for determination the host range of fusarium stem and root rot of green-house cucumber (cucumis sativus) that caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-cucumerinum, after isolation, identification and study of pathogenisity, 16 species of several plant families were artificially inoculated with this pathogen by sand and corn meal contaminated with pathogen, two varieties of cucumis melo, of c...

Bitter gourd is a widely consumed cucurbitaceous vegetable rich in several nutrients and phytochemicals. The fruit also used traditional medicine systems to cure variety of ailments. However, bitter has very short postharvest life 3-4 days at ambient conditions, due which it suffers significant loss after harvest. In the present study, with aim extend storage life, fruits were packed corrugated...

-1,3-Glucanase ( Glu) expression in seeds plays important roles in the regulation of seed germination, dormancy and in the defence against seed pathogens. A thick -1,3-glucan layer is typical for the seed envelope of cucurbitaceous species, confers seed semipermeability and is degraded during germination. In many species with coat-imposed dormancy, the seed envelope confers a physical constrain...

Powdery mildew is one of the most common fungal diseases in the world. This disease frequently affects melon (Cucumis melo L.) and other Cucurbitaceous family crops in both open field and greenhouse cultivation. One of the goals of genomics is to identify the polymorphic loci responsible for variation in phenotypic traits. In this study, powdery mildew disease assessment scores were calculated ...