Climate change, large monocultures of disease-susceptible cultivars, overuse of pesticides,
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …

Pear, belonging to the genus Pyrus, is one of the most economically important temperate
fruit crops. Pyrus is an important genus of the Rosaceae family, subfamily Maloideae, and …

The Rosaceae crop family (including almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, peach, pear, plum,
raspberry, rose, strawberry, sweet cherry, and sour cherry) provides vital contributions to …

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 …

Proven to be the first pathogenic bacterium of plants, Erwinia amylovora causes Fire Blight
which is nowadays one of the most devastating disease of apples and pears in many parts …

Pear scab disease caused by Venturia nashicola is one of the most serious diseases of
Asian pears. To facilitate the breeding of scab-resistant cultivars, we mapped and developed …

Fire blight is a devastating disease of apple and pear worldwide. One reason fire blight is so
difficult to manage is because of the lack of effective non-antibiotic management options as …

Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora, is a persistent problem for
pear (Pyrus spp.) growers in the United States. Growing resistant cultivars is one of the best …

Pear (Pyrus spp.) is a major fruit crop in the Rosaceae family, and extensive efforts have
been undertaken to develop elite varieties. With advances in genome sequencing …

Genetic improvement of temperate fruit and nut crops through conventional breeding
methods is not sufficient alone due to its extreme time-consuming, cost-intensive, and hard …