Somatic mutations are genetic changes that occur in non-reproductive cells. In fruit trees,
such as apple, grape, orange, and peach, somatic mutations are typically observed as “bud …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

This review is an overview of traditional and modern breeding methodologies being used to
develop new Prunus cultivars (stone fruits) with major emphasis on peach, sweet cherry and …

A bud sport is a lateral shoot, inflorescence or single flower/fruit with a visibly different
phenotype from the rest of the plant. The new phenotype is often caused by a stable somatic …

Abstract Background Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] is one of the most economically
important fruit crops that, due to its genetic and biological characteristics (small genome …

The peach is the third most produced temperate tree fruit species behind apple and pear.
This diploid species, Prunus persica, is naturally self-pollinating unlike most of the other …

Twelve simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci were used to differentiate among 118 cultivars
sampled in several countries of the Mediterranean basin and to analyze the genetic …

World hazelnut production is based primarily on selections from the wild. In this study, we
used 21 pairs of simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers to investigate genetic diversity in …

Peach was domesticated in China more than four millennia ago and from there it spread
world-wide. Since the middle of the last century, peach breeding programs have been very …

A total of 145 microsatellite primer pairs from Prunus DNA sequences were studied for
transferability in a set of eight cultivars from nine rosaceous species (almond, peach, apricot …