supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972425);the Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program,China(2020-02-08-00-08-F0148)。
Fruit spine density is an important commercial trait for cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.).Most North China-type cucumbers that are grown over large areas have a dense-spine phenotype,which directly affects the appearance ...
supported by the the“JBGS”Project of Seed Industry Revitalization in Jiangsu Province,China(JBGS[2021]018);the Jiangsu Agricultural Innovation of New Cultivars,China(PZCZ201720);the Open Project Program of Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement,China(K2020030)。
Leaf color mutants in higher plants are considered to be ideal materials for studying the chlorophyll biosynthesis,photosynthesis mechanism and chloroplast development.Herein,we identified a spontaneous mutant,yc412,i...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD1000803);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31701933 and 32002036);the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (ZR2020QC157)。
Sex determination in plants gives rise to unisexual flowers. A better understanding of the regulatory mechanism underlying the production of unisexual flowers will help to clarify the process of sex determination in p...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32002036)。
In situ mRNA hybridization(ISH)is a powerful tool for examining the spatiotemporal expression of genes in shoot apical meristems and flower buds of cucumber.The most common ISH protocol uses paraffin wax;however,embed...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772327 and 31801877);the Hebei Vegetable Innovation Projects of Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System,China(HBCT2018030209)。
‘Corollas and spines’ is an important trait for fresh market cucumber. In a unique cucumber line, ‘6457’, the super ovary is much larger and corolla opening is delayed by 4–5 days, thus the resulting fruit has a ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772315 and 31572132);the Construction of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation and Service Capacity in Top Subjects,China(CEFF-PXM2019_014207_000032)。
OVATE family proteins(OFPs)are plant-specific proteins with a conserved OVATE domain that regulate plant growth and development.Although OFPs have been studied in several species,their biological functions remain larg...
supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and Program for Student Innovation through Research and Training(SRT),China(1918C12)。
The mechanism of melatonin(MT)induced chilling tolerance in harvested cucumber fruit was investigated at commercial maturity.In this study,cucumber fruits were treated with 100μmol L^(-1) MT at 4℃ and 90% relative h...
the funding support from Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Scientific Research Developmental Fund,China(LBH-Q16021);“Academic Backbone”Project of Northeast Agricultural University,China(18XG06);the National Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province,China(LH2019C033)。
Glutamine synthetase(GS)plays an important role in nitrogen(N)metabolism in cucumber.In this study,we cloned and sequenced the CsGS1 gene,and analyzed the expression patterns and subcellular localization of the GS1 pr...
financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFB0403902);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872955);the Central Publicinterest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,China(BSRF201911)。
Light-emitting diodes(LEDs)have been widely applied in the controlled environment agriculture,which are characterized by relatively narrow-band spectra and energetical efficiency.Most recently,the spectrum of Sunlike ...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31700315 and 61533019);the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,China(cstc2018jcyjAX0587);the Chinese Academy of Science(CAS)-Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA)Joint Research Program(GJHZ2076);The authors thank Wang Qian and Mory Diakite for their assistance in the experiment.
To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the differences in yield formation among two parents(P1 and P2) and their F1 hybrid of cucumber, biomass production and whole source–sink dynamics were analyzed using a functio...