Article
Plant Sciences
Hamed Salehian, Sahar Shahnazi, Mohamadreza Nazari
Summary: Cross-pollination with radiation-treated pollen can efficiently produce haploid offspring in cucumbers, and doubling the chromosome number through colchicine treatment can further enhance the production of doubled haploid cells. This optimized protocol has the potential to produce 100% homozygous lines for breeding programs.
IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Dayanand Dalawai, Nasser Al-Suhaibani
Summary: This study assessed the chemical composition of wild cucumber seeds and seed oils, finding that wild cucumber seed oil is rich in fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and fiber, making it a potential raw material in food applications.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Rebecca Grumet, Ying-Chen Lin, Stephanie Rett-Cadman, Ajaz Malik
Summary: Cucumber fruits exhibit extensive variation in morphological features such as size, shape, waxiness, spines, warts, and flesh thickness. Genetic factors influencing floral organ establishment, cell division and cell cycle regulation, hormone biosynthesis and response, sugar transport, trichome development, and cutin, wax, and pigment biosynthesis have been identified as factors influencing cucumber fruit morphology. Understanding and manipulating these genetic factors can lead to the development of cucumber varieties with desired traits and improved qualities for consumers.
Review
Plant Sciences
Kun Shen, Mengxue Qu, Peng Zhao
Summary: This article summarizes two methods for generating haploid embryos (in vitro microspore embryogenesis and in vivo haploid embryogenesis) and identifies key factors that trigger haploid embryo production. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of haploid embryogenesis is crucial for promoting the application of haploid technology in crop breeding.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lin Chen, Fenghua Zheng, Zili Feng, Yue Li, Muxuan Ma, Guoping Wang, Hongbo Zhao
Summary: The research found that the expression of the CsVI2 gene and the activity of vacuolar invertase in cucumber seedlings were significantly induced by drought stress. In addition, drought stress led to changes in the expression of certain related genes and alterations in the activities of sucrose metabolism enzymes. Transgenic cucumber seedlings overexpressing CsVI2 exhibited enhanced vacuolar invertase activity and drought tolerance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yanyan Liu, Shaoyun Dong, Shuang Wei, Weiping Wang, Han Miao, Kailiang Bo, Xingfang Gu, Shengping Zhang
Summary: This study identified a quantitative inherited heat tolerance QTL-qHT1.1 in adult cucumber, with marker HT-1 showing a high accuracy of 97.8% in heat-sensitive plants. Further sequence analysis revealed multiple genes possibly involved in heat tolerance. The study provides valuable markers for heat tolerance breeding in cucumber and lays the foundation for identifying heat-tolerant genes.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jie Ren, Lu Yang, Ruifang Cao, Yidan Wang, Can Zhang, Xuejing Yu, Wendi Meng, Xueling Ye
Summary: Metabolome and transcriptome analyses were conducted on the fruit peels of self-rooted cucumber plants and cucumber plants grafted with white seed pumpkin. Differential metabolites and differentially expressed genes were identified between the two groups. These genes were enriched in pathways related to plant hormone signal transduction, cutin, suberin, wax biosynthesis, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and zeatin biosynthesis. Six candidate genes related to the synthesis of glycitein, kaempferol, and homoeriodictyol were identified, and TCP and WRKY transcription factors were found to be potentially important in driving the transcriptional changes. This study provides a foundation for understanding the biosynthesis and regulation of wax loss and quality in grafted cucumbers and sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of grafting onto cucumber fruit.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Qiushui Wang, Xin Zhou, Yue Liu, Yan Han, Jia Zuo, Jie Deng, Liyan Yuan, Lijuan Gao, Wenbo Bai
Summary: This study showed that the application of mixed oligosaccharides had significant effects on the bacterial communities in cucumber plants' phyllosphere, rhizosphere, and bulk soil. The presence of mixed oligosaccharides increased the abundance of potential growth-promoting bacteria and altered bacterial interaction networks, leading to improved plant growth and yield.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Qiumin Chen, Guangchao Yu, Xiangyu Wang, Xiangnan Meng, Chunmao Lv
Summary: Powdery mildew resistance in cucumbers has been a challenging topic due to unclear inheritance patterns, but recent advances in understanding defense-related genes and signaling pathways have shed light on this issue. Cloning of PM resistance genes and verification of their functions in cucumbers have provided valuable insights for breeding resistant cucumber varieties. The novel discoveries in molecular mechanisms of PM resistance have laid a foundation for further research and breeding efforts.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Isidre Hooghvorst, Salvador Nogues
Summary: The doubled haploid technique aims to generate pure inbred lines through haploid plant generation and chromosome doubling. Efforts have been focused on haploid production methods such as androgenesis, gynogenesis, and parthenogenesis. Recent interest has been in optimizing chromosome doubling methods to increase rates and efficiency of doubled haploid plant production.
