| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| purification, cdna cloning and recombinant protein expression of a phloem lectin-like anti-insect defense protein bplp from the phloem exudate of the wax gourd, benincasa hispida. | latex and other exudates in plants contain various proteins that are thought to play important defensive roles against herbivorous insects and pathogens. herein, the defensive effects of phloem exudates against the eri silkworm, samia ricini (saturniidae, lepidoptera) in several cucurbitaceous plants were investigated. it was found that phloem exudates are responsible for the defensive activities of cucurbitaceous plants, such as the wax gourd benincasa hispida and cucumis melo, especially in b. ... | 2013 | 23453909 |
| catabolism of l-methionine in the formation of sulfur and other volatiles in melon (cucumis melo l.) fruit. | sulfur-containing aroma volatiles are important contributors to the distinctive aroma of melon and other fruits. melon cultivars and accessions differ in the content of sulfur-containing and other volatiles. l-methionine has been postulated to serve as a precursor of these volatiles. incubation of melon fruit cubes with ¹³c- and ²h-labeled l-methionine revealed two distinct catabolic routes into volatiles. one route apparently involves the action of an l-methionine aminotransferase and preserves ... | 2013 | 23402686 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| assessing transmission of crop diseases by insect vectors in a landscape context. | theory indicates that landscape composition affects transmission of vector-borne crop diseases, but few empirical studies have investigated how landscape composition affects plant disease epidemiology. since 2006, bemisia tabaci (gennadius) has vectored the cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (cysdv) to cantaloupe and honeydew melons (cucumis melo l.) in the southwestern united states and northern mexico, causing significant reductions in yield of fall melons and increased use of insecticide ... | 2014 | 24665679 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| molecular characterization of pathogenic fusarium species in cucurbit plants from kermanshah province, iran. | fusarium is one of the important phytopathogenic genera of microfungi causing serious losses on cucurbit plants in kermanshah province, the largest area of cucurbits plantation in iran. therefore, the objectives in this study were to isolate and identify disease-causing fusarium spp. from infected cucurbit plants, to ascertain their pathogenicity, and to determine their phylogenetic relationships. a total of 100 fusarium isolates were obtained from diseased cucurbit plants collected from fields ... | 2011 | 23961146 |
| transcriptome analysis of the melon-fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis race 1.2 pathosystem in susceptible and resistant plants. | fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis snyd. & hans race 1.2 (fom1.2) is the most virulent and yield-limiting pathogen of melon (cucumis melo l.) worldwide. current information suggest that the resistance to race 1.2 is controlled by multiple recessive genes and strongly affected by the environment. rna-seq analysis was used to identify candidate resistance genes and to dissect the early molecular processes deployed during melon-fom1.2 interaction in the resistant doubled haploid line nad and in the ... | 2017 | 28367157 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| genetic and virulence variability among erwinia tracheiphila strains recovered from different cucurbit hosts. | the causal agent of cucurbit bacterial wilt, erwinia tracheiphila, has a wide host range in the family cucurbitaceae, including economically important crops such as muskmelon (cucumis melo), cucumber (c. sativus), and squash (cucurbita spp.). genetic variability of 69 e. tracheiphila strains was investigated by repetitive-element polymerase chain reaction (rep-pcr) using boxa1r and eric1-2 primers. fingerprint profiles revealed significant variability associated with crop host; strains isolated ... | 2013 | 23927426 |
| physical removal and transfer of murine norovirus and hepatitis a virus from contaminated produce by scrubbing and peeling. | human noroviruses and hepatitis a virus are responsible for numerous outbreaks associated with handling fresh produce. in this study, physical removal of hepatitis a virus and murine norovirus, a human norovirus surrogate, from contaminated produce items (honeydew melons, cantaloupes, carrots, and celery) by scrubbing under running water with a nylon brush or scouring pad and by peeling (carrots and celery) with a peeler was investigated. the degree and extent of utensil contamination with virus ... | 2013 | 23317861 |
| effect of high oxygen and high carbon dioxide atmosphere packaging on the microbial spoilage and shelf-life of fresh-cut honeydew melon. | this study evaluated the potential of modified atmospheres (mas) combining high oxygen (o₂) and high carbon dioxide (co₂) levels to extend the shelf-life of fresh-cut honeydew melon. firstly, the effect of ma on the growth and volatile organic metabolite production of candida sake, leuconostoc mesenteroides and leuconostoc gelidum, which had all been previously isolated from spoiled commercial fresh-cut honeydew melon, was evaluated separately on honeydew melon agar at 7 °c. additionally, the ef ... | 2013 | 24021822 |
| 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 |
| plectosphaerella species associated with root and collar rots of horticultural crops in southern italy. | plectosphaerella cucumerina, most frequently encountered in its plectosporium state, is well known as a pathogen of several plant species causing fruit, root and collar rot, and collapse. it is considered to pose a serious threat to melon (cucumis melo) production in italy. in the present study, an intensive sampling of diseased cucurbits as well as tomato and bell pepper was done and the fungal pathogens present on them were isolated. phylogenetic relationships of the isolates were determined t ... | 2012 | 23105152 |
| the molecular and biochemical basis for varietal variation in sesquiterpene content in melon (cucumis melo l.) rinds. | a combined chemical, biochemical and molecular study was conducted to understand the differential accumulation of volatile sesquiterpenes in melon fruits. sesquiterpenes were present mainly in the rinds of climacteric varieties, and a great diversity in their composition was found among varieties. sesquiterpenes were generally absent in non-climacteric varieties. two climacteric melon varieties, the green-fleshed 'noy yizre'el', and the orange-fleshed 'dulce' were further examined. in 'noy yizre ... | 2008 | 18264780 |
| penetration, post-penetration development, and reproduction of meloidogyne incognita on cucumis melo var. texanus. | cucumis melo var. texanus, a wild melon commonly found in the southern united states and two accessions, burleson co. and mx 1230, expressed resistance to meloidogyne incognita in preliminary experiments. to characterize the mechanism of resistance, we evaluated root penetration, post-penetration development, reproduction, and emigration of m. incognita on these two accessions of c. melo var. texanus. additionally, we evaluated 22 accessions of c. melo var. texanus for their reaction against m. ... | 2013 | 23589661 |
| 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 |
| a genetic map of melon (cucumis melo l.) with rflp, rapd, isozyme, disease resistance and morphological markers. | one hundred and ten markers were analysed for linkage in 218 f2 plants derived from two divergent cultivars ('védrantais' and 'songwhan charmi') of cucumis melo (l.). thirty-four rflps, 64 rapds, one isozyme, four disease resistance markers and one morphological marker were used to construct a genetic map spanning 14 linkage groups covering 1390 cm of the melon genome. rapd and rflp markers detected similar polymorphism levels. rflps were largely due to base substitutions rather than insertion/d ... | 1996 | 24162199 |
| the application of high-concentration short-time chlorine dioxide treatment for selected specialty crops including roma tomatoes (lycopersicon esculentum), cantaloupes (cucumis melo ssp. melo var. cantaloupensis) and strawberries (fragaria×ananassa). | the effects of high-concentration short-time chlorine dioxide (clo2) gas treatment on food-borne pathogens inoculated onto the surface of tomatoes, cantaloupes, and strawberries were studied. produce were spot-inoculated with a mixture of salmonella enterica (serotypes montevideo, javiana and baildon), escherichia coli o157:h7 (serotypes 204 p, edl 933 and c792) or listeria monocytogenes (serotypes scott a, f 5069 and lcdc 81-861), and treated with clo2 gas at 10 mg/l for 180 s. after clo2 gas t ... | 2013 | 23541196 |
| phytoparasitic nematodes adjacent to established strawberry plantations. | plant-nematode populations associated with uncultivated vegetation, adjacent strawberry plants, and alternate crop sites were studied at three locations in minnesota. at one site (forest lake), paratylenchus projectus, meloidogyne hapla, and pratylenchus tenuis were frequently associated with the roots of native vegetation. these nematode species were also present in adjacent strawberry beds. among alternate crops observed, oats and muskmelon usually supported the fewest nematodes although moder ... | 1978 | 19305841 |
