Sustainable cultivation of melon landraces: Effects of grafting on the accumulation of flavor-related compounds.

Melon landraces are highly appreciated by consumers who pay price premiums to compensate for lower yields, enabling on-farm conservation. However, they are highly susceptible to soilborne diseases. This study analyses the impact of Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks on the accumulation of flavor-related metabolites in Spanish landraces of the Ibericus melon group, as a strategy to promote their sustainable cultivation.

Physicochemical, Structural, and Functional Properties of Snake Melon ( subsp. Var. ) Microencapsulated with Pea Protein and Pea Fibre by Freeze-Drying.

The purpose of this study was to obtain a functional, stable powder product from subsp. Var. (L.

Spanish Melon Landraces: Revealing Useful Diversity by Genomic, Morphological, and Metabolomic Analysis.

Spain is a secondary centre of the diversification of the melon ( L.), with high diversity represented in highly appreciated landraces belonging to the Flexuosus and Ibericus groups. A collection of 47 accessions of Flexuosus, Chate, Piel de Sapo, Tendral, Amarillo, Blanco, and Rochet was analysed using a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach.

RNA-Seq Transcriptome Analysis Provides Candidate Genes for Resistance to in Melon.

Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) emerged in the Mediterranean Basin in 2012 as the first DNA bipartite begomovirus ( family), causing severe yield and economic losses in cucurbit crops. A major resistance was identified in the wild melon accession WM-7 ( kachri group), but the mechanisms involved in the resistant response remained unknown. In this work, we used RNA-sequencing to identify disease-associated genes that are differentially expressed in the course of ToLCNDV infection and could contribute to resistance.