Serial-Omics and Molecular Function Study Provide Novel Insight into Cucumber Variety Improvement

Overview

Journal Plants (Basel)

Date 2022 Jun 23

PMID 35736760

Authors

Danni Han

Xiaojun Ma

Lei Zhang

Shizhong Zhang

Qinghua Sun

Pan Li

Jing Shu

Yanting Zhao

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Abstract

Cucumbers are rich in vitamins and minerals. The cucumber has recently become one of China's main vegetable crops. More specifically, the adjustment of the Chinese agricultural industry's structure and rapid economic development have resulted in increases in the planting area allocated to Chinese cucumber varieties and in the number of Chinese cucumber varieties. After complete sequencing of the "Chinese long" genome, the transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome were obtained. Cucumber has a small genome and short growing cycle, and these traits are conducive to the application of molecular breeding techniques for improving fruit quality. Here, we review the developments and applications of molecular markers and genetic maps for cucumber breeding and introduce the functions of gene families from the perspective of genomics, including fruit development and quality, hormone response, resistance to abiotic stress, epitomizing the development of other omics, and relationships among functions.

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