| vision loss following intraocular listeriosis associated with contaminated cantaloupe. | intraocular listeriosis, a rare manifestation of invasive listeriosis, has a poor visual prognosis. we report an intraocular listeriosis case related to a multistate outbreak associated with contaminated cantaloupe. increasing awareness of rare listeriosis presentations might facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment, and case reporting can clarify medical and epidemiologic aspects of listeriosis. | 2013 | 23898285 |
| chlorotic curly stunt: a severe begomovirus disease of bottle gourd in northern india. | bottle gourd (lagenaria siceraria) an important vegetable crop in india was observed to be affected by a chlorotic curly stunt disease (ccsd) during 2003-2006 in the vegetable growing areas of delhi and adjoining state of haryana. the affected plants are severely stunted and bear very small chlorotic and mildly curled leaves. incidence of the disease varied from 4.7 to 36%. the disease could be easily transmitted by whitefly, bemisia tabaci but not by sap. the causal virus was found to be a bego ... | 2010 | 23637479 |
| relationship between crop losses and initial population densities of meloidogyne arenaria in winter-grown oriental melon in korea. | to determine the economic threshold level, oriental melon (cucumis melo l. cv. geumssaragi-euncheon) grafted on shintozoa (cucurbita maxima x cu. moschata) was planted in plots (2 x 3 m) under a plastic film in february with a range of initial population densities (pi) of meloidogyne arenaria. the relationships of early, late, and total yield to pi measured in september and january were adequately described by both linear regression and the seinhorst damage model. initial nematode densities in s ... | 2002 | 19265907 |
| microplot evaluation of rootstocks for control of meloidogyne incognita on grafted tomato, muskmelon, and watermelon. | microplot experiments were conducted over two years (four growing seasons) to evaluate meloidogyne incognita resistance in rootstocks used for grafted tomato (solanum lycopersicum), muskmelon (cucumis melo), and watermelon (citrullus lanatus). three tomato rootstocks; 'tx301', 'multifort', and 'aloha', were tested in addition to the nongrafted scion, 'florida-47'. two muskmelon rootstocks; cucumis metuliferus and 'tetsukabuto' (cucurbita maxima × cucurbita moschata) were evaluated with the nongr ... | 2011 | 23431109 |
| influence of glomus intraradices and soil phosphorus on meloidogyne incognita infecting cucumis melo. | the interaction among glomus intraradices, meloidogyne incognita, and cantaloupe was studied at three soil phosphorus (p) levels in a greenhouse. all plants grew poorly in soil not amended with p, regardless of mycorrhizal or nematode status. in soil amended with 50 mug p /g soil, m. incognita suppressed the growth of nonmycorrhizal plants by 84%. in contrast, growth of mycorrhizal plants inoculated with m. incognita was retarded by only 21%. a similar trend occurred in plants grown in soil with ... | 1989 | 19287577 |
| effects of application strategies of fumigant and nonfumigant nematicides on cantaloupe grown in deep sand soils in florida. | a 2-year study was conducted in which three treatment tactics of oxamyl (at planting application, application every 2 weeks, and rescue applications, as determined by crop symptoms) were compared to fumigant treatments with methyl bromide, 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-d), and 1,3-d plus chloropicrin for management of meloidogyne spp. in 2002, treatments that included 1,3-d produced higher yields as determined both by number and weight of marketable fruit. all treatment tactics relying solely on oxam ... | 2005 | 19262874 |
| microbial indicator profiling of fresh produce and environmental samples from farms and packing facilities in northern mexico. | to compare microbiological indicator and pathogen contamination among different types of fresh produce and environmental samples along the production chain, 636 samples of produce (rinsates from cantaloupe melons, jalapeño peppers, and tomatoes) and environmental samples (rinsates from hands of workers, soil, and water) were collected at four successive steps in the production process (from the field before harvest through the packing facility) on 11 farms in northern mexico during 2011 and 2012 ... | 2016 | 27357040 |
| a model for transport of a viral membrane protein through the early secretory pathway: minimal sequence and endoplasmic reticulum lateral mobility requirements. | viral movement proteins exploit host endomembranes and the cytoskeleton to move within the cell via routes that, in some cases, are dependent on the secretory pathway. for example, melon necrotic spot virus p7b, a type ii transmembrane protein, leaves the endoplasmic reticulum (er) through the copii-dependent golgi pathway to reach the plasmodesmata. here we investigated the sequence requirements and putative mechanisms governing p7b transport through the early secretory pathway. deletion of eit ... | 2014 | 24438546 |
