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There is a remarkable diversity in the fruit morphology of the World Melon Core Collection. These accessions were selected from over 700 genetic resources deposited in the Japanese National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) Genebank, based on their representation of genetic diversity within the species, historical significance, and potential as breeding material for disease resistance. The core collection will be publicly available from the NARO Genebank in 2024 for research and breeding purposes (This issue, p. 269–277).

(K. Kato: Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University)