Recent status of Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS) Technology in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): a review.

Current and advanced breeding tools are being used to improve economically important horticultural crops to meet the consumers' needs and preferences. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is an extremely useful tool in the investigation and analysis of the genetic diversity of different cultivars. Based on a broad range of genetic backgrounds like single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs), GBS is known as a novel technique to facilitate the detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) regions robustly linked with interested traits compared to genome-wide association study (GWAS) and QTL.

Doubled Haploid Production in Watermelon.

Doubled haploid (DH) technology is very advantageous in plant breeding. This technique is beneficial for reducing the time required to obtain pure lines and contributes to the selection efficiency. Using this technique, 100% homozygosity can be achieved in a single generation, while the development of stable lines using the traditional self-pollination method takes from 6 to 8 years.

Nitrogen and boron nutrition in grafted watermelon II: Impact on nutrient accumulation in fruit rind and flesh.

Turkey ranks second in watermelon (Citrullus lunatus L.) production globally and the highest production is witnessed for Çukurova plains the country. Although watermelon is extensively cultivated in the Çukurova region, studies on optimum nitrogen (N) and boron (B) doses for watermelon cultivation are quite limited.

Genetic Analysis of Root-to-Shoot Signaling and Rootstock-Mediated Tolerance to Water Deficit in Tomato.

Developing drought-tolerant crops is an important strategy to mitigate climate change impacts. Modulating root system function provides opportunities to improve crop yield under biotic and abiotic stresses. With this aim, a commercial hybrid tomato variety was grafted on a genotyped population of 123 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from , and compared with self- and non-grafted controls, under contrasting watering treatments (100% vs.

Genetic Characterization of Turkish Snake Melon (Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo flexuosus Group) Accessions Revealed by SSR Markers.

Snake melon is an important cucurbit crop especially in the Southeastern and the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is consumed as fresh or pickled. The production is mainly done with the local landraces in the country.

The Andromonoecious Sex Determination Gene Predates the Separation of Cucumis and Citrullus Genera.

Understanding the evolution of sex determination in plants requires the cloning and the characterization of sex determination genes. Monoecy is characterized by the presence of both male and female flowers on the same plant. Andromonoecy is characterized by plants carrying both male and bisexual flowers.

[Is the ethnic factor an orthodontic therapeutic instructor?].

Because different groups in human society view beauty in stereotypical terms of their own ethnicity, orthodontists should study the concept of facial beauty with scientific rigor. Is it time for us to re-examine the assumption that the original cephalometric esthetic norms based on samples of North Americans can be applied to other populations? Many cephalometric analyses of Afro-American and Asian subjects who had not received orthodontic treatment but whose occlusions were normal have shown that their esthetic criteria were far different from those of the Caucasian North American sample. The Afro-Americans and Asians share a principal ethnic facial characteristic of bi-maxillary alveolo-dental protrusion with a reduced naso-labial angle.