we tested four aroma types of melon that feature a thin pericarp: two aromatic cultivars of the oriental melons (c. melo var. makuwa makino), 'yu meiren' (ymr ... | 2015 | 26599669 |
| characterisation of australian verdelho wines from the queensland granite belt region. | verdelho is a white-grape-vine, growing well in the granite belt region of queensland. despite its traditional use in madeira wine production, there is scant literature on the flavour characteristics of this variety as a dry wine. in this work, for the first time, volatile compounds of verdelho wines from the granite belt have been isolated by solid phase extraction (spe), and analysed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms). a corresponding sensory characterisation of this distinctiv ... | 2016 | 26593603 |
| bacteriocins from the rhizosphere microbiome - from an agriculture perspective. | bacteria produce and excrete a versatile and dynamic suit of compounds to defend against microbial competitors and mediate local population dynamics. these include a wide range of broad-spectrum non-ribosomally synthesized antibiotics, lytic enzymes, metabolic by-products, proteinaceous exotoxins, and ribosomally produced antimicrobial peptides (bacteriocins). most bacteria produce at least one bacteriocin. bacteriocins are of interest in the food industry as natural preservatives and in the pro ... | 2015 | 26579159 |
| an overview of fruit allergy and the causative allergens. | plant allergens, being one of the most widespread allergenic substances, are hard to avoid. hence, their identification and characterization are of prime importance for the diagnosis and treatment of food allergy. the reported allergies to fruits mainly evoke oral allergy syndrome caused by the presence of cross-reactive ige to certain pollens and thus, allergy to fruits has also been linked to particular pollens. many fruit allergies are being studied for their causative allergens, and are bein ... | 2015 | 26549334 |
| modified inoculation and disease assessment methods reveal host specificity in erwinia tracheiphila-cucurbitaceae interactions. | we conducted a greenhouse trial to determine specific compatible interactions between erwinia tracheiphila strains and cucurbit host species. using a modified inoculation system, e. tracheiphila strains hca1-5n, uniscu1-1n, and mispsq-n were inoculated to cucumber (cucumis sativus) cv. 'sweet burpless', melon (cucumis melo) cv. 'athena hybrid', and squash (cucubita pepo) cv. 'early summer crookneck'. we observed symptoms and disease progression for 30 days; recorded the number of days to wilting ... | 2015 | 26522078 |
| sequence variation of bemisia tabaci chemosensory protein 2 in cryptic species b and q: new dna markers for whitefly recognition. | bemisia tabaci gennadius biotypes b and q are two of the most important worldwide agricultural insect pests. genomic sequences of type-2 b. tabaci chemosensory protein (btabcsp2) were cloned and sequenced in b and q biotypes, revealing key biotype-specific variations in the intron sequence. a q260 sequence was found specifically in q-btabcsp2 and cucumis melo ln692399, suggesting ancestral horizontal transfer of gene between the insect and the plant through bacteria. a cleaved amplified polymorp ... | 2016 | 26481237 |
| biology of anastrepha grandis (diptera: tephritidae) in different cucurbits. | anastrepha grandis (macquart) (diptera: tephritidae) is one of the main pests of cucurbits in brazil. losses occur due to the damage caused to the fruits and the embargo on exports, as a. grandis is considered a quarantine pest in countries that import brazilian cucurbits. this study aimed to evaluate the development of a. grandis in hosts of the cucurbitaceae family. the hosts used were stem squash (cucurbita pepo l.), squash (cucurbita moschata duchesne), chayote [sechium edule (jacq.) swartz] ... | 2015 | 26470226 |
| mirna-mediated auxin signalling repression during vat-mediated aphid resistance in cucumis melo. | resistance to aphis gossypii in melon is attributed to the presence of the single dominant r gene virus aphid transmission (vat), which is biologically expressed as antibiosis, antixenosis and tolerance. however, the mechanism of resistance is poorly understood at the molecular level. aphid-induced transcriptional changes, including differentially expressed mirna profiles that correspond to resistance interaction have been reported in melon. the potential regulatory roles of mirnas in vat-mediat ... | 2016 | 26437210 |
| erratum to: the effect of katsura-uri (japanese pickling melon, cucumis melo var. conomon) and its derived ingredient methylthioacetic acid on energy metabolism during aerobic exercise. | [this corrects the article doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1144-y.]. | 2015 | 26413436 |
