Mapping Architectural, Phenological, and Fruit Quality QTLs in Apricot

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-397

  Socquet Juglard, D ^a,b   Christen, D ^c   Devenes G ^c   Gessler, C ^b   Duffy, B ^a   Patocchi, A ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Research Centre Conthey   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Molecular breeding; Prunus armeniaca; Quantitative trait locus; Time to reproductive bud break; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 84874518520     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0511-x     Document Type: Article

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