Accepted Manuscript Title: Transcriptomic and physiological analyses reveal drought adaptation strategies in drought-tolerant and -susceptible watermelon genotypes Authors: Hao Li, YanLing Mo, Qi Cui, XiaoZhen Yang, YanLiang Guo, ChunHua Wei, Jianqiang Yang, Yong Zhang, JianXiang Ma, Xian Zhang PII: S0168-9452(18)30747-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.10.016 Reference: PSL 9976 To appear in: Plant Science Received date: 28-6-2018 Revised date: 15-10-2018 Accepted date: 17-10-2018 Please cite this article as: Li H, Mo Y, Cui Q, Yang X, Guo Y, Wei C, Yang J, Zhang Y, Ma J, Zhang X, Transcriptomic and physiological analyses reveal drought adaptation strategies in drought-tolerant and -susceptible watermelon genotypes, Plant Science (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.10.016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.