This edited book presents the latest research on cucumber, its genetic resources and diversity, tissue culture and genetic transformation, mapping of economic genes and QTLs, whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and breeding strategies. The mechanism of sex expression, interspecific hybridization, and cell biology are also described. The book discusses the genome draft of cucumber and the application of genome editing.

This book is useful to the students, teachers and scientists in academia and relevant private companies interested in horticulture, genetics, breeding, and related areas.

Chapter 1. Importance, Distribution, Botany and Genetics

Chapter 2. Genome Editing and Its Applications for Improvement
Chapter 3. The Cucumber Genome - An Update
Chapter 4. Molecular Mapping of Genes & QTLs for Plant Architecture and Fruit Traits in Cucumber (<i>Cucumis sativus</i> L.)
Chapter 5. <i>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</i>-Mediated Genetic Transformation in Cucumber
Chapter 6. QTL Mapping for Abiotic Stress
Chapter 7. QTL Mapping for Disease Resistance in Cucumber
Chapter 8. Mapping for Quality Traits
Chapter 9. Genome Evaluation of Cucumber in Relation to Cucurbit Family
Chapter 10. Cyto-Molecular Genetics of Interspecific Hybridization in Cucumber
Chapter 11. Cucumber Sex Expression: Aspects of Gene Interactions
Chapter 12. Classical Genetics and Traditional Breeding
Chapter 13. Biotechnological Innovations in Cucumber (<i>Cucumis sativus</i> L.) Development - Current Scenario and Future Perspectives.