Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai - Cucurbit Breeding ...
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai - Cucurbit Breeding ...
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discarded the hypothesis of a quantitative type of inheritance and suggested that different genes, or a tissue-<br />
specific expression of the same genes, might be involved in the pigmentation of different portions of the fruit.<br />
A new possibility for the development of watermelon fruit with novel rind type results from our<br />
verification of the inheritance of the spotted phenotype (Sp gene) when transferred from 'Moon and Stars' to<br />
cultivars with gray and light green background. The spotted trait was more evident on the gray background,<br />
while it was undetectable on many fruit with light green rind. In addition, the presence of the small spots (stars)<br />
showed to have a random distribution on fruit and leaves, while the presence of large yellow blotches (moons)<br />
was inconsistent and may be determined by the coalescence of many stars. Moons were present only on fruit,<br />
even though in a single instance, large, irregular yellow areas were observed on the foliage.<br />
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