A strategy for developing representative germplasm sets for systematic QTL validation, demonstrated for apple, peach, and sweet cherry

A candidate gene based approach validates Md-PG1 as the main responsible for a QTL impacting fruit texture in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh)

(2013) Sara Longhi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Pedimap: Software for the Visualization of Genetic and Phenotypic Data in Pedigrees

(2012) R. E. Voorrips et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Detection of the linalool-producing NES1 variant across diverse strawberry (Fragaria spp.) accessions

(2012) Alan Chambers et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Redefinition of the map position and validation of a major quantitative trait locus for fire blight resistance of the pear cultivar ‘Harrow Sweet’ (Pyrus communisL.)

(2012) Pierre-Marie F. Le Roux et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Genome-Wide SNP Detection, Validation, and Development of an 8K SNP Array for Apple

(2012) David Chagné et al.   PLoS One

Development and Evaluation of a 9K SNP Array for Peach by Internationally Coordinated SNP Detection and Validation in Breeding Germplasm

(2012) Ignazio Verde et al.   PLoS One

Development and Evaluation of a Genome-Wide 6K SNP Array for Diploid Sweet Cherry and Tetraploid Sour Cherry

(2012) Cameron Peace et al.   PLoS One

DNA marker-assisted evaluation of fruit firmness at harvest and post-harvest fruit softening in a diverse apple germplasm

(2012) Hilde Nybom et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

Functional allelic diversity of the apple alcohol acyl-transferase gene MdAAT1 associated with fruit ester volatile contents in apple cultivars

(2011) F. Dunemann et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Genetic variation, population structure and linkage disequilibrium in peach commercial varieties

(2010) Maria Aranzana et al.   BMC GENETICS

Population structure and genetic bottleneck in sweet cherry estimated with SSRs and the gametophytic self-incompatibility locus

(2010) Stéphanie Mariette et al.   BMC GENETICS

Genotyping of pedigreed apple breeding material with a genome-covering set of SSRs: trueness-to-type of cultivars and their parentages

(2010) K. M. Evans et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Map position and functional allelic diversity of Md-Exp7, a new putative expansin gene associated with fruit softening in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) and pear (Pyrus communis)

(2008) F. Costa et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

Md-ACS1 and Md-ACO1 genotyping of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) breeding parents and suitability for marker-assisted selection

(2008) Yanmin Zhu et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes