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A Genome-Wide Association Study of Apple Quality and Scab Resistance.
The plant genome - 1 Mar 2018
McClure Kendra A, Gardner Kyle M, Douglas Gavin M, Song Jun, Forney Charles F, DeLong John, Fan Lihua, Du Lina, Toivonen Peter M A, Somers Daryl J, Rajcan Istvan, Myles Sean
Abstract excerpt
The apple ( × Borkh.) is an economically and culturally important crop grown worldwide. Growers of this long-lived perennial must produce fruit of adequate quality while also combatting abiotic and biotic stress. Traditional apple breeding can take up to 20 yr from initial cross to commercial release, but genomics-assisted breeding can help accelerate this process. To advance genomics-assisted breeding in apple,...
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