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    Genes and quality trait loci (QTLs) associated with firmness in Malus x domestica

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    Marondedze, Claudius cc
    Thomas, Ludivine
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    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Date
    2013-03-31
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    Abstract
    Fruit firmness, a quality quantitative trait, has long been established as a key textural property and one of the essential parameters for estimating ripening and shelf life of apples. Loss of firmness, also referred to as fruit softening, is undesirable in apples and represents a serious problem for growers in many countries. This results in the reduction of apple shelf life and in turn influences its commercialization. Low firmness impacts negatively on the sensory values of juiciness, crunchiness and crispness. Fruit firmness is affected by the inheritance of alleles at multiple loci and their possible interactions with the environment. Identification of these loci is key for the determination of genetic candidate markers that can be implemented in marker assisted selection and breeding for trees and/or cultivars that can yield firmer fruits with economic value. In turn, this technique can help reduce the time needed to evaluate plants and new cultivars could become available faster. This review provides an overview of quantitative trait loci (QTL), including additional putative QTLs that we have identified, and genes associated with firmness and their importance to biotechnology, the breeding industry and eventually the consumers.
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    Marondedze, Claudius, and Ludivine Thomas. "Genes and quality trait loci (QTLs) associated with firmness in Malus x domestica." African Journal of Biotechnology 12, no. 10 (2013): 996-1003
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    Academic Journals
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    African Journal of Biotechnology
    ISSN
    1684-5315
    DOI
    10.5897/AJB12.2621
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    http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/112017A21896
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    10.5897/AJB12.2621
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