In the study, two commercial Cucurbita maxima×Cucurbita moschata hybrid (Nun9075 and TZ148), Lagenaria spp. (Argentario) one local genotype (3335) Citrullus amarus (PI 296341) were used as rootstocks. The male female parents of watermelon hybrids (187×125 11×162) scions. Ungrafted plants formed control group also each parent was grafted on itself. Male for pollen measurements. Fruit weight, fru...

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are widely used in mapping constructions and comparative genetic diversity analyses. Here, 103,056 SSR loci were found Cucurbita species by silico PCR. In general, the frequency of these SSRs decreased with increase motif length, di-nucleotide motifs most common type. For same repeat types, sharply number. The majority suitable for marker development (84.75% mosch...

A model of range expansions during glacial maxima (GM) for cold-adapted species is generally accepted for the Northern Hemisphere. Given that GM in Australia largely resulted in the expansion of arid zones, rather than glaciation, it could be expected that arid-adapted species might have had expanded ranges at GM, as cold-adapted species did in the Northern Hemisphere. For Australian biota, how...

Low-pH and aluminum (Al) stresses are the major constraints that limit crop yield in acidic soils. Grafting vegetable elite cultivars onto appropriate rootstocks may represent an effective tool to improve crop tolerance to acidity and Al toxicity. Two greenhouse hydroponic experiments were performed to evaluate growth, yield, biomass production, chlorophyll index, electrolyte leakage, mineral c...