Deciphering the genetic determinism of bud phenology in apple progenies: A new insight into chilling and heat requirement effects on flowering dates and positional candidate genes

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-392

  Celton, J M ^a,d   Martinez, S ^a   Jammes, M J ^b   Bechti, A ^b   Salvi, S ^c   Legave, J M ^a   Costes, E ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b SAS Pépinières et Roseraies Georges Delbard   (France)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Apple (Malus domestica); Budbreak; Candidate gene; Chilling requirement; Heat requirement; Phenology; QTL analysis

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COLD; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MALUS; MERISTEM; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEASON; TIME;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALUS; MERISTEM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053267899     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03823.x     Document Type: Article

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