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Narrowing down the apricot Plum pox virus resistance locus and comparative analysis with the peach genome syntenic region.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Aug 2011
Vera Ruiz Elsa María, Soriano José Miguel, Romero Carlos, Zhebentyayeva Tetyana, Terol Javier, Zuriaga Elena, Llácer Gerardo, Abbott Albert Glenn, Badenes María Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Sharka disease, caused by the Plum pox virus (PPV), is one of the main limiting factors for stone fruit crops worldwide. Only a few resistance sources have been found in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.), and most studies have located a major PPV resistance locus (PPVres) on linkage group 1 (LG1). However, the mapping accuracy was not sufficiently reliable and PPVres was predicted within a low confidence interval. In...
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