Publications
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| assessment of root uptake and systemic vine-transport of salmonella enterica sv. typhimurium by melon (cucumis melo) during field production. | among melons, cantaloupes are most frequently implicated in outbreaks and surveillance-based recalls due to salmonella enterica. there is limited but compelling evidence that associates irrigation water quality as a significant risk of preharvest contamination of melons. however, the potential for root uptake from water and soil and subsequent systemic transport of salmonella into melon fruit is uncharacterized. the aim of this work was to determine whether root uptake of s. enterica results in ... | 2012 | 22824339 |
| 1-methylcyclopropene effects on temporal changes of aroma volatiles and phytochemicals of fresh-cut cantaloupe. | orange-fleshed cantaloupe melons have intense aroma and flavor but are very perishable during storage life. fresh-cut processing enhances ethylene-mediated quality losses. post-cutting 1-methylcyclopene (1-mcp) application to fresh-cut cantaloupe was evaluated for its effects on quality attributes, phytochemical content and aroma volatiles. | 2013 | 22821412 |
| the genome of melon (cucumis melo l.). | we report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. we assembled 375 mb of the double-haploid line dhl92, representing 83.3% of the estimated melon genome. we predicted 27,427 protein-coding genes, which we analyzed by reconstructing 22,218 phylogenetic trees, allowing mapping of the orthology and paralogy relationships of sequenced plant genomes. we observed the absence of recent whole-genome duplications in the melon lineage since the ancient eudicot triplication ... | 2012 | 22753475 |
| transcriptome sequencing for snp discovery across cucumis melo. | melon (cucumis melo l.) is a highly diverse species that is cultivated worldwide. recent advances in massively parallel sequencing have begun to allow the study of nucleotide diversity in this species. the sanger method combined with medium-throughput 454 technology were used in a previous study to analyze the genetic diversity of germplasm representing 3 botanical varieties, yielding a collection of about 40,000 snps distributed in 14,000 unigenes. however, the usefulness of this resource is li ... | 2012 | 22726804 |
| development and utility of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (caps) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (rflps) linked to the fom-2 fusarium wilt resistance gene in melon (cucumis melo l.). | fusarium wilt, caused by fusarium oxysporum schlecht f. sp. melonis snyder & hans, is a worldwide soil-borne disease of melon (cucumis melo l.). resistance to races 0 and 1 of fusarium wilt is conditioned by the dominant gene fom-2. to facilitate marker-assisted backcrossing with selection for fusarium wilt resistance, we developed cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (caps) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (rflp) markers by converting rapd markers e07 (a 1.25-kb band) and g17 (a ... | 1999 | 22665178 |
| medieval emergence of sweet melons, cucumis melo (cucurbitaceae). | sweet melons, cucumis melo, are a widely grown and highly prized crop. 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. sativus. 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 century. the objective of the present work was to determine where and when truly sweet melons were first developed. | 2012 | 22648880 |
| analytical traceability of melon (cucumis melo var reticulatus): proximate composition, bioactive compounds, and antioxidant capacity in relation to cultivar, plant physiology state, and seasonal variability. | two morphologically different cultivars of italian melons (baggio and giusto) were characterized considering samples harvested in different times, at the beginning (bpp) and at the end of the physiological plant production period (epp). proximate composition, protein, minerals, ph, phenolic content, antioxidant capacity, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, condensed tannins, and flavonoids were measured, showing a significant decrease in epp samples (phenolics, antioxidant capacity, condensed tannins, a ... | 2012 | 22583041 |
| isolation and characterization of a muskmelon cdna encoding lycopene beta-cyclase. | lycopene beta-cyclase (lcy-b) is thought to play a critical role in beta-carotene synthesis in fruit. a full-length cdna clone encoding lycopene beta-cyclase was isolated from muskmelon (cucumis melo l.) by rt-pcr and race. the clone, designated cmlcyb1, contains 1871 nucleotides, with an open reading frame of 1512 nucleotides. the deduced 504-amino-acid sequence showed high identities with other plant lycopene beta-cyclases. real time quantitative rt-pcr analysis indicated that cmlcyb1 was expr ... | 2012 | 22575730 |
| pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of muskmelon base (pedicellus melo.) for abdominal distention and constipation. | muskmelon base (pedicellus melo.) has a long history (ming dynasty) as a chinese traditional medicine. according to traditional use, it was prepared as rectal suppositories for treating abdominal distention and constipation. the present study was carried out on the pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of muskmelon base. | 2012 | 22543170 |
| diversity in expression of phosphorus (p) responsive genes in cucumis melo l. | phosphorus (p) is a major limiting nutrient for plant growth in many soils. studies in model species have identified genes involved in plant adaptations to low soil p availability. however, little information is available on the genetic bases of these adaptations in vegetable crops. in this respect, sequence data for melon now makes it possible to identify melon orthologues of candidate p responsive genes, and the expression of these genes can be used to explain the diversity in the root system ... | 2012 | 22536378 |
| identification of aroma-active compounds in jiashi muskmelon juice by gc-o-ms and oav calculation. | to identify aromatic compounds in jiashi melon juice, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (gc-ms-o) analysis was used. odor activity values (oavs) were also calculated on the basis of the qualitative and quantitative analysis of volatile compounds. results showed that 42 volatiles were identified, among which 4 compounds, namely, diethyl carbonate, isophorone, 2-butoxyethyl acetate, and menthol, were identified or tentatively identified for the first time as volatiles in melon frui ... | 2012 | 22497266 |
| effect of household and industrial processing on the levels of pesticide residues and degradation products in melons. | two varieties of melons (cucumis melo) were treated with two fungicides (carbendazim and maneb) and four insecticides (acetamiprid, cyromazin, imazalil and thiamethoxam) to quantify the effect of household processing on the pesticide residues. to ensure sufficiently high levels of residues in flesh and peel, the most concentrated formulations were applied observing good agricultural practice. the peeling step decreased the concentration of pesticide residues for maneb, imazalil and acetamiprid b ... | 2012 | 22489844 |
| intestinal cell targeting of a stable recombinant cu-zn sod from cucumis melo fused to a gliadin peptide. | the mrna encoding full length chloroplastic cu-zn sod (superoxide dismutase) of cucumis melo (cantaloupe melon) was cloned. this sequence was then used to generate a mature recombinant sod by deleting the first 64 codons expected to encode a chloroplastic peptide signal. a second hybrid sod was created by inserting ten codons to encode a gliadin peptide at the n-terminal end of the mature sod. taking account of codon bias, both recombinant proteins were successfully expressed and produced in esc ... | 2012 | 22426094 |