| use of cucumis metuliferus as a rootstock for melon to manage meloidogyne incognita. | root-knot nematode-susceptible melons (cantaloupe) were grown in pots with varying levels of meloidogyne incognita and were compared to susceptible melons that were grafted onto cucumis metuliferus or cucurbita moschata rootstocks. in addition, the effect of using melons as transplants in nematode-infested soil was compared to direct seeding of melons in nematode-infested soil. there were no differences in shoot or root weight, or severity of root galling between transplanted and direct-seeded n ... | 2005 | 19262873 |
| survival and growth of listeria monocytogenes on whole cantaloupes is dependent on site of contamination and storage temperature. | whole cantaloupes (cucumis melo l.), marketed as 'rocky ford', were implicated in a large multi-state outbreak of listeriosis in the united states in 2011; however, survival and growth of listeria monocytogenes on whole cantaloupes remains relatively unexplored. the research presented here evaluated three different storage temperatures, two sites of contamination of cantaloupes, and two cantaloupe varieties to determine their effect on the survival of l. monocytogenes. 'athena' and 'rocky ford' ... | 2016 | 27376678 |
| 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 |
| carvacrol and cinnamic acid inhibit microbial growth in fresh-cut melon and kiwifruit at 4 degrees and 8 degrees c. | to establish whether or not carvacrol and cinnamic acid delay microbial spoilage of fresh-cut fruit. | 2002 | 12390487 |
| cell surfaces in plant-microorganism interactions: i. a structural investigation of cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins which accumulate in fungus-infected plants. | infection of muskmelon cucumis melo seedlings by the fungus colletotrichum lagenarium causes a 10-fold increase in the amount of cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein. evidence for this increase was provided by studying two specific markers of this glycoprotein, namely hydroxyproline and glycosylated serine. the lability of the o-glycosidic linkage of wall-bound glycosylated serine in the presence of hydrazine, was used to determine the amount of serine which is glycosylated.a large increas ... | 1979 | 16660956 |
| differential accumulation of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in bean root nodule cells infected with a wild-type strain or a c4-dicarboxylic acid mutant of rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli. | an antiserum raised against deglycosylated hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (hpgps) from melon (cucumis melo l.) was used to study the relationship between rhizobium infection and induction of hrgps in bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) root nodule cells infected with either the wild-type or a c4-dicarboxylic acid mutant strain of rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli. in effective nodules, where fixation of atmospheric dinitrogen is taking place, hrgps were found to accumulate mainly in the walls of ... | 1991 | 24194237 |
| soft rot on cucumis melo var. makuwa caused by rhizopus oryzae. | rhizopus oryzae is reported for the first time on cucumis melo l. var. makuwa makino. a detailed description of this korean specimen is given, along with its rdna internal transcribed spacer sequence. on the basis of mycological characteristics and molecular data, the fungus was identified as r. oryzae went & prinsen geerligs. | 2010 | 23956677 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| evaluation of levulinic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate as a sanitizer for use in processing georgia-grown cantaloupes. | freshly harvested georgia-grown cantaloupes (cucumis melo l. var. reticulatus cv. athena and atlantis) were spot inoculated with 100 μl of a five-strain mixture of salmonella enterica serovar poona (9 log cfu/ml) at the stem scar and on the netted rind and then subjected to no treatment (control) or a 6-min treatment (tank only) in water, 120 ppm of chlorine (ph 7.0), 1% levulinic acid plus 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds; ph 3.0), or 2% levulinic acid plus 0.2% sds (ph 3.0). the log reduction ... | 2013 | 24112578 |
| transmission of squash vein yellowing virus to and from cucurbit weeds and effects on sweetpotato whitefly (hemiptera: aleyrodidae) behavior. | since 2003, growers of florida watermelon [citrullus lanatus (thunb.) matsum. and nakai] have periodically suffered large losses from a disease caused by squash vein yellowing virus (sqvyv), which is transmitted by the whitefly middle east-asia minor 1 (meam1), formerly bemisia tabaci (gennadius) biotype b. common cucurbit weeds like balsam apple (momordica charantia l.) and smellmelon [cucumis melo var. dudaim (l.) naud.] are natural hosts of sqvyv, and creeping cucumber (melothria pendula l.) ... | 2016 | 27400705 |
