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Quantitative phenotyping of shell suture strength in walnut (Juglans regia L.) enhances precision for detection of QTL and genome-wide association mapping.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Sideli Gina M, Marrano Annarita, Montanari Sara, Leslie Charles A, Allen Brian J, Cheng Hao, Brown Patrick J, Neale David B
Abstract excerpt
Walnut shell suture strength directly impacts the ability to maintain shell integrity during harvest and processing, susceptibility to insect damage and other contamination, and the proportion of kernel halves recovered during cracking. Suture strength is therefore an important breeding objective. Here, two methods of phenotyping this trait were investigated: 1) traditional, qualitative and rather subjective...
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