| co-mapping studies of qtls for fruit acidity and candidate genes of organic acid metabolism and proton transport in sweet melon (cucumis melo l.). | sweet melon cultivars contain a low level of organic acids and, therefore, the quality and flavor of sweet melon fruit is determined almost exclusively by fruit sugar content. however, genetic variability for fruit acid levels in the cucumis melo species exists and sour fruit accessions are characterized by acidic fruit ph of <5, compared to the sweet cultivars that are generally characterized by mature fruit ph values of >6. in this paper, we report results from a mapping population based on re ... | 2012 | 22406955 |
| cucumis melo microrna expression profile during aphid herbivory in a resistant and susceptible interaction. | aphis gossypii resistance in melon (cucumis melo) is due to the presence of a single dominant virus aphid transmission (vat) gene belonging to the nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat family of resistance genes. significant transcriptional reprogramming occurs in vat(+) plants during aphid infestation as metabolism shifts to respond to this biotic stress. micrornas (mirnas) are involved in the regulation of many biotic stress responses. the role of mirnas was investigated in response to a ... | 2012 | 22375710 |
| melon rna interference (rnai) lines silenced for cm-eif4e show broad virus resistance. | efficient and sustainable control of plant viruses may be achieved using genetically resistant crop varieties, although resistance genes are not always available for each pathogen; in this regard, the identification of new genes that are able to confer broad-spectrum and durable resistance is highly desirable. recently, the cloning and characterization of recessive resistance genes from different plant species has pointed towards eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eif) of the 4e family a ... | 2012 | 22309030 |
| bacterial mixture from greenhouse soil as a biocontrol agent against root-knot nematode, meloidogyne incognita, on oriental melon. | the biological control efficacy of a greenhouse soil bacterial mixture of lactobacillus farraginis, bacillus cereus, and bacillus thuringiensis strains with antinematode activity was evaluated against the root-knot nematode meloidogyne incognita. two control groups planted in soil drenched with sterile distilled water or treated with the broadspectrum carbamate pesticide carbofuran were used for comparison. the results suggest that the bacterial mixture is effective as a biocontrol agent against ... | 2012 | 22297227 |
| enantioselective determination of triazole fungice tetraconazole by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography and its application to pharmacokinetic study in cucumber, muskmelon, and soils. | a simple chiral high-performance liquid chromatography method with diode array detector was developed and validated for stereoselective determination of tetraconazole enantiomers in cucumber, muskmelon, and soils. good separation was achieved at 20°c using cellulose tris-(4-methylbenzoate) as chiral stationary phase, a mixture of n-hexane and ethanol (90:10) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min. the assay method was linear over a range of concentrations (0.5-50 μg/ml) and the mean recove ... | 2012 | 22278951 |
| [construction of a melon genetic map with fruit and seed qtls]. | a genetic map of melon was constructed using 143 f2 population developed from a cross between two distant lines ano2 of japan and hami melon k413. the map contains 12 linkage groups and 142 markers, including 121 aflps, 16 ssrs, 3 stss, 2 trait markers and covers 1 014.2 cm. composite interval mapping (cim) method was used to detect qtls involved in melon fruit and seed traits: fruit length (fl), fruit width (fw), fruit shape (length/width, fs), centre sugar (cs), edge sugar (es), flesh texture ... | 2011 | 22207387 |
| a new australian species of luffa (cucurbitaceae) and typification of two australian cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by ferdinand mueller in 1856. | as a result of his botanical explorations in northern australia, ferdinand von mueller named several cucurbitaceae that molecular data now show to be distinct, requiring their resurrection from unjustified synonymy. we here describe and illustrate luffa saccata f. muell. ex i.telford, validating a manuscript name listed under luffa graveolens roxb. since 1859, and we lectotypify cucumis picrocarpus f. muell. and cucumis jucundus f. muell. the lectotype of the name cucumis jucundus, a synonym of ... | 2011 | 22171190 |
| cantaloupe melon-like stomach. | 2012 | 22154414 | |
| Low genetic diversity of Squash vein yellowing virus in wild and cultivated cucurbits in the U.S. suggests a recent introduction. | Squash vein yellowing virus (SqVYV) isolates were collected from cultivated and weedy cucurbits representing major hosts and locations in the U.S. and analyzed to better understand the diversity and population structure. No differences in symptoms were observed in field-collected isolate source plants or subsequently inoculated greenhouse plants, and the complete genome of an SqVYV isolate from a wild cucurbit host (smellmelon, Cucumis melo var. dudaim) was highly similar (99.4% nucleotide ident ... | 2011 | 22142477 |
| reduction of latent infection and enhancement of disease resistance in muskmelon by preharvest application of harpin. | latent infection was analyzed when harpin at 50 mg/l was sprayed on muskmelon 4 times at four different stages: florescence, young fruit, fruit enlarging, and netting periods. results showed that the latent infection was significantly lower in sprayed muskmelons than in the control fruit. meanwhile, the activities of peroxidase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, β-1,3-glucanase, and chitinase increased significantly in the fruit treated with harpin. it also resulted in an increase of contents of tota ... | 2011 | 22050047 |
| grafting helps improve photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism in leaves of muskmelon. | the most important quality for muskmelon (cucumis melo l.) is their sweetness which is closely related to the soluble sugars content. leaves are the main photosynthetic organs in plants and thus the source of sugar accumulation in fruits since sugars are translocated from leaves to fruits. the effects of grafting muskmelon on two different inter-specific (cucurbita maxima×c. moschata) rootstocks was investigated with respect to photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism. grafting zhongmi1 muskme ... | 2011 | 22043173 |
| arabidopsis suc1 loads the phloem in suc2 mutants when expressed from the suc2 promoter. | active loading of sucrose into phloem companion cells (ccs) is an essential process in apoplastic loaders, such as arabidopsis or tobacco (nicotiana sp.), and is even used by symplastic loaders such as melon (cucumis melo) under certain stress conditions. reduction of the amount or complete removal of the transporters catalysing this transport step results in severe developmental defects. here we present analyses of two arabidopsis lines, suc2-4 and suc2-5, that carry a null allele of the suc2 g ... | 2011 | 22021573 |
| expression and large-scale production of the biochemically active human tissue-plasminogen activator in hairy roots of oriental melon (cucumis melo). | human tissue-plasminogen activator (t-pa) is a thrombolytic protein that plays an active role in dissolving fibrin clots by fibrinolysis and in activating plasminogen to plasmin in blood vessels. t-pa and synthetic t-pa (st-pa) genes were expressed as enzymatically active form in hairy roots of oriental melon (cucumis melo l. cv. geumssaragi-euncheon) infected by agrobacterium rhizogenes. the insertion of the t-pa genes in genomic dna of transgenic hairy roots was verified by pcr. the presence a ... | 2011 | 22018738 |
