Behaviors of Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus females attacking Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring infesting cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., and melon, Cucumis melo L., were quantified. Adult female behaviors were described and quantified for Eret. sp. nr. californicus to establish a behavioral time budget analysis. Females readily searched for host whitefly nymphs on cotton leaves with walk...

The melon (Cucumis melo) genome and genetic maps with hundreds to thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism markers were recently released. However, a high-resolution genetic map was lacking. Gummy stem blight (Gsb) is a destructive disease responsible for considerable economic losses during melon production. We herein describe the development of an ultra-dense genetic map consisting of 12,93...

Phenylpropanoids and flavonoids belong to a large group of secondary metabolites, and are considered to have antioxidant activity, which protects the cells against biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the accumulation of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids in bitter melon has rarely been studied. Here, we identify ten putative phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthetic genes in bitter melon. Most ...

weed's behaviors differ in a multiweed-crop competition system compare to a mono weed-crop competition system. the present investigation was carried out in mashhad, iran, to study the effect of weeds, which emerged naturally in a multi species community along side with melon, on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the crop during 2007. thirty five plots were selected randomly in a g...

Citation: Lucini L, Rouphael Y, Cardarelli M, Bonini P, Baffi C and Colla G (2018) A Vegetal Biopolymer-Based Biostimulant Promoted Root Growth in Melon While Triggering Brassinosteroids and Stress-Related Compounds. Front. Plant Sci. 9:472. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00472 A Vegetal Biopolymer-Based Biostimulant Promoted Root Growth in Melon While Triggering Brassinosteroids and Stress-Related Com...

Recently, a severe slime mold infestation affected oriental melon plants in fields in Chilgok county, Gyeongbuk province, Korea. Specimens were collected from the fields and examined for identification. A species of Myxomycetes, Fuligo gyrosa, was identified based on its morphological characteristics. This is the first report that F. gyrosa causes slime mold of oriental melon.

Antimutagenicity and chemopreventive activity of an 80%-ethanol extract of bitter melon (Momordica charantia Linn.) against the formation of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) was investigated. The bitter melon extract was nonmutagenic and inhibited the mutagenicity of heterocyclic amines 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]py...

tomato, lycopersicum esculentum miller, is a grassy and annual plant from solanaceae family which is the most important farm plant after potato. the cotton-melon aphid, aphis gossypii glover (hem.: aphididae), is an important pests of tomato and vector of viral diseases in the farms and greenhouses. in the greenhouse its damage ranks second to the whiteflies (bemisia tabaci gennadius). in this ...

Two high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods for ascorbic acid (AA) quantification were compared in three cultivars of melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruits. Both procedures were analogous except for the extraction medium used: 6 % meta-phosphoric acid and 3 % citric acid. The general conclusion is that 3 % citric acid is a better extraction medium compared to 6 % meta-phosphoric acid and...