Fruits and seeds resulting from fertilization of flowers, represent an incredible evolutionary
advantage in angiosperms and have seen them become a critical element in our food …

Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are
likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are …

The apple (Malus domestica) is one of the world's most commercially important perennial
crops and its improvement has been the focus of human effort for thousands of years. Here …

Plants produce a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), some of which are perceived
by the human olfactory system, contributing to a myriad flavors. Despite the importance of …

High-throughput genotyping boosts genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in crop
species, leading to the identification of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated …

The breeding of tropical fruit trees for improving fruit traits is complicated, due to the long
juvenile phase, generation cycle, parthenocarpy, polyploidy, polyembryony, heterozygosity …

Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) are an important fruit crop of arid regions of the Middle East
and North Africa. Despite its importance, few genomic resources exist for date palms …

Woody perennial plants make up nearly half of plant diversity and represent one‐third of the
world's major crop species, yet effective strategies to maintain and preserve these important …

Breeding of apple is a long-term and costly process due to the time and space requirements
for screening selection candidates. Genomics-assisted breeding utilizes genomic and …

Implementation of genomic tools is desirable to increase the efficiency of apple breeding.
Recently, the multi-environment apple reference population (apple REFPOP) proved useful …