| phenotypic stability of hybrids of gália melon in rio grande do norte state, brazil. | the objectives of this study were to determine the importance of simple and complex components of the interaction genotype × environment and to evaluate the adaptability and stability of gália melon hybrids. nine hybrids were tested in twelve environments of rio grande norte state from 2000 to 2001. the experiments were carried out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. the statistical methods of toler and burrows, wricke and ammi (additive main effect and multiplicative ... | 2011 | 21971597 |
| microarray analysis shows that recessive resistance to watermelon mosaic virus in melon is associated with the induction of defense response genes. | resistance to watermelon mosaic virus (wmv) in melon (cucumis melo l.) accession tgr-1551 is characterized by a significant reduction in virus titer, and is inherited as a recessive, loss-of-susceptibility allele. we measured virus rna accumulation in tgr-1551 plants and a susceptible control ('tendral') by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and also profiled the expression of 17,443 unigenes represented on a melon microarray over a 15-day time course. the virus accumulated to hig ... | 2012 | 21970693 |
| Quantitative analysis of mycoflora on commercial domestic fruits in Japan. | A comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the mycoflora on the surface of commercial fruit was performed. Nine kinds of fruits grown in Japan were tested. Overall fungal counts on the fruits ranged from 3.1 to 6.5 log CFU/g. The mean percentages of the total yeast counts were higher than those of molds in samples of apples, Japanese pears, and strawberries, ranging from 58.5 to 67.0%, and were lower than those of molds in samples of the other six fruits, ranging from 9.8 to 48.3%. Cladosporiu ... | 2011 | 21902918 |
| evaluation of cucurbitacin-based gustatory stimulant to facilitate cucumber beetle (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) management with foliar insecticides in melons. | the bitter plant-derived compounds cucurbitacins are known to stimulate feeding of adult cucumber beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae). a cucurbitacin-based gustatory stimulant applied as a flowable bait combined with either spinosad or carbaryl was compared with foliar sprays of spinosad and carbaryl for controlling two cucumber beetle species (diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata mannerheim and acalymma trivittatum mannerheim) in honeydew melons (cucumis melo l.). field studies were condu ... | 2011 | 21882695 |
| determination of the melon chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences reveals that the largest reported mitochondrial genome in plants contains a significant amount of dna having a nuclear origin. | the melon belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance among vegetable crops is second only to solanaceae. the melon has a small genome size (454 mb), which makes it suitable for molecular and genetic studies. despite similar nuclear and chloroplast genome sizes, cucurbits show great variation when their mitochondrial genomes are compared. the melon possesses the largest plant mitochondrial genome, as much as eight times larger than that of other cucurbits. | 2011 | 21854637 |
| effect of freeze-drying on the antioxidant compounds and antioxidant activity of selected tropical fruits. | the effects of freeze-drying on antioxidant compounds and antioxidant activity of five tropical fruits, namely starfruit (averrhoa carambola l.), mango (mangifera indica l.), papaya (carica papaya l.), muskmelon (cucumis melo l.), and watermelon citruluss lanatus (thunb.) were investigated. significant (p < 0.05) differences, for the amounts of total phenolic compounds (tpc), were found between the fresh and freeze-dried fruit samples, except muskmelon. there was no significant (p > 0.05) change ... | 2011 | 21845104 |
| analysis of the melon (cucumis melo) small rnaome by high-throughput pyrosequencing. | melon (cucumis melo l.) is a commercially important fruit crop that is cultivated worldwide. the melon research community has recently benefited from the determination of a complete draft genome sequence and the development of associated genomic tools, which have allowed us to focus on small rnas (srnas). these are short, non-coding rnas 21-24 nucleotides in length with diverse physiological roles. in plants, they regulate gene expression and heterochromatin assembly, and control protection agai ... | 2011 | 21812964 |
| a consensus linkage map for molecular markers and quantitative trait loci associated with economically important traits in melon (cucumis melo l.). | a number of molecular marker linkage maps have been developed for melon (cucumis melo l.) over the last two decades. however, these maps were constructed using different marker sets, thus, making comparative analysis among maps difficult. in order to solve this problem, a consensus genetic map in melon was constructed using primarily highly transferable anchor markers that have broad potential use for mapping, synteny, and comparative quantitative trait loci (qtl) analysis, increasing breeding e ... | 2011 | 21797998 |
| light and electron microscopy observations of embryogenesis and egg development in the human liver fluke, opisthorchis viverrini (platyhelminthes, digenea). | eggs of most species digenean flukes hatch in the external environment to liberate larvae that seek and penetrate a snail intermediate host. those of the human liver flukes, opisthorchis viverrini, hatch within the gastrointestinal canal of their snail hosts. while adult parasites are primarily responsible for the pathology in cases of human opisthorchiasis, their eggs also contribute by inducing granulomata and in serving as nidi for gallstone formation. in view of the peculiar biology of o. vi ... | 2011 | 21786067 |
| [effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid on the photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of muskmelon seedlings under hypoxia stress]. | by the method of hydroponic culture, this paper studied the effects of exogenous gamma-aminobutyric acid (gaba) on the photosynthetic pigment contents, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of muskmelon seedlings under hypoxia stress. hypoxia stress induced a significant decrease of photosynthetic pigment contents, resulting in the decrease of photosynthesis. applying gaba could significantly increase the photosynthetic pigment contents, net photosynthetic rate (p(n)), stomatal ... | 2011 | 21774324 |
| histological study of organogenesis in cucumis melo l. after genetic transformation: why is it difficult to obtain transgenic plants? | melon (cucumis melo l.) is widely considered as a recalcitrant species for genetic transformation. in this study, we developed different regeneration and transformation protocols and we examined the regeneration process at different steps by histological studies. the highest regeneration rate (1.13-á-¦-á0.02 plants per explant) was obtained using cotyledon explants of the 'v+®drantais' genotype on murashige and skoog (ms) medium supplemented with 0.2-ámg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (bap) and 0.2-ámg/l ... | 2011 | 21706229 |
