It is a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used in salads. Cucurbitaceae melon, muskmelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, sugar melon including specialty melons such as garden lemon, japanese cucumber, and winter melon. High presenceabsence gene variability in defenserelated. Differential transmission of the cucumis organellar. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Cucumis melo melon seed extract is an extract of the seeds of cucumis.
Linkage map of cucumis melo including phenotypic traits. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. With the advent of nextgeneration sequencing, single nucleotide polymorphism snp markers are widely used in the study of genetic diversity and genomics. However, knowledge of the regulatory roles of lncrnas underlying the ripening process in c. Cmmdb is the first online web resource developed for genomewide analysis of cucumis melo l. Cucumis melo is a suitable study material for investigation of fruit ripening owing to its climacteric nature. This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. A genomic platform was also built in order to host the. Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex determination studies and plant vascular biology. Fragrant and delicious, these warm season fruits have been bred and revered by cultures worldwide and. The map spans a total of 1421 cm and includes 179 points consisting of random amplified polymorphic dna rapd, amplified fragment length polymorphism aflp, intersimple sequence repeats issrs, simple sequence repeats ssrs, and restriction.
Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. We therefore sequenced bacends representing a total of 33,024 clones, half of them from a previously described melon bac library generated with restriction. High presenceabsence gene variability in defenserelated gene clusters of cucumis melo. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. The plant list includes 254 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus cucumis. An improved assembly and annotation of the melon cucumis melo.
It belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, which also includes cucumber cucumis sativus l. A previous genome sequence of the melon was constructed from a homozygous doublehaploid line. A new crop for concentrated yield of pickleshaim nerson, harry s. Melonetdb, a grand rnaseq gene expression atlas in melon. The melon cucumis melo genome and genetic maps with hundreds to thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism markers were recently released. Intraspecific classification of melons cucumis melo l. Originally, cantaloupe referred only to the nonnetted, orangefleshed melons of europe, but today may refer to any orangefleshed melon of the c. Pdf we report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. The plant list includes a further 257 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus cucumis. The sequenced cucumber genome affords insight into traits such as its sex expression, disease resistance, biosynthesis of cucurbitacin and fresh green odor. Previous studies have shown that, although wholegenome duplication events seem to be absent from the lineages leading to c.
In order to elucidate the genetic and molecular basis of the developmental changes that determine size. Draft genome sequences of two oriental melons, cucumis. Intraspecific classification of such variability has been difficult, and most taxonomists still rely on the work of naudin 1859. You may return to the cucumis melo genome overview page to follow links to online help for cucumis melo bioinformatics. Cucumis melo cantalupensis is a annual climber growing to 1. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. The gynoecious cucumis melo muskmelon gy4 derived from wi998 after four generations of selfing and selection was crossed with the monoecious pi124111f or the andromonoecious 36.
We developed the first whole genome based microsatellite dna marker database of cucumis melo l. We have investigated genome wide h3k27me3 and h3k9ac. The map viewer help document describes how to use the map viewer software. It is in flower from july to september, and the seeds ripen from august to october. Nevertheless, the nature and role of its epigenome in gene expression regulation and more specifically in sex determination remains largely unknown. The large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in wild cabbage, though morphological variation is. It is cultivated because its fruit has a sweet aromatic flavor and is rich in soluble sugars, organic acids, minerals, and vitamins. Construction of a genomeanchored, highdensity genetic. Four qtls and an epistatic interaction were associated with disease severity in response to inoculation with fusarium oxysporum f. Muskmelon cucumis melo is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. It is cultivated worldwide, mainly in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. Us20140189908a1 powdery mildew resistance providing. Article pdf available in proceedings of the national academy of sciences 10929.
Long noncoding rnas have been linked to many important biological processes, such as fruit ripening, flowering time regulation, and abiotic stress responses in plants. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Cucumber cucumis sativus is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, cucurbitaceae. Measurements dna technology types dna sequencing factor types reference genome sample characteristic organism cucumis melo machineaccessible metadata file describing the reported data. The map viewer home page allows you to search the genome data of any organism represented in mapviewer.
Molecular phylogeny of cucumis species as revealed by. Melon cucumis melo is an important vegetable crop from the cucurbitaceae family and a reference model specie for sex determination, fruit ripening and vascular fluxes studies. For any specified genomic region, download genomic dna fasta format, all alignedcomputed transcripts or proteins fasta format, or all genome annotations genbank. Cucumis melo cantalupensis cantaloupe melon pfaf plant. Transcriptome analysis of the oriental melon cucumis melo. Considering the employability of whole genome sequencebased microsatellite markers, we made an attempt to identify and develop.
Here we report the draft genome sequence of cucumis sativus var. The quest for epigenetic regulation underlying unisexual. A versatile database for cucumis melo microsatellite. Cantaloupe, casaba melon, honey dew, melon, muskmelon. Search for any csgdbgene or aligned sequence by id or keyword, and download complete sequence or flanking 5 or 3 regions, exons, or introns fasta format download region data. Because the chloroplast, mitochondrial, and nuclear genomes of cucumis are differentially transmitted, this genus is an excellent. We report the first successful application of genotypingbysequencing gbs technology in melon.
The muskmelon cultivar earls favorite harukei3 harukei3 known for its sweetness and rich aroma is used for breeding of highgrade muskmelon in japan. Further, the present invention relates plants comprising the present impaired resistance conferring genes and seeds, embryos or other propagation material thereof. This page describes the data available for cucumis melo muskmelon. Inheritance of betacaroteneassociated mesocarp color and. We assembled 375 mb of the doublehaploid line dhl92. Cucumis sativus, cucurbita foetidissima, cucurbita maxima, cucurbita pepo, citrullus lanatus, thladiantha dubia habitat preference. The present invention relates to powdery mildew resistance providing genes of the cucumis family, and especially cucumis melo, wherein said resistance is provided by impairment of the present genes. Component name genome accessions component representation proteins.
To investigate phylogenetic relationships in the genus cucumis, 9 consensus chloroplast simple sequence re peat ccssr primer pairs ccssr3, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, and 23 were employed for dna fragment length varia. A new web site for melonomics has been released, containing an improved genome assembly v3. These include smoothskinned varieties such as honeydew, crenshaw, and casaba, and different netted cultivars cantaloupe, persian melon, and santa claus or christmas melon. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects.
The f 1 progeny plants from both crosses were all monoecious. Draft genome sequences of two oriental melons, cucumis melo l. This freely available web resource will facilitate the researchers to select the most appropriate markers for markerassisted selection in melons in order to understand the evolution of cucurbits and the improvement of breeding strategies. Cucumis melo is highly diverse for fruit traits providing wide breeding and genetic research opportunities, including genome wide association gwa analysis. Gummy stem blight gsb is a destructive disease responsible for considerable economic losses during melon production. Although originally thought to originate in africa, recent data. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. A highquality melon genome assembly provides insights into.
We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. To this end, we identified tlps at the level of genomewide and systematically analyzed their gene structure, chromosome location, conserved motifs, phylogenetic evolution, and gene duplications. The melon belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, which also contains other important crops such as cucumber, watermelon and pumpkin. A collection of 54 accessions representing diverse genotypes from 23 countries was surveyed. A new linkage map of cucumis melo, derived from the f 2 progeny of a cross between pi 414723 and c. The usda cucumis melo inbred line, mr1, harbors a wealth of alleles associated with resistance to several major diseases of melon, including powdery mildew, downy mildew, alternaria leaf blight. The cantaloupe, rockmelon australia, sweet melon, or spanspek south africa is a melon that is a variety of the muskmelon species cucumis melo from the family cucurbitaceae cantaloupes range in weight from 0. Definition refseq lycopene epsilon cyclase, chloroplastic. Cucumis melo is highly diverse for fruit traits providing wide breeding and genetic research opportunities, including genomewide association gwa analysis. Molecular phylogeny of cucumis species as revealed by consensus chloroplast ssr marker length and sequence variation s. It is characterized by an important leaf area with dark green color, elongate fruits with dark green skins, green flesh with an intermediate acidity and whitish seeds.
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