Physiological water loss is one of the many postharvest disorders in the fresh fruit industry.
Water loss initiates wilting, shrivelling, browning, loss in fruit texture, flavour, and saleable …

Given the rapid development of plant genomic technologies, a lack of access to plant
phenoty** capabilities limits our ability to dissect the genetics of quantitative traits …

To decipher the genetic diversity within the cucurbit genus Citrullus, we generated telomere-
to-telomere (T2T) assemblies of 27 distinct genotypes, encompassing all seven Citrullus …

Modern plant phenoty**, often using non-invasive technologies and digital technologies,
is an emerging science and provides essential information on how genetics, epigenetics …

Shapes of edible plant organs vary dramatically among and within crop plants. To explain
and ultimately employ this variation towards crop improvement, we determined the genetic …

The growing world population and global increases in the standard of living both result in an
increasing demand for food, feed and other plant‐derived products. In the coming years …

Abstract Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] and melon (Cucumis melo
L.) are popular annual fruit crops of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, drawing from discrete …

Understanding the genetic basis of natural variation in grain size among diverse rice
varieties can help breeders develop high‐yielding rice cultivars. Here, we report the …

The Cucurbitaceae family hosts many economically important fruit vegetables (cucurbits)
such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, pumpkin/squash, and various gourds. The cucurbits …

Domestication of fruit and vegetables resulted in a huge diversity of shapes and sizes of the
produce. Selections that took place over thousands of years of alleles that increased fruit …