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Mapping of A1 conferring resistance to the aphid Amphorophora idaei and dw (dwarfing habit) in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) using AFLP and microsatellite markers.
BMC plant biology - 20 Mar 2007
Sargent Daniel J, Fernández-Fernández Felicidad, Rys Alicja, Knight Victoria H, Simpson David W, Tobutt Kenneth R
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BACKGROUND: Raspberry breeding programmes worldwide aim to produce improved cultivars to satisfy market demands and within these programmes there are many targets, including increased fruit quality, yield and season, and improved pest and disease resistance and plant habit. The large raspberry aphid, Amphorophora idaei, transmits four viruses and vector resistance is an objective in raspberry breeding. The...
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