| a kelch domain-containing f-box coding gene negatively regulates flavonoid accumulation in muskmelon. | the flavonoids are phenylpropanoid-derived metabolites that are ubiquitous in plants, playing many roles in growth and development. recently, we observed that fruit rinds of yellow casaba muskmelons (cucumis melo 'inodorous group') accumulate naringenin chalcone, a yellow flavonoid pigment. with rna-sequencing analysis of bulked segregants representing the tails of a population segregating for naringenin chalcone accumulation followed by fine mapping and genetic transformation, we identified a k ... | 2015 | 26358418 |
| contamination of knives and graters by bacterial foodborne pathogens during slicing and grating of produce. | poor hygiene and improper food preparation practices in consumers' homes have previously been demonstrated as contributing to foodborne diseases. to address potential cross-contamination by kitchen utensils in the home, a series of studies was conducted to determine the extent to which the use of a knife or grater on fresh produce would lead to the utensil's contamination with escherichia coli o157:h7 or salmonella enterica. when shredding inoculated carrots (ca. 5.3 log cfu/carrot), all graters ... | 2015 | 26338127 |
| role of brushes and peelers in removal of escherichia coli o157:h7 and salmonella from produce in domestic kitchens. | consumers are being advised to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables to reduce their risk of chronic disease. however, to achieve that goal, consumers must be able to implement protocols in their kitchens to reduce their risk of consuming contaminated produce. to address this issue, a study was conducted to monitor the fate of escherichia coli o157:h7 and salmonella on produce (cantaloupe, honeydew melon, carrots, and celery) that were subjected to brushing or peeling using common ... | 2015 | 26319715 |
| influence of phosphorus management on melon (cucumis melo l.) fruit quality. | at harvest time, melon quality is related to internal and external parameters, which are very important for consumer attractiveness and marketable yield. several agronomic factors can affect the quality of melon fruits and among them mineral availability may play a significant role. therefore the aim of the work was to investigate the effect of phosphorus fertigation on melon fruit (cucumis melo l.) qualitative characteristics, such as fruit size and yield, pulp colour and firmness, aroma and ta ... | 2016 | 26304134 |
| chiba tendril-less locus determines tendril organ identity in melon (cucumis melo l.) and potentially encodes a tendril-specific tcp homolog. | tendrils are filamentous plant organs that coil on contact with an object, thereby providing mechanical support for climbing to reach more sunlight. plant tendrils are considered to be modified structure of leaves, stems, or inflorescence, but the origin of cucurbit tendrils is still argued because of the complexity in the axillary organ patterning. we carried out morphological and genetic analyses of the chiba tendril-less (ctl) melon (cucumis melo) mutant, and found strong evidence that the me ... | 2015 | 26275436 |
| the effect of katsura-uri (japanese pickling melon, cucumis melo var. conomon) and its derived ingredient methylthioacetic acid on energy metabolism during aerobic exercise. | we investigated the effect of katsura-uri (japanese pickling melon; cucumis melo var. conomon) on energy metabolism during exercise in human and animal studies. | 2015 | 26217554 |
| quantification of prominent volatile compounds responsible for muskmelon and watermelon aroma by purge and trap extraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination. | a dynamic headspace purge-and-trap (dhs-p&t) methodology for the determination and quantification of 61 volatile compounds responsible for muskmelon and watermelon aroma has been developed and validated. the methodology is based on the application of purge-and-trap extraction followed by gas chromatography coupled to (ion trap) mass spectrometry detection. for this purpose two different p&t sorbent cartridges have been evaluated. the influence of different extraction factors (sample weight, extr ... | 2016 | 26213027 |
| aroma volatiles obtained at harvest by hs-spme/gc-ms and index/ms-e-nose fingerprint discriminate climacteric behaviour in melon fruit. | melon aroma volatiles were extracted at harvest from juice of a climacteric near-isogenic line (nil) sc3-5-1 with two quantitative trait loci (qtls) introgressed which produced climacteric behaviour and its non-climacteric parental (ps) using two methodologies of analysis: static headspace solid phase micro-extraction (hs-spme) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms) and inside needle dynamic extraction (index) by ms-based electronic nose (ms-e-nose). | 2016 | 26212782 |
| characterization of endophytic bacteria from cucurbit fruits with potential benefits to agriculture in melons (cucumis melo l.). | endophytes are microorganisms that mainly colonize vegetative parts, but are also found in reproductive and disseminating organs, and may have beneficial characteristics. to identify microorganisms associated with the agriculturally important family, cucurbitaceae, endophytes were initially determined in fruits of cucumis melo reticulatus group 'dulce' by a cultivation-independent approach based on fluorescence in situ hybridization using double labeling of oligonucleotide probes. alpha-, beta-, ... | 2015 | 26183916 |
| resistance to cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus in melon accession tgr-1551. | the genetic control of resistance to cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (cabyv; genus polerovirus, family luteoviridae) in the tgr-1551 melon accession was studied through agroinoculation of a genetic family obtained from the cross between this accession and the susceptible spanish cultivar 'bola de oro'. segregation analyses were consistent with the hypothesis that one dominant gene and at least two more modifier genes confer resistance; one of these additional genes is likely present in the su ... | 2015 | 26075973 |
| the challenge of peat substitution in organic seedling production: optimization of growing media formulation through mixture design and response surface analysis. | peat replacement is an increasing demand in containerized and transplant production, due to the environmental constraints associated to peat use. however, despite the wide information concerning the use of alternative materials as substrates, it is very complex to establish the best materials and mixtures. this work evaluates the use of mixture design and surface response methodology in a peat substitution experiment using two alternative materials (green compost and palm fibre trunk waste) for ... | 2015 | 26070163 |
| comparative transcriptional profiling analysis of developing melon (cucumis melo l.) fruit from climacteric and non-climacteric varieties. | in climacteric fruit-bearing species, the onset of fruit ripening is marked by a transient rise in respiration rate and autocatalytic ethylene production, followed by rapid deterioration in fruit quality. in non-climacteric species, there is no increase in respiration or ethylene production at the beginning or during fruit ripening. melon is unusual in having climacteric and non-climacteric varieties, providing an interesting model system to compare both ripening types. transcriptomic analysis o ... | 2015 | 26054931 |
| molecular cloning, sequence characterization and expression pattern of rab18 gene from watermelon (citrullus lanatus). | the complete mrna sequence of watermelon rab18 gene was amplified through the rapid amplification of cdna ends (race) method. the full-length mrna was 1010 bp containing a 645 bp open reading frame, which encodes a protein of 214 amino acids. sequence analysis revealed that watermelon rab18 protein shares high homology with the rab18 of cucumber (99%), muskmelon (98%), morus notabilis (90%), tomato (89%), wine grape (89%) and potato (88%). phylogenetic analysis revealed that watermelon rab18 gen ... | 2015 | 26019638 |
| linking pollination effectiveness and interspecific displacement success in bees. | pollen deposition, a surrogate for bee efficiency, becomes increasingly important during their interspecific interactions. we conducted field experiments on highly cross-pollinated melon (cucumis melo) and watermelon (citrullus lanatus) in order to understand how bee species with different pollination efficiencies displace each other from floral resources. we observed significant displacement of less abundant but more efficient bees by the more abundant but less efficient bees in both crops, whi ... | 2015 | 26013126 |
| effectiveness of levulinic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate employed as a sanitizer during harvest or packing of cantaloupes contaminated with salmonella poona. | freshly harvested eastern variety cantaloupes (cucumis melo l. var. reticulatus cv. athena) were subjected to three different harvest and wash treatments to examine conditions under which the efficacy of the sanitizer, levulinic acid (lv) plus sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds), could be enhanced to reduce salmonella contamination. in treatment set one, cantaloupes were spot inoculated with salmonella enterica serovar poona (prepared from solid or liquid media cultures) before or after a 1-min dip tre ... | 2015 | 26001062 |
| the diaporthe sojae species complex: phylogenetic re-assessment of pathogens associated with soybean, cucurbits and other field crops. | phytopathogenic species of diaporthe are associated with a number of soybean diseases including seed decay, pod and stem blight and stem canker and lead to considerable crop production losses worldwide. accurate morphological identification of the species that cause these diseases has been difficult. in this study, we determined the phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries of diaporthe longicolla, diaporthe phaseolorum, diaporthe sojae and closely related taxa. species boundaries for th ... | 2015 | 25937066 |
