Thick-skinned melon or Hami melon is the most widely cultivated and exported type of melon in China,and mainly grown in Xinjiang province.Here the genetic variation of 64 melon genotypes including 43
Flowering Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L.ssp.Chinensis var.utilis Tsen et Lee) is a kind of cold-resistant vegetable crops,adapting to the temperature of 3~25℃.When temperature is more than 25℃,it i
Plant height and leaf number of stalk could be used as indexes to evaluate heat tolerance in flowering Chinese cabbage,therefore molecular markers closely linked to the above traits could be applied f
Somatic hybridization is a potential method for gene transfer from wild relatives to cultivated crops overcoming the sexual incompatibilities between different species.It is useful in broadening the g
Nitrate uptake and transport are important for the nitrate efficient utilization in rice.The low-affinity nitrate transporter family (NRT1) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) contains more 80 members and only
Phalaenopsis amabilis is cultivated as an ornamental and has been used by breeders to produce many hybrids and cultivars.It is officially recognised as one the national flowers of Indonesia.
There are two major carbon sources for grain filling in rice:photoassimilates produced in mature leaves at the reproductive stage and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) pre-accumlated in stems (leaf s