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Review

Research Progress on the Leaf Morphology, Fruit Development and Plant Architecture of the Cucumber

by
Jie Li
1,2,3,†,
Jiajian Cao
1,2,3,†,
Chunhua Wang
1,2,3,
Ning Hao
4,
Xiaolan Zhang
5,
Mingyue Liu
1,2,3 and
Tao Wu
1,2,3,*
1
College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
2
Key Laboratory for Evaluation and Utilization of Gene Resources of Horticultural Crops (Vegetables, Tea, etc.), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Changsha 410128, China
3
Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha 410128, China
4
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
5
College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100107, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Plants 2022, 11(16), 2128; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162128
Submission received: 9 June 2022 / Revised: 9 August 2022 / Accepted: 11 August 2022 / Published: 16 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Developmental Biology of Cucurbitaceae)
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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an annual climbing herb that belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and is one of the most important economic crops in the world. The breeding of cucumber varieties with excellent agronomic characteristics has gained more attention in recent years. The size and shape of the leaves or fruit and the plant architecture are important agronomic traits that influence crop management and productivity, thus determining the crop yields and consumer preferences. The growth of the plant is precisely regulated by both environmental stimuli and internal signals. Although significant progress has been made in understanding the plant morphological regulation of Arabidopsis, rice, and maize, our understanding of the control mechanisms of the growth and development of cucumber is still limited. This paper reviews the regulation of phytohormones in plant growth and expounds the latest progress in research regarding the genetic regulation pathways in leaf development, fruit size and shape, branching, and plant type in cucumber, so as to provide a theoretical basis for improving cucumber productivity and cultivation efficiency.
Keywords: cucumber; agronomic characters; phytohormone; regulation mechanism cucumber; agronomic characters; phytohormone; regulation mechanism

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Li, J.; Cao, J.; Wang, C.; Hao, N.; Zhang, X.; Liu, M.; Wu, T. Research Progress on the Leaf Morphology, Fruit Development and Plant Architecture of the Cucumber. Plants 2022, 11, 2128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162128

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Li J, Cao J, Wang C, Hao N, Zhang X, Liu M, Wu T. Research Progress on the Leaf Morphology, Fruit Development and Plant Architecture of the Cucumber. Plants. 2022; 11(16):2128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162128

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Li, Jie, Jiajian Cao, Chunhua Wang, Ning Hao, Xiaolan Zhang, Mingyue Liu, and Tao Wu. 2022. "Research Progress on the Leaf Morphology, Fruit Development and Plant Architecture of the Cucumber" Plants 11, no. 16: 2128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162128

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Li, J., Cao, J., Wang, C., Hao, N., Zhang, X., Liu, M., & Wu, T. (2022). Research Progress on the Leaf Morphology, Fruit Development and Plant Architecture of the Cucumber. Plants, 11(16), 2128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162128

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