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January 24, 2018
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QTL Analyses in Multiple Populations Employed for the Fine Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes at a Locus Affecting Sugar Accumulation in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Publicated to:Frontiers In Plant Science. 8 1679- - 2017-09-26 8(), DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01679

Authors: Argyris, Jason M; Diaz, Aurora; Ruggieri, Valentino; Fernandez, Marta; Jahrmann, Torben; Gibon, Yves; Pico, Belen; Martin-Hernandez, Ana M; Monforte, Antonio J; Garcia-Mas, Jordi

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CITA Univ Zaragoza, Unidad Hortofruticultura, IA2, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
CSIC IRTA UAB UB, Ctr Res Agr Genom, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Genòmica i Biotecnologia . IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
Genòmica i Biotecnologia . Producció Vegetal - Author
Inst Recerca & Tecnol Agroalimentaries, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Semillas Fito SA, Cabrera De Mar, Spain - Author
Univ Bordeaux, INRA, Plateforme Metab Bordeaux, Biol Fruit & Pathol UMR1332, Villenave Dornon, France - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia COMAV UPV, Inst Conservat & Breeding Agr Biodivers, Valencia, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, CSIC, Inst Biol Mol & Celular Plantas, Valencia, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Sugar content is the major determinant of both fruit quality and consumer acceptance in melon (Cucumis melo L), and is a primary target for crop improvement. Near-isogenic lines (NILs) derived from the intraspecific cross between a "Piel de Sapo" (PS) type and the exotic cultivar "Songwhan Charmi" (SC), and several populations generated from the cross of PS × Ames 24294 ("Trigonus"), a wild melon, were used to identify QTL related to sugar and organic acid composition. Seventy-eight QTL were detected across several locations and different years, with three important clusters related to sugar content located on chromosomes 4, 5, and 7. Two PS × SC NILs (SC5-1 and SC5-2) sharing a common genomic interval of 1.7 Mb at the top of chromosome 5 contained QTL reducing soluble solids content (SSC) and sucrose content by an average of 29 and 68%, respectively. This cluster collocated with QTL affecting sugar content identified in other studies in lines developed from the PS × SC cross and supported the presence of a stable consensus locus involved in sugar accumulation that we named SUCQSC5.1. QTL reducing soluble solids and sucrose content identified in the "Trigonus" mapping populations, as well as QTL identified in previous studies from other ssp. agrestis sources, collocated with SUCQSC5.1, suggesting that they may be allelic and implying a role in domestication. In subNILs derived from the PS × SC5-1 cross, SUCQSC5.1 reduced SSC and sucrose content by an average of 18 and 34%, respectively, and was fine-mapped to a 56.1 kb interval containing four genes. Expression analysis of the candidate genes in mature fruit showed differences between the subNILs with PS alleles that were "high" sugar and SC alleles of "low" sugar phenotypes for MELO3C014519, encoding a putative BEL1-like homeodomain protein. Sequence differences in the gene predicted to affect protein function were restricted to SC and other ssp. agrestis cultivar groups. These results provide the basis for further investigation of genes affecting sugar accumulation in melon.

Keywords

acidarabidopsisbel1-likecandidate genesfine-mappingfruit-quality traitsgenomic librarymelonmetabolismnear-isogenic linesnilsqtlrevealssucrosesugartomato fruittranscription factorsBel1-likeCandidate genesFine-mappingMelonNilsQtlQuantitative trait lociSucroseSugar

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Frontiers In Plant Science 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, 2017, it was in position 24/223, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.23. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.77 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.29 (source consulted: Dimensions Oct 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-10-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 33
  • Scopus: 44
  • Europe PMC: 27

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 2025-10-25:

  • 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: 67.
  • 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: 67 (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: 2.75.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (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/20.500.12327/1840

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Díaz Bermúdez, Aurora.