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Cracking susceptibility of full-sibs of a cross of a cracking tolerant and cracking susceptible sweet cherry: relation to cuticle characteristics, microcracking and Calcium

Cracking susceptibility of full-sibs of a cross of a cracking tolerant and cracking susceptible sweet cherry: relation to cuticle characteristics, microcracking and Calcium

Breeding

20 Jan 2025

The objectives of the study was to phenotype a segregating population of sweet cherries for selected key traits of the Zipper model and for their susceptibility to cracking, for which the QTLs for cracking susceptibility were established earlier.

Dwarfing rootstocks show epigenomic differences in the grafted cultivar

Dwarfing rootstocks show epigenomic differences in the grafted cultivar

Rootstocks

16 Jan 2025

The study conducted at the University of Guizhou (China) aimed to investigate the impact of the dwarfing rootstock ‘Pd1’ (Prunus tomentosa) on sweet cherry ‘Shuguang2’ shoots. To achieve this goal, morphological observations were conducted.

Examination of self-(in)compatibility in sour cherry genotypes developed at Serbian Fruit Research Institute, Cačak

Examination of self-(in)compatibility in sour cherry genotypes developed at Serbian Fruit Research Institute, Cačak

Breeding

16 Jan 2025

Despite the fact its manifests similarly to other Rosaceae species, GSI in sour cherries is more complex due to tetraploidy and the presence of pollen-part and stylar-part mutants that cause genetic changes at S-locus.