2023 journal article

Genome-wide association identifies key loci controlling blackberry postharvest quality

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 14.

By: T. Chizk*, J. Clark *, C. Johns*, L. Nelson*, H. Ashrafi  n, R. Aryal n, M. Worthington *

author keywords: firmness; red drupelet reversion; GWAS; polygalacaturonase; pectin methylesterase (PME); Rubus; polyploidy
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Added: July 3, 2023

IntroductionBlackberry (Rubus subgenus Rubus) is a soft-fruited specialty crop that often suffers economic losses due to degradation in the shipping process. During transportation, fresh-market blackberries commonly leak, decay, deform, or become discolored through a disorder known as red drupelet reversion (RDR). Over the past 50 years, breeding programs have achieved better fruit firmness and postharvest quality through traditional selection methods, but the underlying genetic variation is poorly understood.