The cultivated apple is a major fruit crop in temperate zones. Its wild relatives, distributed
across temperate Eurasia and growing in diverse habitats, represent potentially useful …

The apple (Malus domestica [Suckow] Borkh.) is one of the most economically and culturally
significant fruits in the world today, and it is grown in all temperate zones. With over a …

The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000
years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in …

Concerns about the rapid erosion of plant diversity have spawned a host of seed-banking
initiatives. These repositories provide critical germ plasm needed to understand, maintain …

Almost three decades ago Alec Jeffreys published his seminal Nature papers on the use of
minisatellite probes for DNA fingerprinting of humans (Jeffreys and colleagues Nature 1985 …

In-depth characterization of apple genetic resources is a prerequisite for genetic
improvement and for germplasm management. In this study, we fingerprinted a very large …

Postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables cause significant economic losses to
producers and marketing firms. Many of these diseases are caused by necrotrophic fungal …

Apple germplasm collections are increasingly appreciated as a repository for the genetic
improvement of species, and their evaluation is an essential prerequisite for their utilization …

In many applications, a finite mixture is a natural model, but it can be difficult to choose an
appropriate number of components. To circumvent this choice, investigators are increasingly …

The apple is an iconic tree and a major fruit crop worldwide. It is also a model species for the
study of the evolutionary processes and genomic basis underlying the domestication of …