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Genetic control of prickles in tetraploid blackberry.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 4 Jun 2025
Johns Carmen A, Silva Alexander, Chizk Thomas Mason, Nelson Lacy, Clark John R, Aryal Rishi, Ashrafi Hudson, Thompson Ellen, Hardigan Michael, Worthington Margaret L
Abstract excerpt
Prickle-free blackberry (Rubus subgenus Rubus) canes are strongly preferred by growers due to food and worker safety concerns and damage to fruit from mechanical injury by prickles. This project was conducted to identify the genetic region responsible for prickle-free canes derived from the recessive "Merton Thornless" source in autotetraploid blackberry using a genome-wide association study, develop diagnostic...
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