Modern approaches for breeding high quality apples with durable resistance to scab, powdery mildew and fire blight
2008
Kellerhals, Markus | Patocchi, Andrea | Duffy, Brion | Frey, Jürg | Boos, Markus
New methods to allow for more precise selection of tree and fruit characters in breeding programmes were developed in recent years. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is common practice in the ACW apple breeding programme at Wädenswil. Genetic markers can reduce the number of plants and the time required for evaluation, thus new varieties become commercially available sooner. How can this molecular selection method reasonably be applied in an apple breeding programme? Application of phenotypic and molecular selection techniques in the ACW apple breeding programme and results are presented.
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