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ArticleHorticulture research2026

Unraveling the mystery of auxin-promoting femaleness in cucurbits.

Liu Xiaofeng, Zhang Zhonghua, Sun Jinjing

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Article in Horticulture research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Liu XiaofengCollege of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-2002
Zhang ZhonghuaCollege of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-227X
Sun JinjingState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The female flower gives rise to the fruit/seed and thus directly affects crop yield in unisexual plants. Both ethylene and auxin promote femaleness in cucurbits. However, how auxin regulates sex determination has been an open question over half a century. The recent publication identified auxin response factor

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PMID41821679
PMCPMC12977958

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