Special Issue "Improvements/Innovations Related to Fruit Varieties"
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: walnut; phenology; breeding; evaluation of varieties; genetics; orchard systems; growing technologies; evaluation of cherry rootsocks; cherry orchard systems
Interests: rootstocks of fruit trees; cherry orchard system; propagation of woody plants
Interests: training systems; orchard management; cultivars
Interests: DNA fingerprinting; tree genetics; plant breeding; forest genetics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mindful breeding activity, especially in the case of woody plant species, takes a long time and might be highly expensive. Fruit production is very important; there is a fruit industry in every country, therefore the interest in lot of related research topics is shared all over the world. All participants working in the fruit sector need good varieties derived from different breeding programs to successfully increase their growing year on year. To support their activity, trials focusing on the genetic backgrounds, rootstock–scion combinations and interactions, effects on the cumulative yields, fruit/nut quality, tolerance/resistance to the diseases and pests must be performed.
This Special Issue invites breeders, climatologists, biologists, chemists, and scientists studying the evaluation of the novel bred genotypes, in situ and ex situ candidates from schools of thought, which are necessary for successful growing, to publish their original research papers, perspectives, opinions, reviews, modelling approaches and methods about their genetic and phenotypical studies, the effects of the environment and canopy on the yield, fruit/nut quality, chemical compounds, as well as adaptation strategies of the edible fruit species.
Dr. Geza Bujdoso
Prof. Dr. Karoly Hrotko
Dr. Miljan Cvetkovic
Dr. Klara Cseke
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruits
- rootstocks
- phenology
- resistance/tolerance to diseases/pest
- fruit/nut quality
- chemical compounds
- adaptation
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Is ‘Esterhazy ll’ planted in the gene bank the original genotype?
Authors: Geza Bujdoso1* – Benjamin Illes1 – Virag Varjas1– Klara Cseke2
Affiliation: 1 Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Centre for Horticultural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary 2 University of Sopron, Forest Research Institute, Sárvár, Hungary
Abstract: The historic genotype called ‘Esterhazy II’ was well-known in the Hungarian – Austria Monarchy and before the World War II and it can be found in the Austrian, German and Swiss backyard gardens today. Unfortunately, vegetative propagated progenies of the original ‘Esterhazy II’ cannot be found anywhere around the globe nowadays, because the walnut grafting started later than when this genotype became well-known. Despite many seedlings with ‘Esterhazy II’-“blood” available, it is difficult to say / determine, which one is true to the original one. In this paper phenological and DNA characteristics of an ‘Esterhazy II’ specimen, planted in the gene bank, were compared to the varieties ‘Milotai 10’ and ‘Chandler’. Characters examined were: budbreak, blossom time, type of dichogamy, ripening time, nut and kernel characteristics. SSR fingerprinting was used in order to demonstrate the relatedness of the Hungarian walnut cultivars with the ‘Esterhazy II’ genotype. The examined ‘Esterhazy II’ specimen had a lot of similar characters with data found in literature. Under the name ‘Esterhazy II’ several different genotypes can be observed. Our results confirmed that the analysed ‘Esterhazy II’ genotype seems to have a high similarity to the “original” ‘Esterhazy II’, because all checked characters fitted well to the described ones except budbreak.
Title: Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Analyses of Juglans regia L. Populations Using RAPD, ISSR Markers and Nuclear ITS Regions
Authors: Emre Sevindik1, Kemalcan Okan1, Sezai Ercisli2,, Gulce Ilhan2, Halil Ibrahim Sagbas2 and Geza Bujdoso3*
Affiliation: 1Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Adnan Menderes University, South Campus, Cakmar, Aydin, Turkey 2Ataturk University Agricultural Faculty Department of Horticulture 25240 Erzurum, Turkey 3NARIC, Research Institute for Fruit Growing and Ornamentals 1223 Budapest, Park u.2, Hungary
Abstract: In this study, genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Turkish Juglans regia L. populations was conducted based on RAPD and ISSR-PCR and nuclear DNA ITS sequences. Fourteen populations from Aegean and Marmara region were included in the research. Twelve RAPD and thirteen ISSR primers were used for molecular characterization of the J. regia populations. For the amplification of the nrDNA ITS region, ITS4 and ITS5A primers were used in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). In RAPD- ISSR-PCR analysis, a total of 55 and 85 bands were obtained, respectively. RAPD and ISSR analyses were detected high polymorphism (74.54% and 70.57%, respectively) among J. regia populations. However, nrDNA ITS sequence analysis was not efficient in revealing the genetic relationship among J. regia samples. In addition, phylogenetic analyses including nrDNA ITS sequences of our populations and that of other Juglans taxa (Juglans hindsii, Juglans major, Juglans nigra, Juglans microcarpa, Juglans cathayensis and Juglans hopeiensis) obtained from NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) were conducted. Analysis of Juglans regia populations based on RAPD and ISSR-PCR and nrDNA ITS sequences revealed that the rate of polymorphism obtained with the ISSR-PCR approach was higher than those obtained using the ITS sequences. Genetic diversity results of these populations will contribute significantly to identification and breeding programs of walnuts.