Breeding better cultivars, faster: applications of new technologies for the rapid deployment of superior horticultural tree crops

S van Nocker, SE Gardiner - Horticulture Research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Woody perennial plants, including trees that produce fruits and nuts of horticultural value,
typically have long breeding cycles, and development and introduction of improved cultivars …

Apple whole genome sequences: recent advances and new prospects

CP Peace, L Bianco, M Troggio… - Horticulture …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In 2010, a major scientific milestone was achieved for tree fruit crops: publication of the first
draft whole genome sequence (WGS) for apple (Malus domestica). This WGS, v1. 0, was …

A next-generation marker genotyping platform (AmpSeq) in heterozygous crops: a case study for marker-assisted selection in grapevine

S Yang, J Fresnedo-Ramírez, M Wang… - Horticulture …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is often employed in crop breeding programs to accelerate
and enhance cultivar development, via selection during the juvenile phase and parental …

Putative resistance gene markers associated with quantitative trait loci for fire blight resistance in Malus 'Robusta 5' accessions

SE Gardiner, JL Norelli, N Silva, G Fazio, A Peil… - BMC genetics, 2012 - Springer
Background Breeding of fire blight resistant scions and rootstocks is a goal of several
international apple breeding programs, as options are limited for management of this …

Turbocharging introgression breeding of perennial fruit crops: a case study on apple

S Kumar, E Hilario, CH Deng, C Molloy - Horticulture research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The allelic diversity of primitive germplasm of fruit crops provides a useful resource for
introgressing novel genes to meet consumer preferences and environmental challenges …

Multiple quantitative trait loci contribute to resistance to bacterial canker incited by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

J Tahir, S Hoyte, H Bassett, C Brendolise… - Horticulture …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) biovar 3, a virulent, canker-inducing pathogen is
an economic threat to the kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) industry worldwide. The commercially …

Pedigree analysis of 220 almond genotypes reveals two world mainstream breeding lines based on only three different cultivars

F Pérez de los Cobos, PJ Martínez-García… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Loss of genetic variability is an increasing challenge in tree breeding programs due to the
repeated use of a reduced number of founder genotypes. However, in almond, little is known …

Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective

KR Jahed, PM Hirst - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fruit growth and development are physiological processes controlled by several internal
and external factors. This complex regulatory mechanism comprises a series of events …

Multiple quantitative trait loci contribute tolerance to bacterial canker incited by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

J Tahir, S Hoyte, H Bassett, C Brendolise, A Chatterjee… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) Biovar 3, a virulent, canker-inducing pathogen
is an economic threat to the kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) industry worldwide. The commercially …