Alan E Yocca, Adrian Platts, Elizabeth Alger, Scott Teresi, Molla F Mengist, Juliana Benevenuto, Luis Felipe V Ferrão, MacKenzie Jacobs, Michal Babinski, Maria Magallanes-Lundback, Philipp Bayer, Agnieszka Golicz, Jodi L Humann, Dorrie Main, Richard V Espley, David Chagné, Nick W Albert, Sara Montanari, Nicholi Vorsa, James Polashock, Luis Díaz-Garcia, Juan Zalapa, Nahla V Bassil, Patricio R Munoz, Massimo Iorizzo, Patrick P Edger
Domestication of cranberry and blueberry began in the United States in the early 1800s and 1900s, respectively, and in part owing to their flavors and health-promoting benefits are now cultivated and consumed worldwide. The industry continues to face a wide variety of production challenges (e.g. disease pressures), as well as a demand for higher-yielding cultivars with improved fruit quality characteristics. Unfortunately, molecular tools to help guide breeding efforts for these species have been relatively limited compared with those for other high-value crops...
November 2023: Horticulture Research