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A QTL on chromosome 17 identified by Genome-Wide Association Mapping controls postharvest cold tolerance of Cucurbita pepo L.
Physiologia plantarum - 1 Jan 2000
García Alicia, Castro-Cegrí Alejandro, López Alba, Segura María, Benítez Álvaro, Garrido Dolores, Palma Francisco, Martínez Cecilia, Jamilena Manuel
Abstract excerpt
The worldwide cultivated Cucurbita pepo L. is one of the most diverse species in the plant kingdom. In this study, chilling tolerance over a wide range of cultivars was characterized to discover the allelic variants to improving the postharvest quality of the immature fruit during cold storage. For this purpose, fruits from 126 accessions of worldwide origin have been evaluated for weight loss and chilling injury...
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