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yaqi Zhang, Junjun Shen, Ezra S. Bartholomew, Mingming Dong, Shuying Chen, Shuai Yin, Xuling Zhai, Zhongxuan Feng, Huazhong Ren, Xingwang Liu
Summary: The TBH gene in cucumber is preferentially expressed in multicellular trichomes and regulates their development, ethylene accumulation, and sex expression by directly binding to the promoters of the CsACS genes. This study provides new insights into the molecular mechanism of CsTBH in cucumber trichome development and sex expression through an ethylene pathway.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tao Wang, Xiaohong Lu, Chenggang Xiang, Xiaojun Li, Wenqian Liu, Qing Wang, Zixi Liu, Lihong Gao, Wenna Zhang
Summary: This study identified 221 CsaP450 genes in the cucumber genome and found that 15 of them can be systemically transported in graft experiments, showing specific enrichment in oxidoreductase activity and secondary metabolic pathways. Comparison with other plants revealed differences in the structures and motifs of these cucumber CsaP450 genes.
HORTICULTURAL PLANT JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Si Ma, Jianguo Lv, Xin Li, Tingting Ji, Zhenxian Zhang, Lihong Gao
Summary: The CsGolS4 gene in cucumber is significantly induced by both cold and drought stresses, with CsGolS4-overexpression plants showing higher RFO contents and suppressed ROS levels, leading to increased tolerance to cold and drought stresses. Conversely, CsGolS4-RNAi transgenic plants exhibit increased vulnerability under stress conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Noomene Sleimi, Rim Kouki, Maryem Hadj Ammar, Renata Ferreira, Rosa Perez-Clemente
Summary: Barium is a nonessential element that can cause deleterious effects in most organisms, affecting plant growth and homeostasis. This study evaluated the effects of Ba stress on Cucumis sativus L., showing that cucumber plants can enhance enzyme activity to counteract oxidative damage under Ba treatments.
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Martin Mau, Tiina Liiving, Liza Fomenko, Richard Goertzen, Dorota Paczesniak, Laura Bottner, Timothy F. Sharbel
Summary: The study explored the reproductive diversity of the genus Boechera and found that hybridization can trigger the transition to apomixis, with the transmission of apomixis influenced by pollen type and mating system. Apomixis can occur through various pathways, leading to the formation of polyploids.
Article
Plant Sciences
Behzad Ahmadi, Farhad Masoomi-Aladizgeh, Mehran E. Shariatpanahi, Pejman Azadi, Mehdi Keshavarz-Alizadeh
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2016)
Article
Plant Sciences
Eissa Zarifi, Derya Guloglu
Review
Plant Sciences
Behzad Ahmadi, Medya Ahmadi, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Review
Plant Sciences
Behzad Ahmadi, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Behzad Ahmadi, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh, Eissa Zarifi
Summary: This study investigated the production of auto-tetraploids in Zea mays L. inbred lines S61 and K1263/17 under various concentrations of oryzalin, trifluralin, and colchicine. The results showed different rates of tetraploids produced under different conditions, with regenerated tetraploids exhibiting lower survival rates compared to diploids and reverting back to diploid state before anthesis.
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Asieh Zare Khafri, Reza Zarghami, Leila Ma'mani, Behzad Ahmadi
Summary: This study established an efficient in vitro micropropagation protocol for Myrobalan 29C rootstocks. Disinfection of initial explants with AgNPs reduced the needed amount of NaClO. The addition of specific plant growth regulators induced active buds, and the use of a liquid culture system improved shoot proliferation. Inclusion of silica-based nanoparticles increased the number of regenerated lateral shoots. Proper culture medium and additive concentrations were crucial for root system growth.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Ali Mahrokh, Hadi Hassanzadeh Moghadam, Hamid Najafinezhad, Ali Shirkhani, Behzad Ahmadi, Farhad Azizi, Farid Golzardi
Summary: This study investigated the effects of nitrogen fertilizer, planting density, herbicide application, and planting date on the occurrence rate of bouquet ears in maize. The results showed that planting density had no significant impact on bouquet ears in Mo17 and KE72012/12 inbred lines, but it had a negative correlation with bouquet ears in the K615/1 inbred line. Delaying the planting date to June 14 significantly increased the occurrence rate of bouquet ears.
JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Parizad Mavandi, Eissa Zarifi
Summary: Iran is a natural habitat of chamomile, and the karyotype characteristics and phytochemical variation of chamomile accessions and varieties were evaluated in this study. The results showed that the chromosomes of chamomile were small and had two types. There was significant variation in the essential oil content and compounds among different genotypes.
BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Reza Zarghami, Behzad Ahmadi
Summary: This study demonstrates the efficient production of virus-free peach plants through thermotherapy and cultivation of different sizes of meristem-tip explants.
Article
Plant Sciences
Behnam Bakhshi, Mohammad Jaffar Aghaei, Eissa Zarifi, Mohammad Reza Bihamta, Ehsan Mohseni Fard, Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad
BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF PLANT TAXONOMY
(2019)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Fatemeh Pourabdollah Najafabadi, Mehran Enayati Shariatpanahi, Behzad Ahmadi, NayerazamKhosh-Kholgh Sima, Bahram Alizadeh, Mahnaz Oroojloo
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Behzad Ahmadi, Mehran E. Shariatpanahi, Rasoul Asghari-Zakaria, Nasser Zare, Pejman Azadi
JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
(2015)