| enterococcus faecium lke12 cell-free extract accelerates host plant growth via gibberellin and indole-3-acetic acid secretion. | the use of microbial extracts containing plant hormones is a promising technique to improve crop growth. little is known about the effect of bacterial cell-free extracts on plant growth promotion. this study, based on phytohormonal analyses, aimed at exploring the potential mechanisms by which enterococcus faecium lke12 enhances plant growth in oriental melon. a bacterial strain, lke12, was isolated from soil, and further identified as e. faecium by 16s rdna sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. ... | 2015 | 25907061 |
| influence of thermal processing on the volatile constituents of muskmelon puree. | muskmelon (cucumis melo l) is an important tropical fruit cultivated widely in different parts of india. fresh muskmelon has a delicate but characteristic flavor rendering the fruit with highly acceptable flavor. processing and preservation of muskmelon puree requires thermal processing, which affects the volatile constituents. it is imperative to understand the flavor changes during thermal processing which would affect the quality of the processed and packed muskmelon puree. muskmelon puree wa ... | 2015 | 25892817 |
| systems approach for exploring the intricate associations between sweetness, color and aroma in melon fruits. | melon (cucumis melo) fruits exhibit phenotypic diversity in several key quality determinants such as taste, color and aroma. sucrose, carotenoids and volatiles are recognized as the key compounds shaping the above corresponding traits yet the full network of biochemical events underlying their synthesis have not been comprehensively described. to delineate the cellular processes shaping fruit quality phenotypes, a population of recombinant inbred lines (ril) was used as a source of phenotypic an ... | 2015 | 25887588 |
| variability of candidate genes, genetic structure and association with sugar accumulation and climacteric behavior in a broad germplasm collection of melon (cucumis melo l.). | a collection of 175 melon (cucumis melo l.) accessions (including wild relatives, feral types, landraces, breeding lines and commercial cultivars) from 50 countries was selected to study the phenotypic variability for ripening behavior and sugar accumulation. the variability of single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) at 53 selected candidate genes involved in sugar accumulation and fruit ripening processes was studied, as well as their association with phenotypic variation of related traits. | 2015 | 25886993 |
| application of γ-aminobutyric acid demonstrates a protective role of polyamine and gaba metabolism in muskmelon seedlings under ca(no3)2 stress. | the effects of exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (gaba) application on growth, polyamine and endogenous gaba metabolism in muskmelon leaves and roots were measured. plants were treated under control or 80 mm ca(no3)2 stress conditions with or without foliar spraying 50 mm gaba. ca(no3)2 stress significantly suppressed seedling growth and gaba transaminase activity, and enhanced glutamate decarboxylase (gad) activity and endogenous gaba levels. polyamine (pa) biosynthesis and degradation capacity inc ... | 2015 | 25885476 |
| cmmdb: a versatile database for cucumis melo microsatellite markers and other horticulture crop research. | cucumis melo l. that belongs to cucurbitaceae family ranks among one of the highest valued horticulture crops being cultivated across the globe. besides its economical and medicinal importance, cucumis melo l. is a valuable resource and model system for the evolutionary studies of cucurbit family. however, very limited numbers of molecular markers were reported for cucumis melo l. so far that limits the pace of functional genomic research in melon and other similar horticulture crops. we develop ... | 2015 | 25885062 |
| [effects of grafting on physiological characteristics of melon (cucumis melo) seedlings under copper stress]. | the effects of grafting on physiological characters of melon (cucumis melo) seedlings under copper stress were investigated with pumpkin jingxinzhen no. 3 as stock and oriental melon ivf09 as scion. the results showed that the physiological characters of melon seedlings were inhibited significantly under copper stress. compared with self-rooted seedlings, the biomass, the contents of photosynthetic pigment, glucose and fructose, the photosynthetic parameters, the activities of sucrose phosphate ... | 2014 | 25876409 |
| [effects of irrigation threshold on soil temperature in blossom and fruit-set periods of muskmelon under mulching-drip irrigation in greenhouse]. | it is very significant for muskmelon growth and production to maintain optimal conditions of soil moisture and temperature, especially during blossom and fruit-bearing periods. the object of this study was to analyze the effects of different soil water thresholds (t1: 55% of the field capacity, t2: 65% of the field capacity, t3: 75% of the field capacity, ck: 85% of the field capacity) on soil temperature under mulching-drip irrigation in greenhouse. moreover, effects of the ratio of soil moistu ... | 2014 | 25796903 |
