References and further reading

The reference section is divided into a general section followed by references specific to particular fruits.

General
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Pear
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Peach
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SOSINSKI B., GANNAVARAPU M., HAGER L.D., BECK L.E., KING G.J., RYDER C.D., RAJAPAKSE S., BAIRD W.V., BALLARD R.E., ABBOTT A.G., 2000. ‘Characterization of microsatellite markers in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 421–428.

TESTOLIN R., MARRAZZO T., CIPRIANI G., QUARTA R., VERDE I., DETTORI M.T., 2000. ‘Microsatellite DNA in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) and its use in fingerprinting and testing the genetic origin of cultivars’. Genome 43(3): 512–520.

Apricot
BADENES M.L., HURTADO M.A., SANZ F., ARCHELOS D.M., BURGOS L., EGEA J., LLACER G., 2000. ‘Searching for molecular markers linked to male sterility and self-compatibility in apricot’. Plant Breed. 119(2): 157–160.

CHEVALIER T., DE RIGAL D., MBEGUIE-A-MBEGUIE D., GAUILLARD F., RICHARDFORGET F., FILS-LYCAON B.R., 1999. ‘Molecular cloning and characterization of apricot fruit polyphenol oxidase’. Plant Physiol. 119(4): 1261–1269.

DE VICENTE M.C., TRUCO M.J., EGEA J., BURGOS L., ARUS P., 1998. ‘RFLP variability in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)’. Plant Breed. 117(2): 153–158.

TAO R., HABU T., YAMANE H., SUGIURA A., IWAMOTO K., 2000. ‘Molecular markers for self-compatibility in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)’. Hort. Sci. 35(6): 1121–1123.

Cherry
BOSKOVIC R., TOBUTT K.R., 1998. ‘Inheritance and linkage relationships of isozymes in two interspecific cherry progenies’. Euphytica 103: 273–286.

BOSKOVIC R., TOBUTT K.R., NICOLL F.J., 1997. ‘Inheritance of isozymes and their linkage relationships in two interspecific cherry progenies’. Euphytica 93: 129–143.

BOSKOVIC R., RUSSELL K., TOBUTT K.R., RIDOUT M.S., 2000. ‘An isozyme marker linked to the incompatibility locus in cherry’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 512–518.

CANTINI C., IEZZONI A.F., LAMBOY W.F., BORIZKI M., STRUSS D., 2001. ‘DNA fingerprinting of tetraploid cherry germplasm using simple sequence repeats’. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126(2): 205–209.

DOWNEY S.L., IEZZONI A.F., 2000. ‘Polymorphic DNA markers in black cherry (Prunus serotina) are identified using sequences from sweet cherry, peach, and sour cherry’. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125(1): 76–80.

FILS-LYCAON B.R., WIERSMA P.A., EASTWELL K.C., SAUTIERE P., 1996. ‘A cherry protein and its gene, abundantly expressed in ripening fruit, have been identified as thaumatin-like’. Plant Physiol. 111: 269–273.

LECOULS A.C., RUBIO-CABETAS M.J., MINOT J.C., VOISIN R., BONNET A., SALESSES G., DIRLEWANGER E., ESMENJAUD D., 1999. ‘RAPD and SCAR markers linked to the Ma1 root-knot nematode resistance gene in Myrabolan plum (Prunus cerasifera Her.)’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99(1/2): 328–335.

TAO R., YAMANE H., SUGIURA A., MURAYAMA H., SASSA H., MORI H., 1999. ‘Molecular typing of S-alleles through identification, characterization and cDNA cloning for S-Rnases in sweet cherry’. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124: 224–233.

WANG D., KARLE R., IEZZONI A.F., 2000. ‘QTL analysis of flower and fruit traits in sour cherry’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 535–544.

WANG D., KARLE R., BRETTIN T.S., IEZZONI A.F., 1998. ‘Genetic linkage map in sour cherry using RFLP markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97(8): 1217–1224.

WIERSMA P.A., WU Z., ZHOU L., HAMPSON C., KAPPEL F., 2001. ‘Identification of new self-incompatibility alleles in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) and clarification of compatibility groups by PCR and sequencing analysis’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102: 700–708.

Citrus
ASINS M.J., MONFORTE A.J., MESTRE P.F., CARBONELL E.A., 1999. ‘Citrus and Prunus copia-like retrotransposons’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99(3/4): 503–510.

CAI Q., GUY C.L., MOORE G.A., 1994. ‘Extension of the genetic linkage map in Citrus using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and RFLP mapping of cold-acclimation-responsive loci’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 89: 606–614.

