Apple Jewels

Apple Fruit Storability

Table of functional genotypes

Trait: Apple fruit storability – firmness retention after storage as mediated by fruit ethylene production
Locus:  1: Md-ACS1 gene in the middle of Malus chromosome 15
            2: Md-ACO1 gene at the distal end of Malus chromosome 10
Marker: 1: simple PCR-based SCAR marker targeting a 162 bp indel in the promoter of the Md-ACS1 gene
            2: simple PCR-based SCAR marker targeting a 62 bp indel in the third intron of the Md-ACO1 gene