Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis and Marker Development for Fruit Rot Resistance in Cranberry Shows Potential Genetic Association with Epicuticular Wax.

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Fruit rot is a fungal disease complex that threatens cranberry yields in North American growing operations. Management of fruit rot is especially difficult because of the diversity of the infecting fungal species, and although infections take place early in the season, the pathogens usually remain latent in the ovary until the fruit ripen. Control methods heavily rely on fungicide applications, a practice that...

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