Several recent national and international projects have focused on large-scale genoty**
of plant genetic resources in vegetatively propagated crops like fruit and berries, potatoes …

The DNA fingerprinting of fruit crops, based on DNA microsatellite markers that are
considered to be the key markers for the molecular analysis of germplasm collections, is …

Pyrus communis L. is an important temperate fruit with high nutritional and economic value.
Italy, as the largest pear producer in the EU and second in the world, has a particularly rich …

Crop improvement by means of traditional or molecular breeding is a key strategy to
accomplish the European Green Deal target of reducing pesticides by 50% by 2030 …

Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] is one of the most important stone fruits species in world
production. Spanish peach production is currently the second largest in the world and the …

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has performed European pear (Pyrus communis
L.) scion breeding for over a century. The breeding program started in the early 1900s by …

Ensuring the clonal identity of accessions within a germplasm repository, such as the US
National Pyrus collection, is critical. Additionally, pedigree confirmation and understanding …

The genus Pyrus has a long history in Sardinia (Italy), where two wild pear species (P.
spinosa Forssk. and P. pyraster (L.) Burgsd.) and Pyrus communis L. cultivars are …

Reliable and high-throughput genoty** platforms are of immense importance for
identifying and dissecting genomic regions controlling important phenotypes, supporting …

Pears (Pyrus) represent an important part of consumer diets, and have the fourth highest
production of non-citrus fruits, measured by fresh weight, in the US They are maintained …