First RNA-seq approach to study fruit set and parthenocarpy in zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zucchini fruit set can be limited due to unfavourable environmental conditions in off-seasons crops that caused ineffective pollination/fertilization. Parthenocarpy, the natural or artificial fruit development without fertilization, has been recognized as an important trait to avoid this problem, and is related to auxin signalling. Nevertheless, differences found in transcriptome analysis during early fruit development of zucchini suggest that other complementary pathways could regulate fruit formation in parthenocarpic cultivars of this species. The development of next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) as RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) opens a new horizon for mapping and quantifying transcriptome to understand the molecular basis of pathways that could regulate parthen

SUBMITTER: Pomares-Viciana T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature