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 …

Apple scab caused by Venturia inaequalis has evoked the interest for quite different reasons
of scientists, agronomists, producers and consumers since over a century. Consumers select …

The aim of this study was the improvement of a genetic map of the F 1 population from the
cross between the fungus-resistant grapevine cv.“Regent” and the susceptible …

Association or linkage disequilibrium (LD)-based mapping strategies are receiving
increased attention for the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in plants as an …

Background R genes are a key component of genetic interactions between plants and
biotrophic bacteria and are known to regulate resistance against bacterial invasion. The …

Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most devastating
diseases of potato. Resistance (R) genes from the wild species Solanum demissum have …

Although fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most
destructive diseases of apple (Malus× domestica) worldwide, no major, qualitative gene for …

Molecular markers associated with gene coding regions are useful tools for bridging
functional and structural genomics. Due to their high abundance in plant genomes, single …

NBS-LRR comprises a large class of disease resistance (R) proteins that play a widespread
role in plant protection against pathogens. In grapevine, powdery mildew cause significant …

Woolly apple aphid (WAA; Eriosoma lanigerum Hausm.) can be a major economic problem
to apple growers in most parts of the world, and resistance breeding provides a sustainable …