Snapmelon (Cucumis melo var. momordica Duth. and Full) is an important member of the family Cucurbitaceae, with a chromosome no. 24, which comprises of 117 genera and 825 species in warmer parts of the world (Gopalakrishnan.,2007). Snapmelon is commonly known as ‘Phoot’ which means to ‘split’. The dessert form of Cucumis melo L. is a distinct group distributed and adapted well essentially under humid tropics of South India. Snapmelon is a locally grown dessert melon in Goa and coastal Maharashtra known as ‘Chibud’, in areas of Karnataka as ‘Hibadihannu’ or ‘Phoottikai’ and in Kerala it is known as ‘Pottuvellari’. Yet in northern India large scale cultivation of ‘phoot’ is confined to the states of UP, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Bihar. In arid area like Bikaner from Rajasthan nearly 28.70 % farmers out of 37.75% vegetable growers grow snap melon as a sole crop in kharif and rabi season as well.( Meena., S.R. et al., 2009)
The use of snapmelon is extremely diverse, depending on the type of fruit. Sweet types are consumed as dessert, while non-sweet types are used as vegetableThey are good sources of vitamin C, sugars, minerals and dietary fibre. The fruit of snapmelon contains 3% carbohydrate, 0.3% protein, 0.1 % fat, 95.7 % moisture, 265 IU Vitamin A 100g-1 and 10mg Vitamin C 100g-1 (Peter and Hazra, 2012). Seed contains 12.5 to 39.1 % edible oil. Besides nuitritional factor vegetable is used as a medicine in treating burns , abrasions and coolness of the body.
India being centre of origin, snapmelon has accumulated wide range of genetic variability with respect to the fruits are size small to large, rough and smooth, either oval or cylindrical in shape with a mealy, somewhat insipid or slightly sour flesh which burst on maturity. The productivity and quality are highly variable and sometimes results in low economic returns to the growers. Fruit cracking, low shelf life and lack of transportation & storage facilities are being the most common constraints.
Snapmelon (Cucumis melo var. momordica Duth. and Full) is an important member of the family Cucurbitaceae, with a chromosome no. 24, which comprises of 117 genera and 825 species in warmer parts of the world (Gopalakrishnan.,2007). Snapmelon is commonly known as ‘Phoot’ which means to ‘split’. The dessert form of Cucumis melo L. is a distinct group distributed and adapted well essentially under humid tropics of South India. Snapmelon is a locally grown dessert melon in Goa and coastal Maharashtra known as ‘Chibud’, in areas of Karnataka as ‘Hibadihannu’ or ‘Phoottikai’ and in Kerala it is known as ‘Pottuvellari’. Yet in northern India large scale cultivation of ‘phoot’ is confined to the states of UP, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Bihar. In arid area like Bikaner from Rajasthan nearly 28.70 % farmers out of 37.75% vegetable growers grow snap melon as a sole crop in kharif and rabi season as well.( Meena., S.R. et al., 2009)
The use of snapmelon is extremely diverse, depending on the type of fruit. Sweet types are consumed as dessert, while non-sweet types are used as vegetableThey are good sources of vitamin C, sugars, minerals and dietary fibre. The fruit of snapmelon contains 3% carbohydrate, 0.3% protein, 0.1 % fat, 95.7 % moisture, 265 IU Vitamin A 100g-1 and 10mg Vitamin C 100g-1 (Peter and Hazra, 2012). Seed contains 12.5 to 39.1 % edible oil. Besides nuitritional factor vegetable is used as a medicine in treating burns , abrasions and coolness of the body.
India being centre of origin, snapmelon has accumulated wide range of genetic variability with respect to the fruits are size small to large, rough and smooth, either oval or cylindrical in shape with a mealy, somewhat insipid or slightly sour flesh which burst on maturity. The productivity and quality are highly variable and sometimes results in low economic returns to the growers. Fruit cracking, low shelf life and lack of transportation & storage facilities are being the most common constraints.
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Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
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Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
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2. Scientific name: Myristica fragrance Stout
Family: Myristicaceae
Chromosome number: 2n=42
Tree spice crop
Produces two types of spices 1. Nutmeg 2. Mace
Nutmeg is the dried kernel of the seed and mace
is the dried aril surrounding it.
