QTL and Transcriptomic Analyses Implicate Cuticle Transcription Factor SHINE as a Source of Natural Variation for Epidermal Traits in Cucumber Fruit.

ABSTRACT: The fruit surface is a unique tissue with multiple roles influencing fruit development, post-harvest storage and quality, and consumer acceptability. Serving as the first line of protection against herbivores, pathogens, and abiotic stress, the surface can vary markedly among species, cultivars within species, and developmental stage. In this study we explore developmental changes and natural variation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit surface properties using two cucumber lines which vary greatly for these traits and for which draft genomes and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array are available: Chinese fresh market type, Chinese Long '9930' (CL9930), and pickling type, 'Gy14'. Thin-section samples were prepared from the mid-region of fruit harvested at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16

SUBMITTER: Rett-Cadman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890859 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature