Implications of the introgression between Citrullus colocynthis and C.lanatus characters in the taxonomy, evolutionary dynamics and breeding of watermelon.
Citrullus colocynthis is a wild species counted among the ancestors of the cultivated watermelon, C.lanatus. Cross-compatibility between species through both natural and artificial hybridization has been widely reported. Watermelon landraces were collected from the Northeast of Brazil and studies sh...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/133970 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/133970 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Evolução Citrullus Lanatus Melancia Taxonomia Melhoramento Genético Vegetal Citrullus colocynthis Brazil plant breeding taxonomy watermelons |
| Resumo: | Citrullus colocynthis is a wild species counted among the ancestors of the cultivated watermelon, C.lanatus. Cross-compatibility between species through both natural and artificial hybridization has been widely reported. Watermelon landraces were collected from the Northeast of Brazil and studies showed evidence of introgression from C. colocynthis to C. lanatus, although C.colocynthis is not distributed in Brazil. This paper discusses the implications of this introgression in the taxonomy, evolution dynamics and the improvement of watermelon. |
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