3. Uses:
These spices are used as spice, in confectioneries, culinary and
pharmaceutical industries.
Nutmeg yield 7-16% of oil
Aril yield 4-15% of oil
Used for flavouring food products and liquors, cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals.
Value added products
Nutmeg butter 25-40%, oleoresin 10-13%, essential oil
Pericarp is used for making jam, jellies and pickles
4. Origin and distribution:
Nutmeg is indigenous to Moluccas island (Indonesia).
This spices of genus Myristica are distributed from India and South East
Asia to north Australia and the specific island. Nearly 120 species are
identified out of which 72 species are distributed in these areas.
Major nutmeg growing countries are Indonesia (>60% of world
production) and Grenada (west indies). Small scale in Sri Lanka, India,
China, Malaysia, western Sumatra, Zangiber, Mauritius and Salomon
islands.
In India, nutmeg is mainly cultivated in Kerala, parts of Kanyakumari
and Tirunelveli district of T.N and in Uttara Kannada, Dakshin Kannada,
Chikkamagalur and Shivamogga district of Karnataka.
5. Botany and flowering:
Nutmeg is spreading
evergreen tree, 4-10 m
height, sometimes 20 m.
Flowers are dioecious but
sometimes male and female
flowers are formed on the
same tree.
Occasionally hermaphrodite
flowers are seen.
6. The male and female inflorescence are similar, glabrous and axillary, with
the flowers in umbellate cyme.
Male tree bears racemose inflorescence whereas female bears cymose.
There are 3-10 flowers in the male inflorescence and 1-3 in the female.
7. The calyx is bell-shaped with 3 reflexed triangular lobes and
petals are absent.
8-12 stamens, anther adnate.
Females are sessile, one celled ovary, two lipped stigma.
Male flowers take 80 days flower bud to anthesis, where in
female flowers takes 148 days.
9. Institute working on crop improvement
1. IISR, Kozhikode
2. Dr. Bala Saheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli
3. Regional Fruit Research Station, Vengurla
Nutmeg is an obligatory cross-pollinated crop. The variation
observed in the crop is considerable especially in fruit number
and weight, seed + mace weight, seed weight and mace weight
beside morphological charecters.
Good tree yields about 2000 fruits annually, is having the
potential yield of 10000 fruits/tree
10. Identification of sex in the initial stage is difficult, however it
can be distinguished based on the shape of the calcium oxalate
crystals in the lower epidermal cells of leaves at 2 year age of
the plant.
Male plant has single large prismatic crystal shape whereas in
case of female plants large clusters of small crystals.
11. Germplasm collection
Myristica frangrance tree do not occur in the wild form.
However wide variability is noticed among the cultivated
types due to its breeding behaviour.
Germplasm collection survey have been made in nutmeg
growing areas of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
IISR maintained 421 germplasm
357- Indigenous from Karnataka, T.N, Kerala
9- Related taxa and wild
357 accession have been collected and maintained
12. One seed/fruit and the multi seeded types 2-4 seeded/fruit
Survey in Western Ghats and Andaman island for related
species of nutmeg. Some of them are M. malabarica,
Gymnacranthera canarica (related genera)
Wild and related species of Myristica occurring in India and
obtained 12 wild from Nagercoil, Andaman, Western Ghats,
Sri Lanka, Khasia mountains, Assam, Sikkim etc.
13. 1. Varieties yielding more than 2000 fruits per tree or up to 10000 fruits per tree.
High yield >1000 fruit/tree, Medium yield – 500-1000 fruits/tree, Low yield <500
fruits/tree at 15th year.
2. Regular yielding and dwarf stature for easy harvesting and intercultural
operations
3. Suitable to multiple environment/ agroclimatic conditions.
4. It should be more of gynoceous types and less segregation, more of female trees
5. Bold fruit with higher nut and mace weight.
6. High dry recovery of mace and nut
7. Resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses like thread blight, fruit rot, die back, shot
hole borer, drought and suitable for open condition, water logged conditions
It is reported that the ratio of seed weight and mace weight, showed higher
heritability and genetic advance.
Breeding objectives:
15. Breeding methods:
• Introduction, selection and multiply vegetatively.