| bth treatment caused physiological, biochemical and proteomic changes of muskmelon (cucumis melo l.) fruit during ripening. | benzo-(1,2,3)-thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid s-methyl ester (bth) is a chemical plant elicitor capable of inducing disease resistance in many crops. in this study, the climacteric fruit muskmelon (cv. yujinxiang) was treated with bth at 0.1g/l for assaying the changes in physiology, biochemistry and protein profile during ripening. the results showed that bth treatment enhanced respiration rate, while reduced titratable acid content and retarded the decline of fruit firmness and ascorbic acid co ... | 2015 | 25779462 |
| a 'golden' snp in cmor governs the fruit flesh color of melon (cucumis melo). | the flesh color of cucumis melo (melon) is genetically determined, and can be white, light green or orange, with β-carotene being the predominant pigment. we associated carotenoid accumulation in melon fruit flesh with polymorphism within cmor, a homolog of the cauliflower boor gene, and identified cmor as the previously described gf locus in melon. cmor was found to co-segregate with fruit flesh color, and presented two haplotypes (alleles) in a broad germplasm collection, one being associated ... | 2015 | 25754094 |
| antihaemolytic activity of thirty herbal extracts in mouse red blood cells. | reactive oxygen species (ros) can lead to haemolysis and eventually to diseases such as thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia. their action can be counteracted by the antihaemolytic activity of therapeutic agents. the aim of our study was to identify plants that most efficiently counteract ros-caused haemolysis. from ten plants known for their antioxidant activity (orobanche orientalis g. beck, cucumis melo l., albizzia julibrissin durazz, galium verum l., scutellaria tournefortii benth, crocus ca ... | 2014 | 25720027 |
| validation of a novel rinse and filtration method for efficient processing of fresh produce samples for microbiological indicator enumeration. | several methods have been described to prepare fresh produce samples for microbiological analysis, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. the aim of this study was to compare the performance of a novel combined rinse and membrane filtration method to two alternative sample preparation methods for the quantification of indicator microorganisms from fresh produce. decontaminated cantaloupe melons and jalapeño peppers were surface inoculated with a cocktail containing 10(6) cfu/ml escheric ... | 2015 | 25719876 |
| use of targeted snp selection for an improved anchoring of the melon (cucumis melo l.) scaffold genome assembly. | the genome of the melon (cucumis melo l.) double-haploid line dhl92 was recently sequenced, with 87.5 and 80.8% of the scaffold assembly anchored and oriented to the 12 linkage groups, respectively. however, insufficient marker coverage and a lack of recombination left several large, gene rich scaffolds unanchored, and some anchored scaffolds unoriented. to improve the anchoring and orientation of the melon genome assembly, we used resequencing data between the parental lines of dhl92 to develop ... | 2015 | 25612459 |
| combined use of genetic and genomics resources to understand virus resistance and fruit quality traits in melon. | the availability of the genome sequence of many crop species during the past few years has opened a new era in plant biology, allowing for the performance of massive genomic studies in plant species other than the classical models arabidopsis and rice. one of these crop species is melon (cucumis melo), a cucurbit of high economic value that has become an interesting model for the study of biological processes such as fruit ripening, sex determination and phloem transport. the recent availability ... | 2015 | 25594580 |
| interspecific and intraspecific gene variability in a 1-mb region containing the highest density of nbs-lrr genes found in the melon genome. | plant nbs-lrr -resistance genes tend to be found in clusters, which have been shown to be hot spots of genome variability. in melon, half of the 81 predicted nbs-lrr genes group in nine clusters, and a 1 mb region on linkage group v contains the highest density of r-genes and presence/absence gene polymorphisms found in the melon genome. this region is known to contain the locus of vat, an agronomically important gene that confers resistance to aphids. however, the presence of duplications makes ... | 2014 | 25523007 |
| instrumental and sensory analyses of quality attributes of grafted specialty melons. | soilborne disease management remains a great challenge in melon production with the phaseout of soil fumigant methyl bromide. grafting has been shown to be an effective approach to control soilborne diseases. however, previous research has yielded mixed results regarding the impacts of rootstock on fruit quality. very few studies have assessed melon quality attributes using both sensory evaluation and instrumental methods. | 2015 | 25512001 |
