Amit Gur

The paper constructs a graph-based pangenome of Cucurbita pepo to study adaptive evolution, identifying structural variants and showing parallel domestication and environmental adaptation.

The paper identifies the molecular identities of B and L-2 genes in squash and reveals their synergistic epistatic interaction enhances carotenoid accumulation by upregulating the rate-limiting enzyme CpPSY-A.

This study genetically dissects root-mediated yield heterosis in melon using a segregating population, identifying QTLs and demonstrating their potential for yield improvement through allele pyramiding.

This study identifies a recessive mutation in a TCP gene that causes multiple-flowering in summer squash, enhancing yield through increased flower production per leaf axil.

The paper investigates convergent evolution of plant prickles, finding that mutations in a cytokinin gene repeatedly cause prickle loss across species.

The paper constructs a melon pan-genome and integrates it with a multi-parental framework to enable high-resolution trait dissection in melon.