| investigation of a food-borne salmonella oranienburg outbreak in a mexican prison. | gastroenteritis outbreaks in prisons represent a public health risk worldwide. identifying and characterizing the etiological agents of gastroenteritis outbreaks in prisons is important for implementing effective prevention and infection control measures. we present the first studied case of a gastroenteritis outbreak in a mexican prison. | 2014 | 24518623 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| cell surfaces in plant-microorganism interactions: ii. evidence for the accumulation of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in the cell wall of diseased plants as a defense mechanism. | enrichment of the cell wall in hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein is involved in the defense of muskmelon (cucumis melo) seedlings to colletotrichum lagenarium, the causative agent of anthracnose. the extent to which this accumulation proceeds may be experimentally modified by treating plants with ethylene or growing them in the presence of free l-trans-hydroxyproline. it appears that the increase in the wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein mediated through ethylene is paralleled by an increasing ... | 1979 | 16660957 |
| 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 |
| hypersensitive response to aphis gossypii glover in melon genotypes carrying the vat gene. | aphis gossypii glover causes direct and indirect damage to cucumis melo l. crops. to decrease the harmful effects of this pest, one of the most economically and environmentally acceptable options is to use genetically resistant melon varieties. to date, several sources of resistance carrying the vat gene are used in melon breeding programmes that aim to prevent a. gossypii colonization and the subsequent aphid virus transmission. the results suggest that the resistance conferred by this gene is ... | 2009 | 19474089 |
| impact of melon accessions resistant to aphids on the demographic potential of silverleaf whitefly. | bemisia tabaci (gennadius) and aphis gossypii glover are devastating melon, cucumis melo l., pests. the geographic areas where they occur overlap, and the same chemicals are used to control both of them. therefore, to reduce pesticide use, it would be necessary to breed melon lines that simultaneously express a resistance to both insects. female survival; the time when reproduction starts, peaks, and ends; the number of female offspring at the reproductive peak; and total reproduction (s) were d ... | 2005 | 15889749 |
| ultrastructure of compatible and incompatible interactions in phloem sieve elements during the stylet penetration by cotton aphids in melon. | resistance of the melon line tgr-1551 to the aphid aphis gossypii is based on preventing aphids from ingesting phloem sap. in electrical penetration graphs (epgs), this resistance has been characterized with a. gossypii showing unusually long phloem salivation periods (waveform e1) mostly followed by pathway activities (waveform c) or if followed by phloem ingestion (waveform e2), ingestion was not sustained for more than 10 minutes. stylectomy with aphids on susceptible and resistant plants was ... | 2017 | 28213963 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| the heterogeneity of phloem exudate proteins from different plants: a comparative survey of ten plants using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. | proteins in sieve tube exudate from ricinus communis l., acer pseudoplatanus l., aesculus hippocastanum l., cucumis melo l., and two cultivars each of cucumis sativus l., cucurbita pepo l. and cucurbita maxima duchesne were fractionated and compared using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. striking differences in major exudate proteins were displayed among the genera and species examined. even cultivars within a single species, although showing general similarities, differed in some prominent p ... | 1976 | 24424985 |
| an alternative sampling technique for cucumber beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) and diurnal beetle activity on muskmelon. | field studies were conducted to investigate the effectiveness of yellow sticky traps as an alternative sampling technique for striped, acalymma vittatum (f.), and spotted, diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi barber, cucumber beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) and the diurnal beetle activity on muskmelon, cucumis melo l., near vincennes, in, in 2003 and 2004. the experimental design included six replications of seven 20-m-long rows each of muskmelon with 1.5 m between rows. on each sampling date, ... | 2007 | 17598544 |