| molecular cloning and characterization of a mlo gene in rubber tree (hevea brasiliensis). | mlo gene encodes a plant-specific seven-transmembrane domain protein involved in a variety of cellular processes. in this study, a novel mlo gene from rubber tree (hevea brasiliensis), designated hbmlo1, was cloned by rt-pcr in rubber tree. the orf of hbmlo1 was 1551bp in length, encoding a putative protein of 516 amino acids. hbmlo1 was a typical mlo protein with seven-transmembrane domain. sequence comparison between hbmlo1 and other mlo proteins demonstrated that hbmlo1 shared the highest sim ... | 2015 | 25506769 |
| an experimental design approach to the chemical characterisation of pectin polysaccharides extracted from cucumis melo inodorus. | extracted pectins have been utilised in a number of applications in both the food and pharmaceutical industries where they are generally used as gelling agents, thickeners and stabilisers, although a number of pectins have been shown to be bioactive. these functional properties will depend upon extraction conditions. a statistical experimental design approach was used to study the effects of extraction conditions ph, time and temperature on pectins extracted from cucumis melo inodorus. the resul ... | 2015 | 25498647 |
| comparison of response surface methodology and artificial neural network approach towards efficient ultrasound-assisted biodiesel production from muskmelon oil. | the present study is to evaluate and compare the prediction and simulating efficiencies of response surface methodology (rsm) and artificial neural network (ann) based models on fatty acid methyl esters (fame) yield achieved from muskmelon oil (mmo) under ultrasonication by two step in situ process. in first in situ process, free fatty acid content of mmo was reduced from 6.43% to 0.91% using h2so4 as acid catalyst and organic phase in the first step was subjected to second reaction by adding ko ... | 2015 | 25457517 |
| melon (cucumis melo). | genetic transformation is an important technique used in plant breeding and to functionally characterize genes of interest. the earliest reports of agrobacterium-mediated transformation in the melon (cucumis melo) were from the early 1990s (fang and grumet, plant cell rep, 9: 160-164, 1990; dong et al., nat biotechnol 9: 858-863, 1991; valles and lasa, plant cell rep 13: 145-148, 1994). these early studies described three problems that decreased the efficiency of transformation: tetraploidy, chi ... | 2015 | 25416259 |
| effect of crc::etr1-1 transgene expression on ethylene production, sex expression, fruit set and fruit ripening in transgenic melon (cucumis melo l.). | ethylene is a key factor regulating sex expression in cucurbits. commercial melons (cucumis melo l.) are typically andromonoecious, producing male and bisexual flowers. our prior greenhouse studies of transgenic melon plants expressing the dominant negative ethylene perception mutant gene, etr1-1, under control of the carpel- and nectary-primordia targeted crab's claw (crc) promoter showed increased number and earlier appearance of carpel-bearing flowers. to further investigate this phenomenon w ... | 2015 | 25416172 |
| salicylic acid alleviates cadmium-induced inhibition of growth and photosynthesis through upregulating antioxidant defense system in two melon cultivars (cucumis melo l.). | cadmium (cd) is a widespread toxic heavy metal that usually causes deleterious effects on plant growth and development. salicylic acid (sa), a naturally existing phenolic compound, is involved in specific responses to various environmental stresses. to explore the role of sa in the tolerance of melon (cucumis melo l.) to cd stress, the influence of sa application on the growth and physiological processes was compared in the two melon cultivars hamilv (cd-tolerant) and xiulv (cd-sensitive) under ... | 2015 | 25398649 |
| cell wall-degrading enzymes of didymella bryoniae in relation to fungal growth and virulence in cantaloupe fruit. | didymella bryoniae is an important pathogen of cucurbits worldwide. virulence factors of d. bryoniae were investigated in regard to fungal growth and the production of cell wall-degrading enzymes, polygalacturonase (pg), pectate lyase (pl), pectin lyase (pnl), β-galactosidase (β-gal) and cellulase (cx). virulence levels of five d. bryoniae isolates were determined by the severity of inoculated cantaloupe fruit decay. the highly virulent isolates had more mycelial growth than the moderately virul ... | 2014 | 25364138 |
| modelling sustainable salt water management under deficit irrigation conditions for melon in spain and brazil. | in water scarcity areas the use of saline water for irrigation is a common practice. in this study, experimental data from two two-year melon tests were collected for the calibration (2004 'yellow melon' (yeme) type) and validation (2002 yeme, 2005 and 2006 'piel de sapo' (pisa) type) processes in melon crop simulation under deficit irrigation conditions using salt water. the simulations were carried out for castilla-la mancha (spain) and ceará (brazil) using the mopeco model, which includes opt ... | 2015 | 25296534 |
