Ma, Xuemin
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Over ten years of rapid development, dragon fruit has become China's fifth major South Asian subtropical horticultural fruit, following lychee, longan, banana, and mango. As a climbing cactus, dragon fruit possesses lots of unique biological characteristics, such as blooming at night, being rich in betalains substances, and self-incompatibility. In recent years, with the publication of dragon fruit genomes, the molecular basis of forming dragon fruit's biological characteristics has been extensively studied and explored. This review gives a glimpse into the research progress on biological characteristics, germplasm resource classification, and genome sequencing of dragon fruit, especially focussing on the biosynthesis and characteristic of betalains and the mechanisms of self-incompatibility. A theoretical reference is provided for a comprehensive under-standing of the genetic basis of important agronomic traits in dragon fruit and the development of new varieties.
Keywords
Betalain; Dragon fruit; Genome; Germplasm; Self-incompatibility
Published in
Tropical Plants
2024, volume: 3, article number: e041
Publisher: Maximum Academic Press
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Genetics and Breeding in Agricultural Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.48130/tp-0024-0041
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142651