Horticulture Research (Apr 2019)
Apple whole genome sequences: recent advances and new prospects
- Cameron P. Peace,
- Luca Bianco,
- Michela Troggio,
- Eric van de Weg,
- Nicholas P. Howard,
- Amandine Cornille,
- Charles-Eric Durel,
- Sean Myles,
- Zoë Migicovsky,
- Robert J. Schaffer,
- Evelyne Costes,
- Gennaro Fazio,
- Hisayo Yamane,
- Steve van Nocker,
- Chris Gottschalk,
- Fabrizio Costa,
- David Chagné,
- Xinzhong Zhang,
- Andrea Patocchi,
- Susan E. Gardiner,
- Craig Hardner,
- Satish Kumar,
- Francois Laurens,
- Etienne Bucher,
- Dorrie Main,
- Sook Jung,
- Stijn Vanderzande
Affiliations
- Cameron P. Peace
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University
- Luca Bianco
- Computational Biology, Fondazione Edmund Mach
- Michela Troggio
- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Fondazione Edmund Mach
- Eric van de Weg
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research
- Nicholas P. Howard
- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota
- Amandine Cornille
- GQE – Le Moulon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay
- Charles-Eric Durel
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences
- Sean Myles
- Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
- Zoë Migicovsky
- Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
- Robert J. Schaffer
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd
- Evelyne Costes
- AGAP, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier
- Gennaro Fazio
- Plant Genetic Resources Unit, USDA ARS
- Hisayo Yamane
- Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- Steve van Nocker
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
- Chris Gottschalk
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
- Fabrizio Costa
- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Fondazione Edmund Mach
- David Chagné
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North Research Centre
- Xinzhong Zhang
- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University
- Andrea Patocchi
- Agroscope
- Susan E. Gardiner
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North Research Centre
- Craig Hardner
- Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland
- Satish Kumar
- New Cultivar Innovation, Plant and Food Research
- Francois Laurens
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences
- Etienne Bucher
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences
- Dorrie Main
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University
- Sook Jung
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University
- Stijn Vanderzande
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0141-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 24
Abstract
Genetics: Apple genome sequencing begins to bear fruit Almost 10 years since the first draft of the apple genome was published, the insights it has afforded are being used to improve crops, while next generation DNA sequencing is enabling the breeding value of individual plants to be more rapidly assessed. In this review, Cameron Peace at Washington State University in Pullman, US, and colleagues describe the impact whole genome sequencing of the Golden Delicious apple has had on our understanding of how cultivated apples evolved, and the genomic regions controlling fruit firmness and flavor, tree growth dynamics, responses to water and nutrient availability, and other such traits. These early discoveries have also paved the way for trait-predictive tests which should further accelerate the breeding of improved apple trees, and epigenetic studies to better understand how environmental factors trigger heritable changes in apple characteristics.