| the vat locus encodes for a cc-nbs-lrr protein that confers resistance to aphis gossypii infestation and a. gossypii-mediated virus resistance. | aphis gossypii is a polyphagous sucking aphid and a vector for many viruses. in cucumis melo, a dominant locus, vat, confers a high level of resistance to aphis gossypii infestation and to viruses transmitted by this vector. to investigate the mechanism underlying this double resistance, we first genetically dissected the vat locus. we delimited the double resistance to a single gene that encodes for a coiled-coil-nucleotide-binding-site-leucine-rich repeat (cc-nbs-lrr) protein type. to validate ... | 2014 | 25283874 |
| evaluation of native bees as pollinators of cucurbit crops under floating row covers. | production of cucurbit crops presents growers with numerous challenges. several severe pests and diseases can be managed through the use of rotation, trap cropping, mechanical barriers, such as row covers, and chemical applications. however, considerations must also be made for pollinating insects, as adequate pollination affects the quantity and quality of fruit. insecticides may negatively affect pollinators; a concern enhanced in recent years due to losses in managed apis melifera l. colonies ... | 2014 | 25199100 |
| phylogeny and pathogenicity of fusarium spp. isolated from greenhouse melon soil in liaoning province. | fungi of the fusarium oxysporum are widely distributed around the world in all types of soils, and they are all anamorphic species. in order to investigate the relationships and differences among fusarium spp., 25 fusarium spp. were isolated from greenhouse melon soils in liaoning province, china. with these 25 strains, three positive control fusarium strains were analyzed using universally primed pcr (up-pcr). seventy-three bands appeared after amplification using 6 primers, and 66 of these ban ... | 2014 | 25183948 |
| evaluation of fruit intake and its relation to body mass index of adolescents. | diets high in fruits and vegetables are recommended to maintain health. however, accurate fruit intake evaluation is hard and high sugar content in most of the fruits suggest possible negative relationships with health indices. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the fruit intake status of adolescents and to examine the relationship between fruit intake and body mass index (bmi). for this, 400 middle and high school students were surveyed for their fruit eating attitude, preference, ... | 2014 | 25136540 |
| mapping and introgression of qtl involved in fruit shape transgressive segregation into ‘piel de sapo’ melon (cucumis melo l.) [corrected]. | a mapping f2 population from the cross 'piel de sapo' × pi124112 was selectively genotyped to study the genetic control of morphological fruit traits by qtl (quantitative trait loci) analysis. ten qtl were identified, five for fl (fruit length), two for fd (fruit diameter) and three for fs (fruit shape). at least one robust qtl per character was found, flqs8.1 (lod = 16.85, r2 = 34%), fdqs12.1 (lod = 3.47, r2 = 11%) and fsqs8.1 (lod = 14.85, r2 = 41%). flqs2.1 and fsqs2.1 cosegregate with gene a ... | 2014 | 25126852 |
| identification of predictor parameters to determine agro-industrial compost suppressiveness against fusarium oxysporum and phytophthora capsici diseases in muskmelon and pepper seedlings. | the lack of reliable prediction tools for evaluation of the level and specificity of compost suppressiveness limits its application. in our study, different chemical, biological and microbiological parameters were used to evaluate their potential use as a predictor parameter for the suppressive effect of composts against fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis (fom) and phytophthora capsici (p. capsici) in muskmelon and pepper seedlings respectively. composts were obtained from artichoke sludge, chopp ... | 2015 | 25074864 |
| floral primordia-targeted acs (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase) expression in transgenic cucumis melo implicates fine tuning of ethylene production mediating unisexual flower development. | floral primordia-targeted expression of the ethylene biosynthetic gene, acs , in melon suggests that differential timing and ethylene response thresholds combine to promote carpels, inhibit stamens, and prevent asexual bud formation. typical angiosperm flowers produce both male and female reproductive organs. however, numerous species have evolved unisexuality. melons (cucumis melo l.) can produce varying combinations of male, female or bisexual flowers. regardless of final sex, floral developme ... | 2014 | 25066672 |
| the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene family in melon (cucumis melo l.): bioinformatic analysis and expression patterns. | cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (cad) is a key enzyme in lignin biosynthesis. however, little was known about cads in melon. five cad-like genes were identified in the genome of melons, namely cmcad1 to cmcad5. the signal peptides analysis and cad proteins prediction showed no typical signal peptides were found in all cmcads and cmcad proteins may locate in the cytoplasm. multiple alignments implied that some motifs may be responsible for the high specificity of these cad proteins, and may be one ... | 2014 | 25019207 |
