In this work, we have evaluated the host suitability of 29 pepper genotypes of Capsicum annuum and 9 of the related cultivated species C. chinense (4), C. frutescens (4) and C. pubescens (1) to Meloidogyne incognita in ...
Roig Montaner, Mª Cristina; Fita, Ana; Rios, Gabino; Hammond, John P.; Nuez Viñals, Fernando; Picó Sirvent, María Belén(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background: Monosporascus cannonballus is the main causal agent of melon vine decline disease. Several studies
have been carried out mainly focused on the study of the penetration of this pathogen into melon roots, ...
The Capsicum genus is native to tropical America and consists of 27 species, five of which are used as fresh vegetables and spices: Capsicum annuum L., Capsicum chinense Jacq., Capsicum frutescens L., Capsicum baccatum L. ...
The environmental and cultural diversity
of Southwest Europe favored the diversification of
crops arriving from America, giving rise to many new
landraces. Gastronomy played an important role in
their evolution. These ...
Garcia-Mas, J.; Benjak, A.; Sanseverino, W.; Bourgeois, M.; Mir, G.; Gonzalez, V. M.; Henaff, E.; Câmara, F.; Cozzuto, L.; Lowy, E.; Alioto, T.; Capella-Gutierrez, S.; Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Cañizares Sales, Joaquín; Ziarsolo Areitioaurtena, Pello; Nuez Viñals, Fernando; Picó Sirvent, María Belén(National Academy of Sciences, 2012-07-17)
We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural
crop worldwide. We assembled 375 Mb of the double-haploid
line DHL92, representing 83.3%of the estimatedmelon genome.We
predicted 27,427 protein-coding ...
[EN] Following consumer complaints about the quality of modern varieties of tomato, landraces have strengthened their quality markets. In Spain, two tomato landraces, 'Montserrat' and 'Pera Girona', are grown in contiguous ...
Background
The availability of genetic and genomic resources for melon has increased significantly, but functional genomics resources are still limited for this crop. TILLING is a powerful reverse genetics approach that ...
Background: Cucurbita pepo belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. The "Zucchini" types rank among the highest-valued vegetables worldwide, and other C. pepo and related Cucurbita spp., are food staples and rich sources of ...
Gisbert Domenech, María Carmen; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Nuez Viñals, Fernando(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2011)
Orthodox seeds may present differences in germination due to several reasons. In this work, we tested treatments for improving germination in two cultivars of common eggplant (Solanum melongena) and in six accessions of ...
Turia is a new salad pepino cultivar adapted to greenhouse cultivation in a wide range of environments with high yield and improved fruit quality. Its fruit is ovate in shape and has golden yellow skin covered with purple ...
Catalá Giménez, María Soledad Teresa(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010-01-14)
El tomate es la principal hortaliza cultivada hoy en día en España. Más de la mitad de su producción
es dedicada a la venta para consumo en fresco, siendo este el motivo de su gran importancia económica.
El aumento de la ...
Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Cañizares Sales, Joaquín; Cordero Romay, Laura; Pascual Bañuls, Laura; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa de Jesús; Nuez Viñals, Fernando(Public Library of Science, 2012-10)
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, is divided into two widely distributed varieties: the cultivated S. lycopersicum var. lycopersicum, and the weedy S. lycopersicum var. cerasiforme. Solanum pimpinellifolium is the most closely ...
[EN] BACKGROUND: Aji (Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum) and rocoto(Capsicum pubescens R.&P.) are two species of chile pepper used for millennia in Andean cuisine. The introduction of these relatively unknown Capsicum ...