title: Combined use of genetic and genomics resources to understand virus resistance and fruit quality traits in melon.
abstract: The availability of the genome sequence of many crop species during the past few years has opened a new era in plant biology, allowing for the performance of massive genomic studies in plant species other than the classical models Arabidopsis and rice. One of these crop species is melon (Cucumis melo), a cucurbit of high economic value that has become an interesting model for the study of biological processes such as fruit ripening, sex determination and phloem transport. The recent availability of the melon genome sequence, together with a number of genetic and genomic resources, provides powerful tools that can be used to assist in the main melon breeding targets, namely disease resistance and fruit quality. In this review, we will describe recent data obtained combining the use of a melon near isogenic line (NIL) population and genomic resources to gain insight into agronomically important traits as fruit ripening, resistance to Cucumber Mosaic virus (CMV) and the accumulation of sugars in fruits.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Argyris
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana Montserrat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martín-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Mas
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D028463:Cucumis melo / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D017799:Cucumovirus / Q000502:physiology; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics