Breeding and genetics of disease resistance in temperate fruit trees: challenges and new opportunities

A Khan, SS Korban - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022 - Springer
Climate change, large monocultures of disease-susceptible cultivars, overuse of pesticides,
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …

The Domestication and Dispersal of Large-Fruiting Prunus spp.: A Metadata Analysis of Archaeobotanical Material

R Dal Martello, M von Baeyer, M Hudson, RG Bjorn… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Prunus genus contains many of the most economically significant arboreal crops,
cultivated globally, today. Despite the economic significance of these domesticated species …

Frequent germplasm exchanges drive the high genetic diversity of Chinese-cultivated common apricot germplasm

Q Zhang, D Zhang, K Yu, J Ji, N Liu… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The genetic diversity of germplasm is critical for exploring genetic and phenotypic resources
and has important implications for crop-breeding sustainability and improvement. However …

Genetic analyses and dispersal patterns unveil the Amazonian origin of guava domestication

E Arévalo-Marín, A Casas, H Alvarado-Sizzo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is a semi-domesticated fruit tree of moderate importance in the
Neotropics, utilized for millennia due to its nutritional and medicinal benefits, but its origin of …

Polyurethane hybrid composites reinforced with lavender residue functionalized with kaolinite and hydroxyapatite

S Członka, A Kairytė, K Miedzińska, A Strąkowska - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyurethane (PUR) composites were modified with 2 wt.% of lavender fillers functionalized
with kaolinite (K) and hydroxyapatite (HA). The impact of lavender fillers on selected …

Genetic Diversity of Phyllanthus emblica From Two Different Climate Type Areas

X Liu, Y Ma, Y Wan, Z Li, H Ma - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Phyllanthus emblica L. is a well-known medicinal and edible plant species. Various
medicinal compounds in the fruit make it an important medicinal and promising economic …

SSR‐based DNA fingerprinting of fruit crops

R Testolin, R Messina, G Cipriani, G De Mori - Crop Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The DNA fingerprinting of fruit crops, based on DNA microsatellite markers that are
considered to be the key markers for the molecular analysis of germplasm collections, is …

Genetic diversity and conservation of Siberian apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) based on microsatellite markers

X Wang, L Wang, Y Sun, J Chen, Q Liu, S Dong - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Siberian apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) is a woody tree species of ecological, economic, and
social importance. To evaluate the genetic diversity, differentiation, and structure of P …

Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR)-Based Genetic Diversity in Interspecific Plumcot-Type (Prunus salicina × Prunus armeniaca) Hybrids

BI Guerrero, ME Guerra, J Rodrigo - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main objective of many fruit-breeding programs around the world is the release of new
cultivars from interspecific hybridizations between species of the Prunus genus. Plum× …

Home gardens of Central Asia: Reservoirs of diversity of fruit and nut tree species

B Vinceti, M Elias, R Azimov, M Turdieva, S Aaliev… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Central Asia is an important center of origin for many globally valued fruit and nut tree
species. Forest degradation and deforestation are cause for concern for the conservation of …