Article
Comparative transcriptome analysis of two contrasting watermelon genotypes during fruit development and ripening.
BMC genomics - 3 Jan 2017
Zhu Qianglong, Gao Peng, Liu Shi, Zhu Zicheng, Amanullah Sikandar, Davis Angela R, Luan Feishi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is an economically important crop with an attractive ripe fruit that has colorful flesh. Fruit ripening is a complex, genetically programmed process. RESULTS: In this study, a comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to identify the regulators and pathways that are involved in the fruit ripening of pale-yellow-flesh cultivated watermelon...
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