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This research was supported in part by Research laboratory LR21AGR03-Production and Protection for a Sustainable Horticulture, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia and partially financed by the A11-20R project funded by the Aragon Government and by the AGROALNEXT program supported by MCIN with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and PID2020-116055RB-C22 I+D+I project funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011003

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November 26, 2024
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Combining Ability and Hybrid Breeding in Tunisian Melon (Cucumis melo L.) for Fruit Traits

Publicated to:Horticulturae. 10 (7): 724- - 2024-07-01 10(7), DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae10070724

Authors: Chikh-Rouhou, Hela; Kienbaum, Lydia; Gharib, Amani H A M; Fayos, Oreto; Garces-Claver, Ana

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Agrifood Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Dept Plant Sci, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Hort Res Inst HRI, Agr Res Ctr ARC, Dept Vegetable Med & Aromat Plant Breeding, Giza 12613, Egypt - Author
Klemm & Sohn GmbH & Co KG, Selecta One, Hanfacker 10, D-70378 Stuttgart, Germany - Author
Univ Hohenheim, Inst Plant Breeding Seed Sci & Populat Genet, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany - Author
Univ Sousse, Reg Res Ctr Hort & Organ Agr CRRHAB, LR21AGR03, Sousse 4042, Tunisia - Author
Univ Zaragoza, AgriFood Inst Aragon IA2, CITA, Zaragoza 50013, Spain - Author
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Abstract

A half-diallel cross study of seven melon inbred lines was carried out. The seven parents and their 21 F1 hybrids were evaluated for precocity of maturity, average weight per fruit, and fruit quality (fruit size, rind thickness, and soluble solids). The Diallel analysis was investigated for breeding values of these melon genotypes via general and specific combining ability, relationships between general and specific combining ability, and heterosis for the evaluated traits. The analysis of variance of the traits evaluated indicated highly significant differences among genotypes, suggesting the presence of adequate genetic variation for breeding. Additive genetic effects were most important with respect to fruit weight, while genetic dominance and epistasis effects mainly controlled fruit quality traits (fruit size, rind thickness, and TSS). Parent 1 (P1) and parent 3 (P3) had significant positive general combining ability effects for fruit weight. Also, P3 had positive general combining ability effects for fruit length and diameter, and cavity diameter. P3 was found to show maximum significant GCA in the desirable direction for all the traits except for TSS. Evaluation of heterosis (%) revealed that hybrid P1 x P3 can be considered as the best-performing hybrid for average fruit weight, TSS, and precocity, which also exhibited the highest positive and significant SCA effect for these traits. These results suggested that, among the melon genotypes studied, there is the potential to generate superior new varieties in hybrid production.

Keywords

Calidad de los alimentosCombining abilityCucumis meloDiallel analysisDiallel cross analysisDiversidad genética (como recurso)DiversityGene actionHeredabilidadHeritabilitHeritabilityHeterosisVigor híbridoYiel

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Horticulturae due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 7/38, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Horticulture.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-04:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 6.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/7173

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Egypt; Germany; Tunisia.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Garcés Claver, Ana Belén).