| genome-wide identification and analysis of the sgr gene family in cucumis melo l. | chlorophyll (chl) is present in many plant organs, and its metabolism is strongly regulated throughout plant development. understanding the fate of chl in senescent leaves or during fruit ripening is a complex process. the stay-green (sgr) protein has been shown to affect chl degradation. in this study, we used the conserved sequences of stay-green domain protein (np_567673) in arabidopsis thaliana as a probe to search sgr family genes in the genome-wide melon protein database. four candidate sg ... | 2016 | 27813562 |
| phloem-mobile aux/iaa transcripts target to the root tip and modify root architecture. | in plants, the phloem is the component of the vascular system that delivers nutrients and transmits signals from mature leaves to developing sink tissues. recent studies have identified proteins, mrna, and small rna within the phloem sap of several plant species. it is now of considerable interest to elucidate the biological functions of these potential long-distance signal agents, to further our understanding of how plants coordinate their developmental programs at the whole-plant level. in thi ... | 2012 | 22925478 |
| cell surfaces in plant-microorganism interactions : iv. fungal glycopeptides which elicit the synthesis of ethylene in plants. | the production of ethylene by melon (cucumis melo cv cantaloup charentais) tissues is stimulated during incubation in the presence of fungal glycopeptides extracted from colletotrichum lagenarium, a pathogen of melon. these glycopeptides, called elicitors of ethylene, are found in the mycelium, the cell wall, and the culture filtrate. elicitation of ethylene is a relatively early phenomenon and lasts for several hours. upon purification of the crude elicitor extract by gel filtration and ion exc ... | 1984 | 16663747 |
| 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 |
| [effects of host plants on the life table parameters of experimental populations of aphis gossypii]. | a comparative study was conducted on the life table parameters of aphis gossypii reared on five host plant species at (25 +/- 1) degrees c in laboratory. there existed significant differences in the durations of various developmental stages, adult longevity, mean offspring number per day, net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, finite rate of increase, mean generation time, and population doubling time for the a. gossypii populations reared on the host plants. for the aphids on lagena ... | 2013 | 24015567 |
| 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 |
| environmental implications of adopting a dominant factor approach to salinity management. | additive or multiplicative models of crop response on which salinity management theory have been developed may lead to an erroneous perception regarding compensative interaction among salinity and other growth factors. we present results from studies of biomass production and transpiration of corn (zea mays l. cv. jubilee), melon (cucumis melo l. subsp. melo cv. galia), tomato (lycopersicon esculentum mill. cv. 5656), onion (allium cepa l. cv. ha 944), and date palms (phoenix dactylifera l. cv. ... | 2015 | 16091597 |
| [bee (apis mellifera, hymenoptera: apoidea) visitation to cantaloupe cucumis melo (cucurvitaceae) flowers in panama]. | flower visits by bees were observed in a melon cultivated field of san lorenzo district, in chiriqui, panama, from january 6 to february 19, 2002, from 6:30 am to 4:30 pm we recorded the duration of each foraging event and the type of resource collected. flower visits were mostly for nectar collection (approximately 75 %). pollen foraging was concentrated in the first hours of the morning and ended by 11:00 am the mean collection time was similar for both food resources, but was different betwee ... | 2007 | 19069779 |
| 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 |
| cucumisin like protease from the sarcocarp of benincasa hispida var. ryukyu. | a protease has been purified from the sarcocarp of benincasa hispida (thunb.) cogn. var. ryukyu by two steps of chromatography. its m(r) was estimated by sds-page to be about 67,000. the enzyme was strongly inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate, but not by edta and cysteine protease inhibitors. the substrate having alanine at the position of p1 was the best among the ala-ala-pro-x-pnas (x = ala, lys, phe, glu, and diaminopropionic acid (dap)). the n-terminal sequence of the first 33 residues ... | 1998 | 9887522 |
