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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2026

Temperature-dependent sex expression in cucurbits and beyond: mechanisms, reproductive plasticity, and breeding implications.

Yang Tao, Cheng Chang, Yujie Yang, Xiao Huang, Min Sun, Ziwei Zhu, Yixi Yang, Rui Li, Bingliang Liu, Qi Zhao

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Yang Tao *Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Cheng Chang *Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Yujie Yang *Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Agricultural Science & Technology Center, Chengdu, China.
Xiao HuangEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Min SunEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Ziwei ZhuEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Yixi YangEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Rui LiEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Bingliang LiuEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Qi ZhaoEngineering Research Center of Sichuan-Xizang Traditional Medicinal Plant, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.

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Abstract

Global warming and increasingly frequent heat extremes threaten plant reproductive success and yield stability. Beyond causing general reproductive heat injury, such as pollen sterility, stigma dysfunction, and fertilization failure, temperature can also modify floral sex expression during early developmental windows. Temperature-dependent sex expression encompasses temperature-responsive changes in floral sex fate, floral sex ratios, and sex-expression patterns, and represents an underexplored dimension of reproductive plasticity under thermal stress. Here, we clarify the distinctions among sex determination, sex differentiation, sex expression, and sexual plasticity, and distinguish temperature-dependent sex expression from general reproductive heat injury. We focus on cucumber and melon as the most informative model systems and synthesize evidence for temperature-sensitive phenotypes, ethylene-centered ACS/ACO-WIP-ERF networks, GA-associated pathways, and epigenetic regulation involving DNA methylation and small RNAs. Importantly, we emphasize that direct causal links between defined temperature cues and individual sex-regulatory components remain incompletely resolved. Evidence from dioecious and non-model plants, including spinach and

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cucurbitsheat stressreproductive plasticitysex-regulatory networkstemperature-dependent sex expression

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PMID42719556
PMCPMC13555229

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