Disruption of ClOSD1 leads to both somatic and gametic ploidy doubling in watermelon

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372734), the National Youth Talent Program (A279021801), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFE0206900), the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U23A20208), Luoyang Major Science and Technology Tackling Key Issues Project (Public Announcement and Leadership, 2301024A), Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-25), Key-Area R&D Program of Guangdong Province (2022B0202060001), Key R&D Program of Shaanxi province (2023-YBNY-008,2024NC-YBXM-032), and the Central Guidance on Local Science and Technology Development Fund of Henan Province Z202318111037.

Author contributions

L.Y. conceived the study and designed the experimental protocol. W.Y.P., W.B.H., J.L., Q.R.W., S.C.H., X.D.L., and J.H.L. performed the experiments and analyzed the results. J.F.W. and S.J.T. provided technical guidance and suggestions. L.Y. and W.Y.P. wrote the manuscript.

Data availability

The supplementary data and methods generated in this study are available on the Figshare database under the accession https://figshare.com/s/7d403852af503409bed7. The additional data related to this research can be requested from the authors.

Conflict of interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Supplementary Data

Supplementary data is available at Horticulture Research online.

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