Variability of candidate genes, genetic structure and association with sugar accumulation and climacteric behavior in a broad germplasm collection of melon (Cucumis melo L.)

BMC Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Leida, Carmen ^a   Moser, Claudio ^a   Esteras, Cristina ^b   Sulpice, Ronan ^c,d   Lunn, John E ^c   de Langen, Frank ^e   Monforte, Antonio J ^f   Picó, Belen ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e HMCLAUSE ^*  (France)

^f Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climacteric ripening; Germplasm collection; Melon; Sugar

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHYLENE; SUGAR; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; COLOR; FRUIT RIPENING; FRUIT SIZE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HORTICULTURAL SPECIES; LANDRACE; MELON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CUCURBITACEAE; FRUIT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CUCURBITACEAE; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS;

EID: 84925858791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0183-2     Document Type: Article

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