Multiple models for Rosaceae genomics

V Shulaev, SS Korban, B Sosinski, AG Abbott… - Plant …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The plant family Rosaceae consists of over 100 genera and 3,000 species that include many
important fruit, nut, ornamental, and wood crops. Members of this family provide high-value …

Genomics-assisted breeding in fruit trees

H Iwata, MF Minamikawa, H Kajiya-Kanegae… - Breeding …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Recent advancements in genomic analysis technologies have opened up new avenues to
promote the efficiency of plant breeding. Novel genomics-based approaches for plant …

The Draft Genome Sequence of European Pear (Pyrus communis L. 'Bartlett')

D Chagné, RN Crowhurst, M Pindo, A Thrimawithana… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
We present a draft assembly of the genome of European pear (Pyrus communis)'Bartlett'.
Our assembly was developed employing second generation sequencing technology (Roche …

Microsatellite markers spanning the apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) genome

E Silfverberg-Dilworth, CL Matasci… - Tree Genetics & …, 2006 - Springer
A new set of 148 apple microsatellite markers has been developed and mapped on the
apple reference linkage map Fiesta x Discovery. One-hundred and seventeen markers were …

High-density genetic linkage map construction and identification of fruit-related QTLs in pear using SNP and SSR markers

J Wu, LT Li, M Li, MA Khan, XG Li… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Pear (Pyrus spp) is an important fruit crop, grown in all temperate regions of the world, with
global production ranked after grape and apples among deciduous tree crops. A high …

Currants and gooseberries

RM Brennan - Temperate fruit crop breeding: Germplasm to genomics, 2008 - Springer
The cultivation of Ribes fruits (black-and redcurrants and gooseberries) is aimed at both
fresh and processing markets, with the blackcurrant R. nigrum particularly important in the …

Construction of a dense genetic linkage map for apple rootstocks using SSRs developed from Malus ESTs and Pyrus genomic sequences

JM Celton, DS Tustin, D Chagné, SE Gardiner - Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2009 - Springer
Marker-assisted selection (MAS) offers quick and reliable prediction of the phenotypes of
seedlings in large populations and thus opens new approaches for selection to breeders of …

Pear genetics: recent advances, new prospects, and a roadmap for the future

J Li, M Zhang, X Li, A Khan, S Kumar… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pear, belonging to the genus Pyrus, is one of the most economically important temperate
fruit crops. Pyrus is an important genus of the Rosaceae family, subfamily Maloideae, and …

Map position and functional allelic diversity of Md-Exp7, a new putative expansin gene associated with fruit softening in apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.) and pear …

F Costa, WE Van de Weg, S Stella, L Dondini… - Tree Genetics & …, 2008 - Springer
Fruit ripening can be considered as a complex set of biochemical and physiological
changes occurring at the end of the developmental stage. Ripe fruit texture notably affects …

Transcriptome sequencing of wild chickpea as a rich resource for marker development

S Jhanwar, P Priya, R Garg, SK Parida… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The transcriptome of cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an important crop legume, has
recently been sequenced. Here, we report sequencing of the transcriptome of wild chickpea …