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Rain-induced fruit cracking is a major problem in sweet cherry cultivation. Basic research
has been conducted to disentangle the physiological and mechanistic bases of this complex …

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a temperate fruit species whose production might be
highly impacted by climate change in the near future. Diversity of plant material could be an …

Background Bacterial canker and subsequent gummosis are caused by multiple pathogens
and lead to significant yield and productivity losses in sweet cherry cultivation in Turkey. This …

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) world production has been steadily increasing in the last
decades. Accordingly, breeders are releasing new cultivars at an unprecedented pace, in …

This study's aim was to evaluate the genetic diversity of European plum (Prunus domestica)
cultivars and hybrids in Lithuania using SSR markers. In total, 107 plum genotypes …

The landrace sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivar 'Cristobalina'is a useful resource for
sweet cherry breeding due to several important traits, including low chilling requirement …

Understanding the process of Prunus species floral development is crucial for developing
strategies to manipulate bloom time and prevent crop loss due to climate change. Here, we …

This chapter describes the cherry's origins, botanical classification (taxonomy) and
domestication of the only two species cultivated for food and industrial processing: sweet …

Introduction The self-incompatibility system in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) prevents
fertilization with own or genetically related pollen, and is genetically determined by the multi …