Transcriptomics reveal useful resources for examining fruit development and variation in fruit size in .

Introduction: The Cucurbitaceae family comprises many agronomically important members, that bear nutritious fruits and vegetables of great economic importance. , commonly known as Ivy gourd, belongs to this family and is widely consumed as a vegetable. Members of this family are known to display an impressive range of variation in fruit morphology.

Whole-Genome Assembly of Helps Identify Genes Regulating Drought Stress Tolerance.

Abiotic stresses, especially drought stress, are responsible for heavy losses in productivity, which in turn poses an imminent threat for future food security. Understanding plants' response to abiotic stress at the molecular level is crucially important for mitigating the impacts of climate change. is an important multipurpose plant with medicinal and nutritional properties and with an ability to grow in low water conditions, which makes the species an ideal candidate to study the regulatory mechanisms that modulate drought tolerance and its possible use in agroforestry system.