#cucurbitaceae — Public Fediverse posts

Giant grower reaps Master Gardener glory | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1512384/giant-grower-reaps-master-gardener-glory-news/ #AgriculturalProduction #agriculture #agronomy #botany #Crops #cucurbita #Cucurbitaceae #EdiblePlants #Fruit&Vegetables #garden #gardener #gardening #GiantPumpkin #HalloweenFood #horticulture #Marrow(vegetable) #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #pumpkin #SquashesAndPumpkins #ThanksgivingFood #Tomato

Giant grower reaps Master Gardener glory | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1512384/giant-grower-reaps-master-gardener-glory-news/ #AgriculturalProduction #agriculture #agronomy #botany #Crops #cucurbita #Cucurbitaceae #EdiblePlants #Fruit&Vegetables #garden #gardener #gardening #GiantPumpkin #HalloweenFood #horticulture #Marrow(vegetable) #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #pumpkin #SquashesAndPumpkins #ThanksgivingFood #Tomato

Excited to share our new #preprint!

Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in #Cucurbitaceae
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802

We uncover family-level losses of anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis genes — shedding light on the evolution of pigment diversity in cucurbits.

#Phylogenomics #Evolution #PlantGenomics #Anthocyanins #OpenScience
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I cut into a luffa squash and it looked like the mask in the Scream movies. #squash #luffa #gardening #vegetable #allotment #botany #xylem #plants #cucurbitaceae

For those who might be curious, you can still buy actual sponges (Porifera) for your sponging needs. I'm posting in part because I recently had a conversation with a person who argued that loofahs (gourds in the genus Luffa that can be dried) were actual sponges. Useless trivia for the party this weekend. #sponges #squashes #porifa #cucurbitaceae #hippospongia