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Citrullus amarus

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Internal ID UUID6440118b43b6e678228068
Scientific name Citrullus amarus
Authority Schrad.
First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 279 (1836)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Citrullus caffer Schrad. Linnaea 12: 413 (1838)
Citrullus lanatus var. caffer (Schrad.) Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 422 (1959)
Citrullus vulgaris var. citroides L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 186 (1930)
Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (L.H.Bailey) Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 422 (1959)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans tsama
Afrikaans tsamma
Chinese 卡费尔西瓜
Chinese 饲用西瓜
Chinese 小西瓜

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
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    • South-central U.S.A.
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000607835
Tropicos 50174256
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:291921-1
Open Tree Of Life 5763295
NCBI Taxonomy 1567104
IPNI 291921-1
GBIF 3625694
USDA GRIN 468434

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_054825375.1 ASM5482537v1 Complete Genome Cornell University 2026-01-29 26.1 364.16 Mb

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Mapping and validation of Fusarium wilt race 2 resistance QTL from Citrullus amarus line USVL246-FR2 Ganaparthi VR, Wechter P, Levi A, Branham SE Theor Appl Genet 31-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10982098
doi:10.1007/s00122-024-04595-z
PMID:38555543
New Alien Plant Taxa for Italy and Europe: An Update Musarella CM, Laface VL, Angiolini C, Bacchetta G, Bajona E, Banfi E, Barone G, Biscotti N, Bonsanto D, Calvia G, Cambria S, Capuano A, Caruso G, Crisafulli A, Del Guacchio E, Di Gristina E, Domina G, Fanfarillo E, Fascetti S, Fiaschi T, Galasso G, Mascia F, Mazzacuva G, Mei G, Minissale P, Motti R, Perrino EV, Picone RM, Pinzani L, Podda L, Potenza G, Rosati L, Stinca A, Tavilla G, Villano C, Wagensommer RP, Spampinato G Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934091
doi:10.3390/plants13050620
PMID:38475466
Integrated Bulk Segregant Analysis, Fine Mapping, and Transcriptome Revealed QTLs and Candidate Genes Associated with Drought Adaptation in Wild Watermelon Mahmoud A, Qi R, Chi X, Liao N, Malangisha GK, Ali A, Moustafa-Farag M, Yang J, Zhang M, Hu Z Int J Mol Sci 20-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10779233
doi:10.3390/ijms25010065
PMID:38203237
The effect of environmental factors on the genetic differentiation of Cucurbita ficifolia populations based on whole-genome resequencing He S, Li G, Zhang J, Ding Y, Wu H, Xie J, Wu H, Yang Z BMC Plant Biol 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722772
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04602-3
PMID:38102604
Editorial: Identification, development and use of rootstocks to improve pest and disease resistance of vegetable crops Thies JA, Panthee DR Front Plant Sci 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10751907
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1320828
PMID:38152143
Genetic control of flowering time and fruit yield in citron watermelon Katuuramu DN, Levi A, Wechter WP Front Plant Sci 10-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10595160
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1236576
PMID:37881618
A Genome-Wide Identification and Comparative Analysis of the Heavy-Metal-Associated Gene Family in Cucurbitaceae Species and Their Role in Cucurbita pepo under Arsenic Stress Flores-Iga G, Lopez-Ortiz C, Gracia-Rodriguez C, Almeida A, Nimmakayala P, Reddy UK, Balagurusamy N Genes (Basel) 27-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10606463
doi:10.3390/genes14101877
PMID:37895226
Pan-genome of Citrullus genus highlights the extent of presence/absence variation during domestication and selection Sun Y, Kou DR, Li Y, Ni JP, Wang J, Zhang YM, Wang QN, Jiang B, Wang X, Sun YX, Xu XT, Tan XJ, Zhang YJ, Kong XD BMC Genomics 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10273549
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09443-w
PMID:37322453
Gummy stem blight: One disease, three pathogens Seblani R, Keinath AP, Munkvold G Mol Plant Pathol 02-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10346371
doi:10.1111/mpp.13339
PMID:37129449
Comparative chloroplast genome analysis of seven extant Citrullus species insight into genetic variation, phylogenetic relationships, and selective pressure Zhou C, Wang P, Zeng Q, Zeng R, Hu W, Sun L, Liu S, Luan F, Zhu Q Sci Rep 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10130142
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-34046-6
PMID:37185306
Crop rotation with Meloidogyne-resistant germplasm is useful to manage and revert the (a)virulent populations of Mi1.2 gene and reduce yield losses Fullana AM, Expósito A, Escudero N, Cunquero M, Loza-Alvarez P, Giné A, Sorribas FJ Front Plant Sci 15-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10050879
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1133095
PMID:37008463
Morphological Variation in the Rice Root Nematode, Hirschmanniella Oryzae (Van Breda De Haan, 1902) Luc & Goodey, 1964 from Korea, with Inferences from its Ribosomal and Mitochondrial DNA N/A J Nematol 10-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9871597
doi:10.2478/jofnem-2022-0055
PMID:36742264
Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS)-Based QTL Mapping for Bacterial Fruit Blotch (BFB) in Watermelon Yeo SM, Hong J, Hossain MR, Jung HJ, Choe P, Nou IS Genes (Basel) 30-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9777634
doi:10.3390/genes13122250
PMID:36553516
QTL associated with resistance to Stagonosporopsis citrulli in Citrullus amarus Adams L, McGregor C Sci Rep 15-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9666438
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-23704-w
PMID:36380003
CuGenDBv2: an updated database for cucurbit genomics Yu J, Wu S, Sun H, Wang X, Tang X, Guo S, Zhang Z, Huang S, Xu Y, Weng Y, Mazourek M, McGregor C, Renner SS, Branham S, Kousik C, Wechter WP, Levi A, Grumet R, Zheng Y, Fei Z Nucleic Acids Res 22-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9825510
doi:10.1093/nar/gkac921
PMID:36271794

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