{"id":14239,"date":"2023-06-27T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=14239"},"modified":"2023-07-20T03:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:53:54","slug":"cuccap-scientists-identify-gene-for-short-vining-cucumber-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2023\/06\/27\/cuccap-scientists-identify-gene-for-short-vining-cucumber-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"CucCAP scientists identify gene for short-vining cucumber plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>compact<\/em> (<em>cp<\/em>) phenotype in cucumber is an important plant architecture-related trait with potential for breeding short-vining cucumber plants for high density planting and mechanized harvest. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/tag\/weng-lab-usda-ars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yiqun Weng group<\/a><\/strong> (USDA-ARS and the University of Wisconsin) conducted map-based cloning to identify the cp gene. Fine-mapping and functional characterization identified a gene on chromosome 4 encoding a receptor molecule that influences cell division in the stem apex. These findings provide new insights for the use of <em>cp<\/em> in cucumber breeding.<\/p>\n<p>For further reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00122-023-04273-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>An LTR retrotransposon insertion inside <em>CsERECTA<\/em> for an LRR receptor-like serine\/threonine-protein kinase results in <em>compact<\/em> (<em>cp<\/em>) plant architecture in cucumber<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby: Feifan Chen, Jianpeng Yong, Gaoyuan Zhang, Mengying Liu, Qiqi Wang, Huili Zhong, Yupeng Pan, Peng Chen, Yiqun Weng &amp; Yuhong Li<br \/>\nPublished in Theoretical and Applied Genetics on March 9, 2023.<br \/>\nDOI: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00122-023-04273-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1007\/s00122-023-04273-6<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The compact (cp) phenotype in cucumber is an important plant architecture-related trait with potential for breeding short-vining cucumber plants for high density planting and mechanized harvest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,419],"tags":[518,460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14239"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14429,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions\/14429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}