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The control of prickle formation in Rubus.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2026
St Aubin Brian, Poorten Thomas J, Fister Andrew, Ochsenfeld Cherie, Reiner Joel, Castillo Allie Sandra, Aryal Rishi, Brůna Tomáš, Dudchenko Olga, Sargent Daniel James, Mead Daniel, Buti Matteo, Silva-Córdoba Alexander, Pham Melanie, Weisz David, Bassil Nahla, Ashrafi Hudson, Aiden Erez Lieberman, Graham Nathaniel, Chauhan Raj Deepika, Dean Eric, Lowry Warner, Redpath Lauren, Marri Pradeep, Lawit Shai J, Pham Gina M, Worthington Margaret, Crawford Brian C W
Abstract excerpt
Prickles on blackberry and raspberry canes make pruning, harvesting, and handling more difficult and can increase labor costs for growers. The trait has been challenging to improve in these clonal crops because it is recessive and linked to undesirable agronomic traits. In blackberry and red raspberry, breeding programs have used recessive mutants at the S locus to generate prickleless cultivars for the last...
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- Rubus
- Plant Proteins
- Phenotype
- Chromosome Mapping