Members of the genus Luteovirus are responsible for economically destructive plant diseases worldwide. Over the past few years, three luteoviruses infecting Prunus trees have been characterized. However, the biological properties, prevalence, and genetic diversity of those viruses have not yet been ...

Autochthonous plant varieties, also referred to as landraces, represent an important genetic resource, being well-adapted to the environment in which they have been selected. Landraces usually show profiles rich in nutraceuticals, making them an effective and valuable alternative to commercial...

The canker disease caused by Leucostoma cinctum is one of the most destructive diseases in fruit trees in Iran. For investigation of mycelial/sexual compatibility in L. cinctum, 64 isolates from 10 different plants, and 11 provinces of Iran were used. Isolates were crossed in all possible...

Exploring elite alleles based on association analysis of economic traits will promote the breeding, development, and utilization of Prunus sibirica resources. This study used 113 P. sibirica clones with diverse provenances to perform association mapping of 20 economic traits based on 149 pairs of...

Cherry (Prunusavium L.) is a very important crop in Greece and many other countries worldwide. In this study the susceptibility of cherry cultivars 'Regina' and 'Ferrovia' to pre- and postharvest fruit rots, shot-hole (Thyrostromacarpophilum), Alternaria leaf spot (Alternariaalternata) and fruit...

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is grown across a wide geographical area and has been cultivated in Azerbaijan for more than three thousand years. The purpose of the study was to characterize the apricot varieties and forms collected from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Fourty-four...

In this study, three types of culture media, including Murashige and Skoog (MS), woody plant medium (WPM), and Quoirin and Lepoivre (LP) medium fortified with 0, 1, 2, and 3 mg/L of N⁶-benzyladenine (BA) and 0, 0.25, and 0.50 mg/L thidiazuron (TDZ) were investigated. Specifically, this study aimed...

The present study aims to generalize cultivar-specific tree phenology responses to winter and spring temperatures and assess the effectiveness of the Tabuenca test and various chill and heat accumulation models in predicting bloom dates for a wide range of climatic conditions and years. To this...

'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' is causing ever increasing economic losses through the decline of apricot trees in European countries, e.g., Hungary. In this study, the pathogen was identified from plant tissues and insects by nested-PCR. The insect species were identified via morphology and...

Genebank collections preserve many old cultivars with ancient breeding history. However, often, cultivars with synonymous or incorrect names are maintained in multiple collections. Therefore, pomological and genetic characterization is an essential prerequisite for confirming trueness-to-type of...