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Application of a high-speed breeding technology to apple (Malus × domestica) based on transgenic early flowering plants and marker-assisted selection.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2011
Flachowsky Henryk, Le Roux Pierre-Marie, Peil Andreas, Patocchi Andrea, Richter Klaus, Hanke Magda-Viola
Abstract excerpt
Breeding of apple (Malus × domestica) remains a slow process because of protracted generation cycles. Shortening the juvenile phase to achieve the introgression of traits from wild species into prebreeding material within a reasonable time frame is a great challenge. In this study, we evaluated early flowering transgenic apple lines overexpressing the BpMADS4 gene of silver birch with regard to tree morphology in...
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