1. Konkan Sugandha: This variety was developed by
Dr. Bala Saheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth,
Fruit Research Station, Vengurla (FRS). This is the
only hermaphrodite variety released. It yields 2.63
kg dry nut (526 fruits) per tree the age of 15th year.
Nut weight 5g with 1.2 g mace.
2. Konkan Swad: Regional Coconut Research Station,
Bhatye. Ratnagiri. It gives average yield of >761
fruits/tree, seed 39.8% oil content, mace 10.9 %
essential oil.
16. Essential oil Oleoresin Butter Yield/ ha
Nut 7.25 2.5 30.90 3122
Mace 7.1 13.8 - 480
High yielding, high quality variety.
Bushy and compact plant type.
Selection from IISR, Kozhikode.
Average yield 3122 kg/ha (dry) and
480 kg mace (dry) per ha
Nut -7.25% oil, 2.5% oleoresin,
butter 30.9%,
mace- 7.1% oil, 13.8% oleoresin.
Relatively free from diseases and
low incidence of fruit rot caused by
Diploduia spp.
One male graft to be planted for
every 10-female graft. 360
plants/ha- 4.5 m X 4.5 m
IISR Viswashree:
17. IISR Keralashree: High yielding selection from germplasm
Special characteristics
First nutmeg variety developed by Farmers
participatory breeding
Very bold nut with thick and entire mace
Wide adaptability.
The mace and nut oils are rich in sabinene and
myrcene with low myristicin and elemicin.
Low incidence of fruit rot caused by Diplodia spp.
Yield - 480 kg mace/ha at 8" year 3122 kg nuts/ha
Fresh weight of fruit - 75-100 g
Nut oil - 5.9%
Mace oil - 7.5%
18. Konkan shrimanti…
Single plant selection; developed at Dr. BSKKV, Dapoli, 2005.
Bold nuts, thick mace and high yield
Plant Characters Value
Length of fruit (cm) 7.4
Breadth of fruit (cm) 5.2
Weight of fruit (g) 71.40
Fresh nut weight (g) 14
Dry nut weight (g) 10.20
Fresh mace weight (g) 5.0
Dry mace weight(g) 2.10
Nut oil % 39.85
Ma oil % 26.70
Average no. of fruit/Tree/year 900
Plant type (sex Form) Female
Canopy volume (m3) 117.71
No of fruits / cu.m volume 7.64
Yield kg/plant nut 9.18
19. Description of Variety Distinguishing Character
Plant type (Sex form) Monoecious
Days required for fruit maturity 270 days
Harvesting period June November
Average yield 500 nuts/ Plant
Length of fruit 6.7 cm.
Breadth of fruit 5.2 cm
Weight of fruit 75.70 g
Length of nut 3.8 cm
Fresh nut weight 14.22 g.
Dry nut weight 9.20 g.
Fresh mace weight 3.90 g.
Dry mace weight 1.07 g
Nut oil 27%
Mace oil 17.75%
Nut yield/plant 4.60 kg
Konkan sanyukta
20. Ten nutmeg accessions viz., A11/29, A11/70, A9/20, A9/22, A9/25,
A9/79, A9/86, A4/12, A4/22 and A4/52 accessions with high fruit
set were identified as promising types from IISR Calicut
germplasm conservatory.
Four seeds per fruit in one of the valuable accession of the
germplasm. This germplasm can be used in future breeding
programmes to increase the yield of the nuts. Among 100
accessions studied for sex segregation, a ratio of 40:45:5 was
observed for male, female and bisexual types respectively.
21. Analysis of genetic variability in nutmeg progeny population,
derived from 16 mother trees collected from Kerala and Tamil Nadu
revealed lack of genetic variability in characters like canopy shape,
number of erect shoots, girth of main trunk, number of fruits per
tree. The ratio of seed weight and mace weight showed high
heritability and genetic advance. Hence, selection for this trait has to
be given importance in selection programs.
Weight of fresh nutmeg and aril, pericarp weight, total fruit weight,
weight of dried nutmeg and aril showed positive and significant
correlation with yield. These characters are controlled by additive
gene.
22. Difficulties in crop improvement of nutmeg
Long juvenile phase (7-8 years)
Difficulties in vegetative propagation
Dioeciousness
Single ovule in female flowers.