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Published on May 16, 2008; 10.1104/pp.107.115618

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Received January 9, 2008
Accepted May 13, 2008

Multiple models for Rosaceae genomics

Vladimir Shulaev *, Schuyler S. Korban , Bryon Sosinski , Albert G. Abbott , Herb S. Aldwinckle , Kevin M. Folta , Amy Iezzoni , Dorrie Main , Pere Arus , Abhaya M. Dandekar , Kim Lewers , Susan K. Brown , Thomas M. Davis , Susan E. Gardiner , Daniel Potter , and Richard E. Veilleux

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695; Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456; Horticultural Sciences Department and Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, PO Box 110690, 1301 Fifield Hall, Gainesville FL 32611; Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenomica (CSIC-IRTA-UAB), Carretera de Cabrils Km 2, 08348 Cabrils (Barcelona, Spain; Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Lab, Bldg. 010A, BARC-West,10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705; Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456; Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824; HortResearch, Private Bag 11 030, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand

* Corresponding author; email: vshulaev{at}vbi.vt.edu.

The plant family Rosaceae consists of over 100 genera and 3,000 species that include many important fruit, nut, ornamental, and wood crops. Members of this family provide high-value nutritional foods and contribute desirable aesthetic and industrial products. Most rosaceous crops have been enhanced by human intervention through sexual hybridization, asexual propagation, and genetic improvement since ancient times, 4000-5000 B.C. Modern breeding programs have contributed to the selection and release of numerous cultivars having significant economic impact on the U.S. and world market. In recent years, the Rosaceae community, both in the U.S. and internationally, has benefited from newfound organization and collaboration that has hastened progress in developing genetic and genomic resources for representative crops such as apple, peach, and strawberry. These resources, including ESTs, BAC libraries, physical and genetic maps, and molecular markers, combined with genetic transformation protocols and bioinformatics tools, have rendered various rosaceous crops highly amenable to comparative and functional genomics studies. This report serves as a synopsis of the resources and initiatives of the Rosaceae community, recent developments in Rosaceae genomics, and plans to apply newly accumulated knowledge and resources toward breeding and crop improvement.






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