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Watermelon, one of the most important vegetable crops, is eaten chiefly as a fresh fruit. It originated from tropical and subtropical Africa, and now is widely distributed throughout the tropics, Mediterranean region, South Asia, and East Asia including China.
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Liu, J.R., Choi, P.S., Kim, Y.S. (2001). Transgenic Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Transgenic Crops II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56901-2_9
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