| distinct mechanisms of the orange protein in controlling carotenoid flux. | β-carotene adds nutritious value and determines the color of many fruits, including melon (cucumis melo). in melon mesocarp, β-carotene accumulation is governed by the orange gene (cmor) golden single-nucleotide polymorphism (snp) through a yet to be discovered mechanism. in arabidopsis (arabidopsis thaliana), or increases carotenoid levels by posttranscriptionally regulating phytoene synthase (psy). here, we identified a cmor nonsense mutation (cmor-lowβ) that lowered fruit β-carotene levels wi ... | 2017 | 27837090 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| transcriptome analysis of the oriental melon (cucumis melo l. var. makuwa) during fruit development. | the oriental melon (cucumis melo l. var. makuwa) is one of the most important cultivated cucurbits grown widely in korea, japan, and northern china. it is cultivated because its fruit has a sweet aromatic flavor and is rich in soluble sugars, organic acids, minerals, and vitamins. in order to elucidate the genetic and molecular basis of the developmental changes that determine size, color, and sugar contents of the fruit, we performed de novo transcriptome sequencing to analyze the genes express ... | 2017 | 28070461 |
| novel edible oil sources: microwave heating and chemical properties. | the aim of this work was to investigate the effect of various microwave heating times (1, 3, 5, 10, and 15min) on the chemical properties of novel edible oil sources, including mashhadi melon (cucumis melo var. iranians cv. mashhadi), iranian watermelon (citrullus lanatus cv. fire fon), pumpkin (cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo var. styriaca), and yellow apple (malus domestica cv. golden delicious) seed oils. the evaluated parameters were peroxide value (pv), conjugated diene (cd) and triene (ct) valu ... | 2017 | 28290292 |
| genome wide characterization of simple sequence repeats in watermelon genome and their application in comparative mapping and genetic diversity analysis. | microsatellite markers are one of the most informative and versatile dna-based markers used in plant genetic research, but their development has traditionally been difficult and costly. the whole genome sequencing with next-generation sequencing (ngs) technologies provides large amounts of sequence data to develop numerous microsatellite markers at whole genome scale. ssr markers have great advantage in cross-species comparisons and allow investigation of karyotype and genome evolution through h ... | 2016 | 27495254 |
| genome-wide identification and comparative expression analysis of lea genes in watermelon and melon genomes. | late embryogenesis abundant (lea) proteins are large and diverse group of polypeptides which were first identified during seed dehydration and then in vegetative plant tissues during different stress responses. now, gene family members of lea proteins have been detected in various organisms. however, there is no report for this protein family in watermelon and melon until this study. a total of 73 lea genes from watermelon (cllea) and 61 lea genes from melon (cmlea) were identified in this compr ... | 2017 | 28250580 |
| the cucurbits of mediterranean antiquity: identification of taxa from ancient images and descriptions. | a critical analysis was made of cucurbit descriptions in dioscorides' de materia medica, columella's de re rustica and pliny's historia naturalis, works on medicine, agriculture and natural science of the 1st century ce, as well as the mishna and tosefta, compilations of rabbinic law derived from the same time period together with cucurbit images dating from antiquity including paintings, mosaics and sculpture. the goal was to identify taxonomically the mediterranean cucurbits at the time of the ... | 2007 | 17932073 |
| 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 |
| mutator-like elements identified in melon, arabidopsis and rice contain ulp1 protease domains. | the transposon mutator was first identified in maize, and is one of the most active mobile elements in plants. the arabidopsis thaliana genome contains at least 200 mutator-like elements (mules), which contain the mutator-like transposase gene, and often additional genes. we have detected a novel type of mules in melon (cumule), which, besides the transposase, contains two ubiquitin-like specific protease-like sequences (ulp1). this element is not present in the observed location in some melon c ... | 2007 | 17136348 |
| 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 |
| genotyping-by-sequencing of a melon (cucumis melo l.) germplasm collection from a secondary center of diversity highlights patterns of genetic variation and genomic features of different gene pools. | melon (cucumis melo l.) is one of the most important horticultural species, which includes several taxonomic groups. with the advent of next-generation sequencing, single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) markers are widely used in the study of genetic diversity and genomics. | 2017 | 28068911 |
