Ensuring the genetic diversity of apples

Ensuring the genetic diversity of applesWidely used apple cultivars exhibit low resistance to pathogens and low tolerance to climatic threats. This chapter reviews the threats to apple production and the resulting need for new varieties of apple. It considers the advantages of using progenitor species of Malus domestica in traditional breeding programs. It discusses the genetic diversity of apples, capturing and maintaining this diversity, and ensuring that researchers and breeders have

and then to evolve and implement appropriate strategies to alleviate these problems

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This chapter discusses the key processes surrounding effective pollination

The inherent resistance risk of a fungicide depends on the evolutionary accessibility and overall fitness of resistant genotypes

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We summarize the different models that have been proposed and set these into relation with the molecular outcomes of different classes of DSB repair

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