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Combined use of genetic and genomics resources to understand virus resistance and fruit quality traits in melon
Author(s) -
Argyris Jason M.,
Pujol Marta,
MartínHernández Ana Montserrat,
GarciaMas Jordi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/ppl.12323
Subject(s) - melon , biology , cucumis , crop , genomics , plant disease resistance , genome , microbiology and biotechnology , population , ripening , plant breeding , resistance (ecology) , arabidopsis , agronomy , horticulture , gene , genetics , demography , sociology , mutant
The availability of the genome sequence of many crop species during the past few years has opened a new era in plant biology, allowing for the performance of massive genomic studies in plant species other than the classical models Arabidopsis and rice. One of these crop species is melon ( Cucumis melo ), a cucurbit of high economic value that has become an interesting model for the study of biological processes such as fruit ripening, sex determination and phloem transport. The recent availability of the melon genome sequence, together with a number of genetic and genomic resources, provides powerful tools that can be used to assist in the main melon breeding targets, namely disease resistance and fruit quality. In this review, we will describe recent data obtained combining the use of a melon near isogenic line ( NIL ) population and genomic resources to gain insight into agronomically important traits as fruit ripening, resistance to Cucumber Mosaic virus ( CMV ) and the accumulation of sugars in fruits.