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Cucurbit Genetics and Genomics: A Look to the Future

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Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae

Part of the book series: Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models ((PGG,volume 20))

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The Cucurbitaceae family includes many high-value and flavorful crops consumed as vegetables, fruits, and seeds in diets throughout the world (Chap. 1, McCreight 2016). Crops such as squashes and pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo, maxima and moschata), cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), melons (Cucumis melo) and watermelons (Citrullus lanatus), make significant contributions to human nutrition. In the past decade we have seen tremendous progress with respect to genomic technologies, and cucurbit crops, with their small genome sizes [~367, 450, 385, and 400 Mbp for cucumber, melon, watermelon, and squash, respectively], have benefitted richly from these advances. The recent assemblies of draft genome sequences for the four major cucurbit species make it feasible to identify, characterize and utilize genes in ways that were not possible even a few years ago. This volume explored the genetic diversity of cucurbit crops, advances to unravel cucurbit genomes, and evolving applications of genomics to understand cucurbit growth, development and adaptation to their environments.

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  1. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Rebecca Grumet

  2. Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Garcia-Mas

  3. Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Garcia-Mas

  4. Department of Vegetable Research, Newe Ya‘ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel

    Nurit Katzir

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  1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Rebecca Grumet

  2. Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel

    Nurit Katzir

  3. Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Institute de Recerca i Technologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Garcia-Mas

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Grumet, R., Garcia-Mas, J., Katzir, N. (2017). Cucurbit Genetics and Genomics: A Look to the Future. In: Grumet, R., Katzir, N., Garcia-Mas, J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/7397_2017_1

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