The plant family Rosaceae consists of over 100 genera and 3,000 species that include many
important fruit, nut, ornamental, and wood crops. Members of this family provide high-value …

Apple scab caused by Venturia inaequalis has evoked the interest for quite different reasons
of scientists, agronomists, producers and consumers since over a century. Consumers select …

The development of saturated linkage maps using transferable markers, restriction fragment
length polymorphisms, and micro-satellites has provided a foundation for fruit tree genetics …

A new set of 148 apple microsatellite markers has been developed and mapped on the
apple reference linkage map Fiesta x Discovery. One-hundred and seventeen markers were …

Breeding of apple (Malus× domestica) remains a slow process because of protracted
generation cycles. Shortening the juvenile phase to achieve the introgression of traits from …

Background Integrating plant genomics and classical breeding is a challenge for both plant
breeders and molecular biologists. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a tool that can be …

Shelf life determines the economic life time of mature apples, which can be either freshly
harvested or stored. Good shelf life is highly associated with a slow decrease of fruit …

Breeding for fruit quality traits is complex due to the polygenic (quantitative) nature of the
genetic control of these traits. Therefore, to improve the speed and efficiency of genotype …

Although fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most
destructive diseases of apple (Malus× domestica) worldwide, no major, qualitative gene for …

Until recently, only a few microsatellites have been available for Cucurbita, thus their
development is highly desirable. The Austrian oil-pumpkin variety Gleisdorfer Ölkürbis (C …