Whole genome resequencing for identification of genomic region governing hull-less seed trait in Cucurbita pepo

Hull-less seed trait in Cucurbita pepo is preferred by oil, nut and baking industries as it avoids the expensive decortication process. However, it has monogenic recessive inheritance and seed phenotype is visible only at fruit maturity. Consequently, mapping of hull-less seed trait and identification of tightly linked molecular markers will be extremely useful to select plants even at seedling stage. In this regard, hulled and hull-less seeded bulks derived from F2:3 population of HP-111 and HLP-36 cross were subjected to whole genome re-sequencing along with their parents for the identification of genomic region governing the hull-less seed trait in C. pepo.