| olpidium bornovanus-mediated germination of ascospores of monosporascus cannonballus: a host-specific rhizosphere interaction. | monosporascus cannonballus, a host-specific root-infecting ascomycete, is the causal agent of a destructive disease of melon (cucumis melo l.) known as vine decline. ascospores germinate only in the rhizosphere of melon plants growing in field soil. however, no germination occurs in the rhizosphere of melon plants if the field soil is heated to temperatures >50-¦c prior to infestation with ascospores. this observation suggested that germination is mediated by one or more heat-sensitive members o ... | 2011 | 21675923 |
| expression, subcellular localization, and cis-regulatory structure of duplicated phytoene synthase genes in melon (cucumis melo l.). | carotenoids perform many critical functions in plants, animals, and humans. it is therefore important to understand carotenoid biosynthesis and its regulation in plants. phytoene synthase (psy) catalyzes the first committed and rate-limiting step in carotenoid biosynthesis. while psy is present as a single copy gene in arabidopsis, duplicated psy genes have been identified in many economically important monocot and dicot crops. cmpsy1 was previously identified from melon (cucumis melo l.), but w ... | 2011 | 21626149 |
| cell wall polysaccharides of near-isogenic lines of melon (cucumis melo l.) and their inbred parentals which show differential flesh firmness or physiological behavior. | we characterized differences in cell wall material and polysaccharide structures, due to the quantitative trait loci associated with higher flesh firmness in a nonclimacteric near-isogenic line (nil) sc7-2, and with the climacteric behavior of the nil sc3-5-1, using their nonclimacteric inbred parentals, "piel de sapo" (ps) and pi 161375 (sc). ps was firmer and had a higher ripening index and greater hemicellulosic content than sc, with its lower wall material yield, and uronic acid, neutral sug ... | 2011 | 21608971 |
| analysis of expressed sequence tags generated from full-length enriched cdna libraries of melon. | melon (cucumis melo), an economically important vegetable crop, belongs to the cucurbitaceae family which includes several other important crops such as watermelon, cucumber, and pumpkin. it has served as a model system for sex determination and vascular biology studies. however, genomic resources currently available for melon are limited. | 2011 | 21599934 |
| ecology and management of whitefly-transmitted viruses of vegetable crops in florida. | a variety of fresh market vegetables, including watermelon and tomato are economically important crops in florida. whitefly-transmitted squash vein yellowing virus (sqvyv) was first identified in squash and watermelon in florida in 2005 and shown to cause a severe decline of watermelon vines as crops approach harvest. florida is most economically impacted by sqvyv, although the virus has been detected more recently in indiana and south carolina. the origin and evolutionary history of sqvyv, one ... | 2011 | 21549768 |
| inactivation of snt2, a bah/phd-containing transcription factor, impairs pathogenicity and increases autophagosome abundance in fusarium oxysporum. | the soil-borne, asexual fungus fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (fom) is a causal agent of muskmelon wilt disease. the current study focused on the most virulent race of fom-race 1,2. the tagged mutant d122, generated by agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, caused the delayed appearance of initial wilt disease symptoms, as well as a 75% reduction in pathogenicity. d122 was impaired in the gene product homologous to the snt2-like transcription factor of schizosaccharomyces pombe. in ... | 2011 | 21535351 |
| infectious clones of tomato leaf curl palampur virus with a defective dna b and their pseudo-recombination with tomato leaf curl new delhi virus. | abstract: background: tomato leaf curl palampur virus (tolcpmv) is a bipartite begomovirus which has been reported from india and iran but infectious clones have not been obtained. we have previously shown the association of zucchini yellow mosaic virus (zymv), a potyvirus, with severe leaf curl disease of muskmelon in pakistan. however, the severity of symptoms in the field and yield losses led us to believe that some other agent, such as a begomovirus, could be associated with the disease. res ... | 2011 | 21496256 |
| exogenous calcium affects nitrogen metabolism in root-zone hypoxia-stressed muskmelon roots and enhances short-term hypoxia tolerance. | we investigated the effects of short-term root-zone hypoxic stress and exogenous calcium application or deficiency in an anoxic nutrient solution on nitrogen metabolism in the roots of the muskmelon cultivar xiyu no. 1. seedlings grown in the nutrient solution under hypoxic stress for 6d displayed significantly reduced plant growth and soluble protein concentrations. however, no₃⁻ uptake rate and activities of nitrate reductase and glutamate synthase were significantly increased. we also found h ... | 2011 | 21458885 |
| carotene and novel apocarotenoid concentrations in orange-fleshed cucumis melo melons: determinations of β-carotene bioaccessibility and bioavailability. | muskmelons, both cantaloupe (cucumis melo reticulatus group) and orange-fleshed honeydew (c. melo inodorus group), a cross between orange-fleshed cantaloupe and green-fleshed honeydew, are excellent sources of β-carotene. although β-carotene from melon is an important dietary antioxidant and precursor of vitamin a, its bioaccessibility/bioavailability is unknown. we compared β-carotene concentrations from previously frozen orange-fleshed honeydew and cantaloupe melons grown under the same glassh ... | 2011 | 21417375 |
| aminopyralid soil residues affect rotational vegetable crops in florida. | bahiagrass (paspalum notatum flueggé) is a poor host of several soilborne pests of vegetable crops; therefore vegetable crops are commonly grown in a rotation with bahiagrass pastures in florida. the herbicide aminopyralid provides foliar and soil residual weed control and increases forage production in bahiagrass pastures; however, the soil residual activity of aminopyralid makes carryover injury likely in subsequent sensitive vegetable crops. field research was conducted to determine the sensi ... | 2011 | 21413141 |
| watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (wmcsv): a serious disease threatening watermelon production in jordan. | the incidence of watermelon chlorotic stunt disease and the molecular characterization of the jordanian isolate of watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (wmcsv-[jo]) are described in this study. symptomatic leaf samples obtained from watermelon (citrullus lanatus thunb.), melon (cucumis melo l.), squash (cucurbita pepo), cucumber (cucumis sativus l.), and bottle gourd (lagenaria siceraria) plants were tested for wmcsv-[jo] infection by pcr. the virus could be detected in 8 melon and 87 watermelon sam ... | 2011 | 21399920 |
| ineffective topical treatment of vitiligo with cucumis melo extracts. | 2011 | 21342177 | |
| distinct colonization patterns and cdna-aflp transcriptome profiles in compatible and incompatible interactions between melon and different races of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis. | fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis snyd. & hans. (fom) causes fusarium wilt, the most important infectious disease of melon (cucumis melo l.). the four known races of this pathogen can be distinguished only by infection on appropriate cultivars. no molecular tools are available that can discriminate among the races, and the molecular basis of compatibility and disease progression are poorly understood. resistance to races 1 and 2 is controlled by a single dominant gene, whereas only partial polyg ... | 2011 | 21338485 |
| the genetic basis of resistance to downy mildew in cucumis spp.--latest developments and prospects. | downy mildew, caused by the oomycete pathogen pseudoperonospora cubensis, is one of the most destructive diseases of cucumber (cucumis sativus l.) and muskmelon (c. melo l.). although the process of pathogenesis is well understood, there are few disease control options available. the development and deployment of resistant cultivars is generally considered to be the best approach to control downy mildew. the recently completed sequencing of the cucumber genome provides a great opportunity for re ... | 2011 | 21318301 |
| extraordinary resistance to insecticides reveals exotic q biotype of bemisia tabaci in the new world. | a strain of the whitefly bemisia tabaci (gennadius) possessing unusually high levels of resistance to a wide range of insecticides was discovered in 2004 in the course of routine resistance monitoring in arizona. the multiply resistant insects, collected from poinsettia (euphorbia pulcherrima willd. ex klotzsch) plants purchased at a retail store in tucson, were subjected to biotype analysis in three laboratories. polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of naphthyl esterases and sequencing of the mit ... | 2010 | 21309242 |
| extensive metabolic cross-talk in melon fruit revealed by spatial and developmental combinatorial metabolomics. | • variations in tissue development and spatial composition have a major impact on the nutritional and organoleptic qualities of ripe fleshy fruit, including melon (cucumis melo). to gain a deeper insight into the mechanisms involved in these changes, we identified key metabolites for rational food quality design. • the metabolome, volatiles and mineral elements were profiled employing an unprecedented range of complementary analytical technologies. fruits were followed at a number of time points ... | 2011 | 21275993 |
| codominant pcr-based markers and candidate genes for powdery mildew resistance in melon (cucumis melo l.). | powdery mildew caused by podosphaera xanthii is a major disease in melon crops, and races 1, 2, and 5 of this fungus are those that occur most frequently in southern europe. the genotype tgr-1551 bears a dominant gene that provides resistance to these three races of p. xanthii. by combining bulked segregant analysis and amplified fragment length polymorphisms (aflp), we identified eight markers linked to this dominant gene. cloning and sequencing of the selected aflp fragments allowed the develo ... | 2011 | 21243332 |
| sucrose transporter plays a role in phloem loading in cmv-infected melon plants that are defined as symplastic loaders. | based on the high density of plasmodesmata interconnecting the intermediary cells and their neighboring phloem parenchyma or bundle-sheath cells, and based on the insensitivity to the sucrose transport inhibitor p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid (pcmbs), cucurbits have been concluded to be symplastic loaders. in the present study, we identified and characterized the full-length sequence of sucrose transporter gene (cmsut1) from melon (cucumis melo l. cv. hale's best jumbo). in vitro experiment ... | 2011 | 21241389 |
| polyploidization facilitates biotechnological in vitro techniques in the genus cucumis. | prezygotic interspecific crossability barrier in the genus cucumis is related to the ploidy level of the species (cucumber (c. sativus), x = 7; muskmelon (c. melo) and wild cucumis species, x = 12). polyploidization of maternal plants helps hybridization among other cucumis species by overcoming prezygotic genetic barriers. the main objective of this paper is to compare the results of several methods supporting interspecific crosses in cucumber without and with polyploidization (comparison betwe ... | 2010 | 21234406 |
| characterization of a synergistic interaction between two cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses: squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus. | squash leaf curl virus (slcv) and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (wmcsv) are cucurbit-infecting bipartite begomoviruses. both viruses are found in the eastern mediterranean basin but the effects of dual infection of both viruses on melon (cucumis melo l.) have not been described. 'arava' melon plants were inoculated in the greenhouse, using whiteflies, with either slcv, wmcsv, or both. control plants were exposed to nonviruliferous whiteflies or not exposed at all. following inoculation, plant ... | 2011 | 21219130 |
| muskmelon embryo rescue techniques using in vitro embryo culture. | among the major cucurbit vegetables, melon (cucumis melo) has one of the greatest polymorphic fruit types and botanical varieties. some melon fruits have excellent aroma, variety of flesh colors, deeper flavor, and more juice compared to other cucurbits. despite numerous available melon cultivars, some of them are exceedingly susceptible to several diseases. the genetic background carrying the genes for tolerance and/or resistance for those diseases is found in wild melon landraces. unfortunatel ... | 2011 | 21207265 |
| molecular cloning and expression of cucumisin (cuc m 1), a subtilisin-like protease of cucumis melo in escherichia coli. | oral allergy syndrome resulted from plant-derived foods is frequent among adults. allergy to melon (cucumis melo) is one of the most frequent fruit allergies in iran. three different major allergens have been found in cucumis melo that cuc m 1 (cucumisin) has been identified as the major allergen of melon. cucumisin is an alkaline serine protease that it is found as a 78kda protein in precursor form. the aim of this study was production of recombinant cuc m 1 in escherichia coli (e. coli) cells ... | 2011 | 21173569 |
| chlorophenoxyacetic acid and chloropyridylphenylurea accelerate translocation of photoassimilates to parthenocarpic and seeded fruits of muskmelon (cucumis melo). | we compared the effect of p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (p-cpa) and 1-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-3-phenylurea (cppu) on parthenocarpic and seeded muskmelon (cucumis melo) fruits in regards to fruit development and the transport of photoassimilates from leaves exposed to ¹⁴co₂ to the developing fruits. ten days after anthesis (daa), the fresh weight, total ¹⁴c-radioactivity and contents of ¹⁴c-sucrose and ¹⁴c-fructose were higher in the cppu-induced parthenocarpic fruits than in seeded fruits. however, at ... | 2011 | 21168241 |
| influence of genotype and explant source on the in vitro regeneration ability of different melon varieties. | nine genotypes of melon (cucumis melo l.) were selected for the investigation of regeneration. most of the tested varieties showed regeneration ability on medium containing 0.5 mg l⁻¹ or 1 mg l⁻¹ ba, but following the appearance of shoot buds, only six varieties produced leafy shoots. the effect of combinations of ba with different auxins (iaa, na, 2,4-d) and aba in the culture medium on shoot regeneration was tested on cotyledon explants of 'hógolyó' and 'hale's best'. to establish optimal cond ... | 2010 | 21112840 |
| a k+ channel from salt-tolerant melon inhibited by na+. | • the possible roles of k(+) channels in plant adaptation to high na(+) conditions have not been extensively analyzed. here, we characterize an inward shaker k(+) channel, mirk (melon inward rectifying k(+) channel), cloned in a salt-tolerant melon (cucumis melo) cultivar, and show that this channel displays an unusual sensitivity to na(+) . • mirk expression localization was analyzed by reverse-transcription pcr (rt-pcr). mirk functional analyses were performed in yeast (growth tests) and xenop ... | 2010 | 21077888 |