| the 2-c-methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway in melon is regulated by specialized isoforms for the first and last steps. | the 2-c-methyl-d-erythritol-4-phosphate (mep) pathway provides the precursors for the biosynthesis of plastidial isoprenoids, which include the carotenoid pigments of many fruits. we have analysed the genes encoding the seven enzymes of the mep pathway in melon (cucumis melo l.) and determined that the first one, 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase (dxs), and the last one, 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(e)-butenyl 4-diphosphate reductase (hdr), are represented in the genome as a small gene family and pa ... | 2014 | 25013119 |
| dermoscopy findings of hidroacanthoma simplex. | hidroacanthoma simplex (has), also known as intraepidermal eccrine poroma, is a rare eccrine adnexal tumor that tends to be misdiagnosed as other types of benign skin tumor, including clonal seborrheic keratosis. notably, has is sometimes misdiagnosed and treated by cryosurgery as seborrheic keratosis, which could trigger the later development of porocarcinoma. therefore, accurate diagnosis of has is indispensable for dermatologists to avoid the development of malignant tumors by an unsuitable t ... | 2014 | 24987351 |
| transcriptomic and physiological characterization of the fefe mutant of melon (cucumis melo) reveals new aspects of iron-copper crosstalk. | iron (fe) and copper (cu) homeostasis are tightly linked across biology. in previous work, fe deficiency interacted with cu-regulated genes and stimulated cu accumulation. the c940-fe (fefe) fe-uptake mutant of melon (cucumis melo) was characterized, and the fefe mutant was used to test whether cu deficiency could stimulate fe uptake. wild-type and fefe mutant transcriptomes were determined by rna-seq under fe and cu deficiency. fefe-regulated genes included core fe uptake, metal homeostasis, an ... | 2014 | 24975482 |
| the prevalence of the oral allergy syndrome and pollen-food syndrome in an atopic paediatric population in south-west sydney. | oral allergy syndrome (oas) and pollen-food syndrome (pfs) are regarded as uncommon manifestations of paediatric atopic disease. however, little australian data exist. the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of oas in an atopic, paediatric population. | 2014 | 24953857 |
| cucurbits depicted in byzantine mosaics from israel, 350-600 ce. | thousands of floor mosaics were produced in lands across the roman and byzantine empires. some mosaics contain depictions of agricultural produce, potentially providing useful information concerning the contemporary presence and popularity of crop plants in a particular geographical region. hundreds of floor mosaics produced in israel during the byzantine period have survived. the objective of the present work was to search these mosaics for cucurbitaceae in order to obtain a more complete pictu ... | 2014 | 24948671 |
| management of irrigation frequency and nitrogen fertilization to mitigate ghg and no emissions from drip-fertigated crops. | drip irrigation combined with split application of fertilizer nitrogen (n) dissolved in the irrigation water (i.e. drip fertigation) is commonly considered best management practice for water and nutrient efficiency. as a consequence, its use is becoming widespread. some of the main factors (water-filled pore space, nh4(+) and no3(-)) regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases (i.e. n2o, co2 and ch4) and no from agroecosystems can easily be manipulated by drip fertigation without yield penaltie ... | 2014 | 24908647 |
| the ph gene determines fruit acidity and contributes to the evolution of sweet melons. | taste has been the subject of human selection in the evolution of agricultural crops, and acidity is one of the three major components of fleshy fruit taste, together with sugars and volatile flavour compounds. we identify a family of plant-specific genes with a major effect on fruit acidity by map-based cloning of c. melo ph gene (cmph) from melon, cucumis melo taking advantage of the novel natural genetic variation for both high and low fruit acidity in this species. functional silencing of or ... | 2014 | 24898284 |
| nisin based stabilization of novel fruit and vegetable functional juices containing bacterial cellulose at ambient temperature. | the current study reports the preparation and stabilization of novel functional drinks based on fruit and vegetable juices incorporating bacterial cellulose from acetobacter xylinum. pineapple, musk melon, carrot, tomato, beet root and a blend juice containing 20 % each of carrot and tomato juice with 60 % beet root juice has been studied. these juices have been stabilized over a storage period of 90 days at 28 °c, by the use of nisin and maintaining a low ph circumventing the need for any chemi ... | 2014 | 24876660 |