Identification of QTLs for fruit quality traits in Japanese apples QTLs for early ripening are tightly related to preharvest fruit drop

Breeding Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-251

  Kunihisa, Miyuki ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Abe, Kazuyuki ^a   Okada, Kazuma ^a   Haji, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^b   Kim, Hoytaek ^a   Nishitani, Chikako ^a   Terakami, Shingo ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruit drop; Genetic variance; Harvest time; Malus domestica; QTL analysis; Skin color depth; Sugar composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907504634     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.64.240     Document Type: Article

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