| structural basis for reduced activity of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase affected by a mutation linked to andromonoecy. | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (acs) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene. recently, a new biological role for acs has been found in cucumis melo where a single point mutation (a57v) of one isoform of the enzyme, causing reduced activity, results in andromonoecious plants. we present here a straightforward structural basis for the reduced activity of the a57v mutant, based on our work on malus domestica acs, including a new structure of the unliganded app ... | 2011 | 21075107 |
| sequencing of 6.7 mb of the melon genome using a bac pooling strategy. | cucumis melo (melon) belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance among horticulture crops is second only to solanaceae. melon has a high intra-specific genetic variation, morphologic diversity and a small genome size (454 mb), which make it suitable for a great variety of molecular and genetic studies. a number of genetic and genomic resources have already been developed, such as several genetic maps, bac genomic libraries, a bac-based physical map and est collections. sequenc ... | 2010 | 21073723 |
| genome-wide bac-end sequencing of cucumis melo using two bac libraries. | although melon (cucumis melo l.) is an economically important fruit crop, no genome-wide sequence information is openly available at the current time. we therefore sequenced bac-ends representing a total of 33,024 clones, half of them from a previously described melon bac library generated with restriction endonucleases and the remainder from a new random-shear bac library. | 2010 | 21054843 |
| a novel member of the genus nepovirus isolated from cucumis melo in japan. | an unusual virus was isolated from a japanese cucumis melo cv. prince melon plant showing mild mottling of the leaves. the virus had a broad experimental host range including at least 19 plant species in five families, with most infected plants showing no symptoms on inoculated and uninoculated systemically infected leaves. the virus particles were spherical, approximately 28 nm in diameter, and the coat protein (cp) had an apparent molecular mass of about 55 kda. the virus possessed a bi-partit ... | 2011 | 20955084 |
| [impacts of root-zone hypoxia stress on muskmelon growth, its root respiratory metabolism, and antioxidative enzyme activities]. | by using aeroponics culture system, this paper studied the impacts of root-zone hypoxia (10% o2 and 5% o2) stress on the plant growth, root respiratory metabolism, and antioxidative enzyme activities of muskmelon at its fruit development stage. root-zone hypoxia stress inhibited the plant growth of muskmelon, resulting in the decrease of plant height, root length, and fresh and dry biomass. comparing with the control (21% o2), hypoxia stress reduced the root respiration rate and malate dehydroge ... | 2010 | 20873618 |
| transformation of a marker-free and vector-free antisense acc oxidase gene cassette into melon via the pollen-tube pathway. | melons have short shelf-lives due to fruit ripening caused by ethylene production. the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (acc) oxidase gene is essential for ethylene biosynthesis. as fruit ripening in other fruit crops can be deterred by down-regulation of acc oxidase expression, we have carried out similar work to improve fruit quality and shelf-life of the melon cucumis melo. a marker-free and vector-free antisense 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase construct was transformed int ... | 2011 | 20865442 |
| field experiments of anopheles gambiae attraction to local fruits/seedpods and flowering plants in mali to optimize strategies for malaria vector control in africa using attractive toxic sugar bait methods. | based on recent studies in israel demonstrating that attractive toxic sugar bait (atsb) methods can be used to decimate local anopheline and culicine mosquito populations, an important consideration is whether the same methods can be adapted and improved to attract and kill malaria vectors in africa. the atsb approach uses fruit or flower scent as an attractant, sugar solution as a feeding stimulant, and an oral toxin. the atsb solutions are either sprayed on vegetation or suspended in simple ba ... | 2010 | 20854666 |
| fungal microbiota from rain water and pathogenicity of fusarium species isolated from atmospheric dust and rainfall dust. | in order to determine the presence of fusarium spp. in atmospheric dust and rainfall dust, samples were collected during september 2007, and july, august, and october 2008. the results reveal the prevalence of airborne fusarium species coming from the atmosphere of the south east coast of spain. five different fusarium species were isolated from the settling dust: fusarium oxysporum, f. solani, f. equiseti, f. dimerum, and f. proliferatum. moreover, rainwater samples were obtained during signifi ... | 2011 | 20820862 |
| genetics of flavonoid, carotenoid, and chlorophyll pigments in melon fruit rinds. | external color has profound effects on acceptability of agricultural products by consumers. carotenoids and chlorophylls are known to be the major pigments of melon (cucumis melo l.) rinds. flavonoids (especially chalcones and anthocyanins) are also prominent in other fruits but have not been reported to occur in melons fruit. we analyzed the pigments accumulating in rinds of different melon genotypes during fruit development. we found that melon rind color is based on different combinations of ... | 2010 | 20815398 |
| antimutagenic; differentiation-inducing; and antioxidative effects of fragrant ingredients in katsura-uri (japanese pickling melon; cucumis melo var. conomon). | six fragrant ingredients were identified in fully-ripened katsura-uri (japanese pickling melon; cucumis melo var. conomon). four of them were sulfur-containing compounds [methylthioacetic acid ethyl ester (mtae), acetic acid 2-methylthio ethyl ester (amte), 3-methylthiopropionic acid ethyl ester (mtpe), and acetic acid 3-methylthio propyl ester (amtp)]; and the others were benzyl acetate and eugenol. the newly identified mtae and amtp possessed antimutagenic activity as determined by their abili ... | 2010 | 20801232 |
| functional identification of arabidopsis atsip2 (at3g57520) as an alkaline α-galactosidase with a substrate specificity for raffinose and an apparent sink-specific expression pattern. | arabidopsis atsip2 has recently been suggested to be a raffinose synthase gene. however, it has high amino acid identity to functionally characterized alkaline α-galactosidases from cucumis melo and zea mays. using the sf9 insect cell expression system, we demonstrate that recombinant atsip2 is a genuine alkaline α-galactosidase with a distinct substrate specificity for raffinose, and not a raffinose synthase. a β-glucuronidase reporter construct using the atsip2 promoter shows that atsip2 is st ... | 2010 | 20739305 |
| sodium and chloride exclusion and retention by non-grafted and grafted melon and cucurbita plants. | the effects of grafting on na and cl(-) uptake and distribution in plant tissues were quantified in a greenhouse experiment using six combinations of melon (cucumis melo l. cv. arava) and pumpkin (cucurbita maxima duchesne×cucurbita moschata duchesne cv. tz-148): non-grafted, self-grafted, melons grafted on pumpkins, and pumpkins grafted on melons. total na concentration in shoots of plants with pumpkin or melon rootstocks was <60 mmol kg(-1) and >400 mmol kg(-1), respectively, regardless of the ... | 2011 | 20729482 |
