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Food and medicinal relevance of Cucurbitaceae species in Eastern and Southern Africa

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background The traditional use of medicinal plants is an integral part of African culture and plays a major role in African societies. For centuries, plants have been used to cure diseases and till date, a vast majority of the African people especially ...
O. O. Olarewaju, O. O. Fajinmi, G. Arthur, R. Coopoosamy, K. Naidoo   +4 more
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Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae) [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2015
This monograph deals with all 95 names described in the Cucurbitaceae genus Coccinia and recognizes 25 species. Taxonomic novelties are Cocciniaadoensisvar.aurantiaca (C.Jeffrey) Holstein, stat. nov., Cocciniasessilifoliavar.variifolia (A.Meeuse) Holstein, stat. nov., and Cocciniaadoensisvar.jeffreyana Holstein, var. nov.
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Black root rot caused by Diaporthe sclerotioides threatens cucurbit cultivation in Japan

Advances in Horticultural Science, 2014
In Japan, since black root rot of cucurbitaceous crops was found more than 30 years ago, the disease has caused severe economic losses to the cucurbit crop industry.
M. Shishido
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Phytochemical and pharmacological review of Lagenaria sicereria

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2010
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) standley (LS) (Family: Cucurbitaceae) is an annual herbaceous climbing plant with a long history of traditional medicinal uses in many countries, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Since ancient times the climber
Rakesh P Prajapati, Manisha Kalariya, Sachin K Parmar, Navin R Sheth   +3 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Cucumis anguria var. anguria (Cucurbitaceae) and its phylogenetic implication

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
The genus Cucumis contains 52 species, including two economically significant crops, cucumber and melon, as well as other important species. Cucumis anguria var. anguria is a wild relative of C. melon, native to Africa.
Hong Cheng, Wei-ping Kong, Min-min Zhang, Dong Hou   +3 more
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Augmenting the Sustainability of Vegetable Cropping Systems by Configuring Rootstock-Dependent Rhizomicrobiomes that Support Plant Protection

Agronomy, 2020
Herbaceous grafting is a propagation method largely used in solanaceous and cucurbit crops for enhancing their agronomic performances especially under (a)biotic stress conditions.
Mariateresa Cardarelli, Youssef Rouphael, Marios C. Kyriacou, Giuseppe Colla, Catello Pane   +4 more
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Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity

Metabolites, 2020
The broad variability of Cucumis melo (melon, Cucurbitaceae) presents a challenge to conventional classification and organization within the species. To shed further light on the infraspecific relationships within C.
A. Moing, J. Allwood, A. Aharoni, J. Baker, Michael H Beale, S. Ben-Dor, B. Biais, Federico Brigante, Y. Burger, Catherine Deborde, A. Erban, A. Faigenboim, A. Gur, R. Goodacre, T. H. Hansen, D. Jacob, N. Katzir, J. Kopka, E. Lewinsohn, M. Maucourt, S. Meir, Sonia J. Miller, R. Mumm, Elad Oren, Harris S. Paris, I. Rogachev, D. Rolin, U. Saar, J. Schjoerring, Y. Tadmor, G. Tzuri, Ric de Vos, Jane L. Ward, E. Yeselson, Robert D. Hall, Arthur A. Schaffer   +35 more
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Effect of salt stress on muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) seeds

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2019
Cucumis melo is one of the most appreciated and consumed vegetables in the world, however, producing areas have been suffering from increased salinity in irrigation water.
Fernando Henrique Alves da Silva, Patrícia Lígia Dantas de Morais, Antonia Tamires Monteiro Bessa, Maria Valdete da Costa, Allinny Luzia Alves Cavalcante, Salvador Barros Torres, Maria Daniela Freitas de Oliveira, Larissa Martins Brito e Silva   +7 more
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Research Progresses on the Genomics of Cucurbitaceae Crops

Guangdong nongye kexue, 2023
Cucurbitaceae family includes many common vegetables and fruits, and plays an important role in agricultural production. High quality genome is essential for gene mining of agronomically important traits, evaluation of germplasm resources and ...
Biao JIANG, Jinqiang YAN, Shijuan YAN, Dasen XIE, Wenrui LIU, Min WANG   +5 more
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Tissue-specific respiratory burst oxidase homolog-dependent H2O2 signaling to the plasma membrane H+-ATPase confers potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Cucurbitaceae

Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019
Potassium (K+) is a critical determinant of salinity tolerance, and H2O2 has been recognized as an important signaling molecule that mediates many physiological responses.
Yuan Huang, H. Cao, Li Yang, Chen Chen, L. Shabala, Mu Xiong, Mengliang Niu, Juan Liu, Zuhua Zheng, Lijian Zhou, Z-G Peng, Z. Bie, S. Shabala   +12 more
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