Principles and approaches of association mapping in plant breeding

AK Ibrahim, L Zhang, S Niyitanga, MZ Afzal, Y Xu… - Tropical Plant …, 2020 - Springer
Association mapping (AM) is an approach that accounts for thousands of polymorphisms to
evaluate the effects of quantitative trait loci (QTL). It is an important instrument for …

Situation and recent trends on cultivation and breeding of Persian walnut in Iran

D Hassani, S Sarikhani, R Dastjerdi, R Mahmoudi… - Scientia horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the main nut crops in Iran. Walnut together with
pistachio and almond have covered more than 800,000 ha (28.5%) of Iran's orchards. After …

Natural variation in photosynthesis and water use efficiency of locally adapted Persian walnut populations under drought stress and recovery

MM Arab, H Askari, S Aliniaeifard… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Persian walnut is a drought-sensitive species with considerable genetic variation in the
photosynthesis and water use efficiency of its populations, which is largely unexplored …

Population-genomic analyses reveal bottlenecks and asymmetric introgression from Persian into iron walnut during domestication

YM Ding, Y Cao, WP Zhang, J Chen, J Liu, P Li… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Persian walnut, Juglans regia, occurs naturally from Greece to western
China, while its closest relative, the iron walnut, Juglans sigillata, is endemic in southwest …

High-quality chromosome-scale assembly of the walnut (Juglans regia L.) reference genome

A Marrano, M Britton, PA Zaini, AV Zimin… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The release of the first reference genome of walnut (Juglans regia L.) enabled
many achievements in the characterization of walnut genetic and functional variation …

Advances in Persian Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Breeding Strategies

K Vahdati, MM Arab, S Sarikhani… - Advances in Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the oldest trees with harvestable products known to
humans and has a history dating to 7000 BC in Persia. Walnut breeding programs aim to …

Combining phenotype, genotype, and environment to uncover genetic components underlying water use efficiency in Persian walnut

MM Arab, A Marrano… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Walnut production is challenged by climate change and abiotic stresses. Elucidating the
genomic basis of adaptation to climate is essential to breeding drought-tolerant cultivars for …

Genome-wide identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs conferring resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in walnut (Juglans regia)

S Feng, H Fang, X Liu, Y Dong, Q Wang, KQ Yang - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Walnut anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz.
and Sacc. is an important walnut production problem in China. Although the long non …

Association and linkage mapping to unravel genetic architecture of phenological traits and lateral bearing in Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.)

A Bernard, A Marrano, A Donkpegan, PJ Brown… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Unravelling the genetic architecture of agronomic traits in walnut such as
budbreak date and bearing habit, is crucial for climate change adaptation and yield …

Inhibition of browning via aqueous gel solution of Aloe vera: a new method for preserving fresh fruits as a case study on fresh kernels of Persian walnut

A Habibi, N Yazdani, N Chatrabnous… - Journal of Food Science …, 2022 - Springer
Aloe Vera (AV) gel is commonly used as a natural, inexpensive, edible coating that can
improve the quality and shelf life of fruits. The objective of this study was to evaluate how two …