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Breeding in peach, cherry and plum: from a tissue culture, genetic, transcriptomic and genomic perspective.
Biological research - 1 Jan 2013
Carrasco Basilio, Meisel Lee, Gebauer Marlene, Garcia-Gonzales Rolando, Silva Herman
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This review is an overview of traditional and modern breeding methodologies being used to develop new Prunus cultivars (stone fruits) with major emphasis on peach, sweet cherry and Japanese plum. To this end, common breeding tools used to produce seedlings, including in vitro culture tools, are discussed. Additionally, the mechanisms of inheritance of many important agronomical traits are described. Recent...
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