| taxonomic significance of trichomes micromorphology in cucurbits. | studies on trichomes micromorphology using scanning electron microscope (sem) were undertaken in 23 species with one variety under 13 genera of the family cucurbitaceae (viz., benincasa hispida (thunb.) cogn., citrullus lanatus (thunb.) matsum. & nakai, cucumis melo var. agrestis naudin, cucumis sativus l., diplocyclos palmatus (l.) c. jeffrey, edgaria dargeelingensis c.b. clarke, gynostemma burmanicum king ex chakr., gynostemma pentaphyllum (thunb.) makino, gynostemma pubescens (gagnep.) c.y. w ... | 2011 | 23961108 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| characterization of conserved micrornas from five different cucurbit species using computational and experimental analysis. | micrornas (mirnas) are ∼21 nt non-coding small rnas which regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in plants and animals. until recently, only limited numbers of mirnas were identified in cucurbitaceae, a large flowering plant family. in this study, 220 potential mirna candidates were identified from five species of cucurbitaceae family using a comparative genome-based computational analysis. a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis of est (expressed sequence tag) and gss (genomi ... | 2014 | 24657600 |
| identification and characterisation of a melon genomic region containing a resistance gene cluster from a constructed bac library. microcolinearity between cucumis melo and arabidopsis thaliana. | a bacterial artificial chromosome (bac) library from the dihaploid melon line 'pit92' was constructed with a 6 times coverage of the haploid melon genome. a contig of four bacs around the mrgh63 resistance gene homologue fragment was created. the complete sequence of a 117-kb bac clone allowed to determine two clearly defined regions, the first one containing a cluster of three resistance gene homologues. separated by a retrotransposon, that contains large long terminal repeats, the second regio ... | 2003 | 12678558 |
| the wide distribution of endornaviruses, large double-stranded rna replicons with plasmid-like properties. | the international committee on taxonomy of viruses (ictv) recently accepted endornavirus as a new genus of plant dsrna virus. we have determined the partial nucleotide sequences of the rna-dependent rna polymerase regions from the large dsrnas (about 14 kbp) isolated from barley (hordeum vulgare), kidney bean (phaseolus vulgaris), melon (cucumis melo), bottle gourd (lagenaria siceraria), malabar spinach (basella alba), seagrass (zostera marina), and the fungus helicobasidium mompa. phylogenetic ... | 2006 | 16341944 |
| nymphal survival and movement of crawlers of bemisia argentifolii (homoptera: aleyrodidae) on leaf surfaces of selected vegetables. | bemisia argentifolii bellows & perring generally feeds and develops on the under leaf surface of most host plants, but in excess of 50% of the immature population may be found on the upper surface of some host species. this study determined the influence of leaf surface on survival of immature b. argentifolii and the likelihood of movement by the crawler (1st instar) from the upper (adaxial) leaf surface on selected vegetable hosts. laboratory, tests were conducted on 5 vegetables: cantaloupe, c ... | 1999 | 11543187 |
| characterization and chemical composition of fatty acids content of watermelon and muskmelon cultivars in saudi arabia using gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. | the growth in the production of biodiesel, which is principally fatty acid methyl esters (fame), has been phenomenal in the last ten years because of the general desire to cut down on the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and also as a result of the increasing cost of fossil fuels. | 2013 | 23661995 |
| a major latex-like protein is a key factor in crop contamination by persistent organic pollutants. | this is the first report, to our knowledge, to reveal important factors by which members of the cucurbitaceae family, such as cucumber (cucumis sativus), watermelon (citrullus lanatus), melon (cucumis melo), pumpkin (cucurbita pepo), squash (c. pepo), and zucchini (c. pepo), are selectively polluted with highly toxic hydrophobic contaminants, including organochlorine insecticides and dioxins. xylem sap of c. pepo ssp. pepo, which is a high accumulator of hydrophobic compounds, solubilized the hy ... | 2013 | 23404917 |
| phytochemical and in vitro total antioxidant capacity analyses of peel extracts of different cultivars of cucumis melo and citrullus lanatus. | cucumis melo linn. (cucurbitaceae) and citrullus lanatus thunb. (cucurbitaceae) are desert vegetables popular for their nutritional value and year round availability. the pulp and seeds of these plants are used for dietary purposes or as medications for certain ailments in the folk medicinal system. peels of the fruit are either wasted or used as feed of grazing animals. | 2013 | 23153254 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |