Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae (Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models Book 20)

This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds. Recent years have resulted in tremendous increases in our knowledge of these species due to large scale genomic and transcriptomic studies and production of draft genomes for the four major species, __Citrullus lanatus__, __Cucumis melo__, __Cucumis sativus__, and __Cucurbita spp__. This text examines genetic resources and structural and functional genomics for each species group and across species groups. In addition, it explores genomic-informed understanding and commonalities in cucurbit biology with respect to vegetative growth, floral development and sex expression, fruit growth and development, and important fruit quality traits. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Cultivation and Uses of Cucurbits (James D. McCreight)....Pages 1-12 Phylogeny and Evolution of the Cucurbitaceae (Susanne S. Renner, Hanno Schaefer)....Pages 13-23 Melon Genetic Resources: Phenotypic Diversity and Horticultural Taxonomy (Michel Pitrat)....Pages 25-60 Genetic Resources of Cucumber (Rachel P. Naegele, Todd C. Wehner)....Pages 61-86 Genetic Resources of Watermelon (Amnon Levi, Robert Jarret, Shaker Kousik, W. Patrick Wechter, Padma Nimmakayala, Umesh K. Reddy)....Pages 87-110 Genetic Resources of Pumpkins and Squash, Cucurbita spp. (Harry S. Paris)....Pages 111-154 Gourds: Bitter, Bottle, Wax, Snake, Sponge and Ridge (Narinder P. S. Dhillon, Supannika Sanguansil, Sheo Pujan Singh, Mohammed Abu Taher Masud, Prashant Kumar, Latchumi Kanthan Bharathi et al.)....Pages 155-172 The Melon Genome (Josep Casacuberta, Pere Puigdomènech, Jordi Garcia-Mas)....Pages 173-181 The Cucumber Genome (Yiqun Weng)....Pages 183-197 The Watermelon Genome (Xu Yong, Shaogui Guo)....Pages 199-210 Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbita spp. (J. Montero-Pau, C. Esteras, J. Blanca, P. Ziarsolo, J. Cañizares, B. Picó)....Pages 211-227 Comparative Genomics of the Cucurbitaceae (Padma Nimmakayala, Thangasamy Saminathan, Venkata Lakshmi Abburi, Lav Kumar Yadav, Yan Tomason, Amnon Levi et al.)....Pages 229-240 Organellar Genomes of the Cucurbits (Michael J. Havey)....Pages 241-252 Databases and Bioinformatics for Cucurbit Species (Yang Bai, Zhonghua Zhang, Zhangjun Fei)....Pages 253-267 Genetic Mapping of Complex Traits in Cucurbits (María José Gonzalo, Antonio J. Monforte)....Pages 269-290 Phloem Biology of the Cucurbitaceae (Robert Turgeon)....Pages 291-305 Sex Determination in Cucumis (Natalia Yaneth Rodriguez-Granados, Afef Lemhemdi, Fadi Abou Choucha, David Latrasse, Moussa Benhamed, Adnane Boualem et al.)....Pages 307-319 Genomic Analysis of Cucurbit Fruit Growth (Rebecca Grumet, Marivi Colle)....Pages 321-344 Fruit Ripening in Melon (Ryoichi Yano, Hiroshi Ezura)....Pages 345-375 Genomic Aspects of Melon Fruit Quality (Amit Gur, Itay Gonda, Vitaly Portnoy, Galil Tzuri, Noam Chayut, Shahar Cohen et al.)....Pages 377-408 Cucurbit Genetics and Genomics: A Look to the Future (Rebecca Grumet, Jordi Garcia-Mas, Nurit Katzir)....Pages 409-415 Back Matter ....Pages 417-430