Download or read book The Cucumber Genome written by Sudhakar Pandey and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book presents the latest research on cucumber, its genetic resources and diversity, tissue culture and genetic transformation, mapping of economic genes and QTLs, whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and breeding strategies. The mechanism of sex expression, interspecific hybridization, and cell biology are also described. The book discusses the genome draft of cucumber and the application of genome editing. This book is useful to the students, teachers and scientists in academia and relevant private companies interested in horticulture, genetics, breeding, and related areas.