| cucumber (cucumis sativus) and melon (c. melo) have numerous wild relatives in asia and australia, and the sister species of melon is from australia. | among the fundamental questions regarding cultivated plants is their geographic origin and region of domestication. the genus cucumis, which includes cucumber (cucumis sativus) and melon (cucumis melo), has numerous wild african species, and it has therefore been assumed that melon originated in africa. for cucumber, this seemed less likely because wild cucumbers exist in india and a closely related species lives in the eastern himalayas. using dna sequences from plastid and nuclear markers for ... | 2010 | 20656934 |
| [genetic diversity of a germplasm collection of cucumis melo l. using srap markers]. | genetic relationships and classifications of a set of melon accessions were analyzed to provide the experimental support for utilizing effectively genetic materials for breeding. sequence-related amplified polymorphism technique was adopted to analyze 61 melon accessions. sixteen primer combinations with clear band pattern and polymorphism were selected from over 42 primer combinations. four hundred and fifty-two loci were detected by 16 pairs of srap primers. among them, 265 were polymorphic, t ... | 2010 | 20650857 |
| functional analysis of the cucumisin propeptide as a potent inhibitor of its mature enzyme. | cucumisin is a subtilisin-like serine protease (subtilase) that is found in the juice of melon fruits (cucumis melo l.). it is synthesized as a preproprotein consisting of a signal peptide, nh(2)-terminal propeptide, and 67-kda protease domain. we investigated the role of this propeptide (88 residues) in the cucumisin precursor. complementary dnas encoding the propeptides of cucumisin, two other plant subtilases (arabidopsis ara12 and rice rsp1), and bacterial subtilisin e were expressed in esch ... | 2010 | 20639575 |
| the levels of male gametic mitochondrial dna are highly regulated in angiosperms with regard to mitochondrial inheritance. | the mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial inheritance are not yet clear, even though it is 100 years since the first description of non-mendelian genetics. here, we quantified the copy numbers of mitochondrial dna (mtdna) in the gametic cells of angiosperm species. we demonstrate that each egg cell from arabidopsis thaliana, antirrhinum majus, and nicotiana tabacum possesses 59.0, 42.7, and 73.0 copies of mtdna on average, respectively. these values are equivalent to those in arabidopsis mesoph ... | 2010 | 20605854 |
| rapid detection of squash leaf curl virus by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. | a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (lamp) assay was employed to develop a simple and efficient system for the detection of squash leaf curl virus (slcv) in diseased plants of squash (cucurbita pepo) and melon (cucumis melo). completion of lamp assay required 30-60 min under isothermal conditions at 65 degrees c by employing a set of four primers targeting slcv. although the sensitivity of the lamp assay and the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay was comparable at high virus concentratio ... | 2010 | 20603151 |
| [expression analysis of the unisex-determine gene m in cucumber]. | sex determination in plants has various mechanism; however, a single gene locus controlling unisexual expression is unique in the cucurbitaceae plants, particularly cucumber (cucumis sativus l.) and melon (cucumis melo l.). in this study, with quantitative rt-pcr method, two sets of near-isogenic lines (nils) were used to analyze the expression pattern of gene csacs2 (genbank accession number fj529216). additionally, chemical applications (agno3 and avg) were used to investigate the effect of th ... | 2010 | 20566468 |
| a melon pulp concentrate rich in superoxide dismutase reduces stress proteins along the gastrointestinal tract of pigs. | a melon (cucumis melo lc.) pulp concentrate (mpc) rich in superoxide dismutase (sod) activity was tested for its ability to decrease stress protein expressions along the gastrointestinal tract in a swine model. | 2011 | 20558040 |
| karyotyping in melon (cucumis melo l.) by cross-species fosmid fluorescence in situ hybridization. | chromosome identification is critical for cytogenetic research and will accelerate studies on genetic variation and breeding, especially for those species with relatively little sequence information. so far, no reliable cytological landmarks have been developed to distinguish individual chromosomes in melon. in this study, using fish (fluorescence in situ hybridization) combined with comparative genome information, we selected 21 cucumber fosmids anchored by ssr markers as chromosome-specific cy ... | 2010 | 20551614 |
| role of leaf glandular trichomes of melon plants in deterrence of aphis gossypii glover. | external characteristics of the leaf epidermis and their effects on behaviour of aphis gossypii glover were evaluated in two cucumis melo l. genotypes, 'bola de oro' (aphid susceptible) and tgr-1551 (aphid resistant) in order to explore their role in the early rejection of tgr-1551 by this aphid. no differential effects of epicuticular waxes on aphid behaviour were observed. the type, distribution and number of trichomes on melon leaves were also studied. pubescence in melon, measured as the num ... | 2010 | 20522187 |
| generation of a bac-based physical map of the melon genome. | cucumis melo (melon) belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance among horticulture crops is second only to solanaceae. melon has high intra-specific genetic variation, morphologic diversity and a small genome size (450 mb), which make this species suitable for a great variety of molecular and genetic studies that can lead to the development of tools for breeding varieties of the species. a number of genetic and genomic resources have already been developed, such as several ge ... | 2010 | 20509895 |
| effects of combined heat and acetic acid on natural microflora reduction on cantaloupe melons. | produce is an important source of nutrients and phytochemicals, which is important in a healthy diet. however, perishable fresh produce has caused recent outbreaks of foodborne diseases. high level of nutrients and water activity, direct contact with soil, and lack of thermal procedures during primary processing make fresh produce a potential food safety hazard. fruits and vegetables with rough surfaces can harbor microorganisms and support their multiplication, increasing the risk of this hazar ... | 2010 | 20501053 |
| host range and complete genome sequence of cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus, a new member of the genus crinivirus. | cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (ccyv) causes chlorotic yellows on cucumber (cucumis sativus) and melon (cucumis melo) and is transmitted by bemisia tabaci biotype b and q whiteflies. to characterize the host range of ccyv, 21 cucurbitaceous and 12 other plant species were inoculated using whitefly vectors. all tested cucumis spp. except cucumis anguria and cucumis zeyheri were systemically infected with ccyv, although infection rates varied among species. citrullus lanatus, cucurbita pepo, and ... | 2010 | 20465411 |
| new 2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone derivatives from the seeds of cucumis melo l var. reticulatus. | chemical investigation of the methanolic extract of the seeds of cucumis melo l. var. reticulatus (cucurbitaceae) afforded three new chromone derivatives; 5,7-dihydroxy-2-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]chromone 3, 5,7-dihydroxy-2-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl]chromone 4, and 7-glucosyloxy-5-hydroxy-2-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]chromone 6, together with three known compounds; beta-amyrin 1, beta-sitosterol 2, and beta-sitosterol-3-o-beta-glucopyranoside 5. their structures were established by uv, ir, 1 ... | 2010 | 20420317 |
