Breeding for decreased fruit cracking incidence and increased fruit firmness in sweet cherry
creates an attractive alternative to variable results from cultural management practices. DNA …

Rain-induced fruit cracking is one of the most limiting factors of cherry cultivation in many
growing regions. Thus, breeders seek cracking-tolerant varieties. INRA has recently started …

Rain-induced fruit cracking is a major problem in sweet cherry cultivation. Basic research
has been conducted to disentangle the physiological and mechanistic bases of this complex …

In sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), large variability exists for various traits related to fruit
quality. There is a need to discover the genetic architecture of these traits in order to …

Peach is one of the most important fruit crops in the world, with the global annual production
about 24.6 million tons. The United States is the fourth-largest producer after China, Spain …

Chinese cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus) holds considerable importance as one of the
primary stone fruit crops in China. However, artificially improving its traits and genetic …

Background Texture is one of the most important fruit quality attributes. In peach, stony hard
(SH) is a recessive monogenic trait (hd/hd) that confers exceptionally prolonged firm flesh to …

In sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), quantitative trait loci have been identified for fruit maturity,
colour, firmness, and size to develop markers for marker-assisted selection. However …

Fruit texture is a crucial quality factor influencing consumer preference and shelf life. Peach
(P. persica L. Batsch) is a highly perishable fruit subjected to a rapid softening after harvest …

Key message QTL and codominant genetic markers for fruit cracking have been identified in
a tomato genetic map derived from a RIL population, providing molecular tools for marker …