Landraces of snake melon, an ancient Middle Eastern crop, reveal extensive morphological and DNA diversity for potential genetic improvement

Background Snake melon ( Cucumis melo var. flexuosus , “Faqqous”) is a traditional and ancient vegetable in the Mediterranean area. A collection of landraces from 42 grower fields in Israel and Palestinian territories was grown and characterized in a “Common Garden” rain-fed experiment, at the morph...

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Published in:	BMC genetics Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 34
Main Authors:	Omari, Samer, Kamenir, Yuri, Benichou, Jennifer I. C., Pariente, Sarah, Sela, Hanan, Perl-Treves, Rafael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 23.05.2018 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Animal Genetics and Genomics Biological diversity Biomedical and Life Sciences Breeding climatic factors Crops, Agricultural - anatomy & histology Crops, Agricultural - genetics cross pollination Cucumis melo Cucumis melo - anatomy & histology Cucumis melo - genetics Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus Cucumis sativus Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Domestication Experiments Fruits Gardens & gardening Gene flow Genetic aspects Genetic distance Genetic diversity genetic improvement Genetic Variation Genetics and Population Dynamics genome Genomes Germplasm Heterozygosity Horticulture Israel Landraces Life Sciences Mediterranean region melons Microbial Genetics and Genomics Morphology Muskmelon Phenotype Plant Breeding Plant Genetics and Genomics Plant population genetics Plant resistance Pollination Population Population structure Quantitative Trait, Heritable quantitative traits Research Article Seeds Selection, Genetic Single-nucleotide polymorphism Snake melon temperature Triticum durum vegetables Vigor Australia Israel Mediterranean region Population structure Germplasm Genetic diversity Snake melon Landraces Cucumis melo
ISSN:	1471-2156, 1471-2156
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