| a genetic map of melon highly enriched with fruit quality qtls and est markers, including sugar and carotenoid metabolism genes. | a genetic map of melon enriched for fruit traits was constructed, using a recombinant inbred (ri) population developed from a cross between representatives of the two subspecies of cucumis melo l.: pi 414723 (subspecies agrestis) and 'dulce' (subspecies melo). phenotyping of 99 ri lines was conducted over three seasons in two locations in israel and the us. the map includes 668 dna markers (386 ssrs, 76 snps, six indels and 200 aflps), of which 160 were newly developed from fruit ests. these est ... | 2010 | 20401460 |
| steering nitrogen fertilisation by means of portable chlorophyll meter reduces nitrogen input and improves quality of fertigated cantaloupe (cucumis melo l. var. cantalupensis naud.). | farming is considered one of the main causes of land degradation and underground water pollution. the increased availability of agricultural inputs has led to a dramatic rise in yields, which has resulted in soil fertility spoilage and overuse of fertilisers. therefore horticultural practice improvement must consider appropriate nitrogen (n) management. this paper reports results on the application of an optical diagnostic system (n-tester) to guide n fertilisation in muskmelon (cucumis melo l.) ... | 2010 | 20355071 |
| efficient dna extraction from nail clippings using the protease solution from cucumis melo. | owing to the increasing importance of genomic information, obtaining genomic dna easily from biological specimens has become more and more important. this article proposes an efficient method for obtaining genomic dna from nail clippings. nail clippings can be easily obtained, are thermostable and easy to transport, and have low infectivity. the drawback of their use, however, has been the difficulty of extracting genomic material from them. we have overcome this obstacle using the protease solu ... | 2010 | 20306236 |
| antisense repression of sucrose phosphate synthase in transgenic muskmelon alters plant growth and fruit development. | to unravel the roles of sucrose phosphate synthase (sps) in muskmelon (cucumis melo l.), we reduced its activity in transgenic muskmelon plants by an antisense approach. for this purpose, an 830 bp cdna fragment of muskmelon sucrose phosphate synthase was expressed in antisense orientation behind the 35s promoter of the cauliflower mosaic virus. the phenotype of the antisense plants clearly differed from that of control plants. the transgenic plant leaves were markedly smaller, and the plant hei ... | 2010 | 20138160 |
| branched-chain and aromatic amino acid catabolism into aroma volatiles in cucumis melo l. fruit. | the unique aroma of melons (cucumis melo l., cucurbitaceae) is composed of many volatile compounds biosynthetically derived from fatty acids, carotenoids, amino acids, and terpenes. although amino acids are known precursors of aroma compounds in the plant kingdom, the initial steps in the catabolism of amino acids into aroma volatiles have received little attention. incubation of melon fruit cubes with amino acids and alpha-keto acids led to the enhanced formation of aroma compounds bearing the ... | 2010 | 20065117 |
| food reservoir for escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections. | closely related strains of escherichia coli have been shown to cause extraintestinal infections in unrelated persons. this study tests whether a food reservoir may exist for these e. coli. isolates from 3 sources over the same time period (2005-2007) and geographic area were compared. the sources comprised prospectively collected e. coli isolates from women with urinary tract infection (uti) (n = 353); retail meat (n = 417); and restaurant/ready-to-eat foods (n = 74). e. coli were evaluated for ... | 2010 | 20031048 |
| the genome of the cucumber, cucumis sativus l. | cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex determination studies and plant vascular biology. here we report the draft genome sequence of cucumis sativus var. sativus l., assembled using a novel combination of traditional sanger and next-generation illumina ga sequencing technologies to obtain 72.2-fold genome coverage. the absence of recent whole-genome duplication, along with the presence of few tandem duplications, explains the small number of genes in the cuc ... | 2009 | 19881527 |
| the growth of cucumis melo seedlings at different temperatures. | 1934 | 19872807 | |
| the influence of alcohol upon the growth of seedlings. | in this paper it is shown that if the dry seeds of the cantaloupe (cucumis melo) are soaked for 3 hours in solutions of ethyl alcohol of concentration ranging from 2 to 16 per cent by volume, and then germinated and grown in distilled water in the dark, the total growth attained is greater by amounts ranging from 9 to 35 per cent than is that made by seeds treated in every way identically except that they are initially soaked in distilled water instead of alcohol. it is shown that this result is ... | 1926 | 19872195 |
| an oligo-based microarray offers novel transcriptomic approaches for the analysis of pathogen resistance and fruit quality traits in melon (cucumis melo l.). | melon (cucumis melo) is a horticultural specie of significant nutritional value, which belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance is second only to the solanaceae. its small genome of approx. 450 mb coupled to the high genetic diversity has prompted the development of genetic tools in the last decade. however, the unprecedented existence of a transcriptomic approaches in melon, highlight the importance of designing new tools for high-throughput analysis of gene expression. | 2009 | 19821986 |
| centromere repositioning in cucurbit species: implication of the genomic impact from centromere activation and inactivation. | the centromere of an eukaryotic chromosome can move to a new position during evolution, which may result in a major alteration of the chromosome morphology and karyotype. this centromere repositioning phenomenon has been extensively documented in mammalian species and was implicated to play an important role in mammalian genome evolution. here we report a centromere repositioning event in plant species. comparative fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping using common sets of fosmid clones bet ... | 2009 | 19706458 |
| long-distance trafficking of macromolecules in the phloem. | the fact that macromolecules such as proteins and mrnas overcome the symplastic barriers between various tissue domains was first evidenced by the movement of plant viruses. we have recently demonstrated that viral infection disengages the symplastic restriction present between the sieve element-companion cell complex and neighboring cells in tobacco plants. as a result, green fluorescent protein, which was produced in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells, could traffic into the sieve tube and trav ... | 2008 | 19704648 |
| reproductive biology of the andromonoecious cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (cucurbitaceae). | cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (cucurbitaceae) is cultivated in many african regions for its edible kernels used as a soup thickener. the plant, an annual, andromonoecious, trailing-vine species, is of high social, cultural and economic value for local communities. in order to improve the yield of this crop, the first step and our aim were to elucidate its breeding system. | 2009 | 19671577 |