Apple germplasm collections are increasingly appreciated as a repository for the genetic
improvement of species, and their evaluation is an essential prerequisite for their utilization …

A set of 493 old and local Spanish accessions of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh)
maintained at three collections in Northeastern Spain was studied using 16 simple …

Understanding of genetic diversity and marker-trait relationships in pears (Pyrus spp.) forms
an important part of gene conservation and cultivar breeding. Accessions of Asian and …

Southern Europe is home to two naturally occurring pear species: the European wild pear
(Pyrus pyraster (L.) Burgsd.) and the almond-leaved pear (P. spinosa Forssk.). In addition to …

The chloroplast genome of Pyrus was found to be 159,922 bp in length which included a
pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,392 bp, separated by a small single-copy region of …

The Ussurian pear is the most important cultivated pear in the northern part of China.
Cultivated Ussurian pears are considered to have derived from Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim …

Almond-leaved pear (Pyrus spinosa Forssk., Rosaceae) is a scientifically poorly researched
and often overlooked Mediterranean species. It is an insect-pollinated and animal-dispersed …

Background Both a source of diversity and the development of genomic tools, such as
reference genomes and molecular markers, are equally important to enable faster progress …

Few records are available about local Tunisian pear cultivars characterized by low chilling
requirements and adaptation to dry conditions. In this work, seven SSRs derived from apple …

Some biological differences between native and alien plants are relevant to their dispersal
mechanisms. One of them is the fruiting period: it is shifted in time, peaking later than in …