Scientists get to root of pumpkin evolution

LOS ANGELES - Scientists in China and the United States have sequenced the genomes of two important pumpkin species.

Once deciphered, the sequences will form an important resource for further research and breeding of Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata.

The work by scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute in the US and the National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables in China was detailed in a study published in the current issue of Molecular Plant, which highlights the work on its cover.