CRISTOFANI M., MACHADO M.A., GRATTAPAGLIA D., 1999. ‘Genetic linkage maps of Citrus sunki Hort. Ex Tan. and Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. and mapping of citrus tristeza virus resistance gene’. Euphytica 109(1): 25–32.

DENG Z., HUANG S., XIAO S., GMITTER F.G., 1997. ‘Development and characterization of SCAR markers linked to the citrus tristeza virus resistance gene from Poncirus trifoliata’. Genome 40: 697–704.

DENG Z., HUANG S., LING P., CHEN C., YU C., WEBER C.A., MOORE G.A., GMITTER JR. F.G., 2000. ‘Cloning and characterization of NBS-LRR class resistance gene candidate sequences in Citrus’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 814–822.

DENG Z., HUANG S., LING P., YU C., TAO Q., CHEN C., WENDELL M.K., ZHANG H.B., GMITTER JR. F.G., 2001a. ‘Fine genetic mapping and BAC contig development for the citrus tristeza virus resistance gene locus in Poncirus trifoliata (Raf.)’. Mol. Genet. Genomics 265: 739–747.

DENG Z., TAO Q., CHANG Y.L., HUANG S., LING P., YU C., CHEN C., GMITTER JR. F.G., ZHANG H.B., 2001b. ‘Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library for citrus and identification of BAC contigs containing resistance gene candidates’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102: 1177–1184.

FANG D.Q., ROOSE M.L., 1997. ‘Identification of closely related citrus cultivars with inter-simple sequence repeat markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95: 408–417.

FANG D.Q., FEDERICI C.T., ROOSE M.L., 1998. ‘A high-resolution linkage map of the citrus tristeza virus resistance gene region in Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf’. Genetics 150: 883–890.

FANG D.Q., ROOSE M.L., KRUEGER R.R., FEDERICI C.T., 1997. ‘Fingerprinting trifoliate orange germplasm accessions with isozymes, RFLP, and intersimple sequence repeat markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95: 211–219.

GARCIA M.R., ASINS M.J., CARBONELL E.A., 2000. ‘QTL analysis of yield and seed number in Citrus’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 487–493.

GARCIA R., ASINS M.J., FORNER J., CARBONELL E.A., 1999. ‘Genetic analysis of apomixes in Citrus and Poncirus by molecular markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99(3/4): 511–518.

GMITTER. F.G. Jr., XIAO S.,, HUANG S., HU X., GARNSEY S.M., DENG Z., DENG Z., 1996. ‘A localized linkage map of the citrus tristeza virus resistance gene region’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 92: 688–695.

KIJAS J.M.H., THOMAS M.R., FOWLER J.C.S., ROOSE M.L., 1997. ‘Integration of trinucleotide microsatellites into a linkage map of Citrus’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94: 701–706.

LING P., DUNCAN L.W., DENG Z., DUNN D., HU X., HUANG S., GMITTER. F.G. Jr., 2000. ‘Inheritance of citrus nematode resistance and its linkage with molecular markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 1010–1017.

LURO F., LAIGRET F., BOVE’ J.M., OLLITRAULT P., 1995. ‘DNA amplified fingerprinting, a useful tool for determination of genetic origin and diversity analysis in Citrus’. Hort. Sci. 30(5): 1063–1067.

MESTRE P.F., ASINS M.J., PINA J.A., CARBONELL E.A., NAVARRO L., 1997. ‘Molecular markers flanking a citrus tristeza virus resistance gene from Poncirus trifoliata (L) Raf’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94: 458–464.

NICOLOSI E., DENG Z.N., GENTILE A., LA MALFA S., CONTINELLA G., TRIBULATO E., 2000. ‘Citrus phylogeny and genetic origin of important species as investigated by molecular markers’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 1155–1166.

SANKAR A.A., MOORE G.A., 2001. ‘Evaluation of inter-simple sequence repeat analysis for mapping in Citrus and extension of the genetic linkage map’.Theor. Appl. Genet. 102(2/3): 206–214.

Grape
ABLETT E., SEATON G., SCOTT K., SHELTON D., GRAHAM M.W., BAVERSTOCK P., SLADE LEE L., HENRY R., 2000. ‘Analysis of grape ESTs: global gene expression patterns in leaf and berry’. Plant Sci. 159(1): 87–95.

BOSS P.K., DAVIES C., ROBINSON S.P., 1996. ‘Analysis of the expression of anthocyanin pathway genes in developing Vitis vinifera L. cv Shiraz grape berries and the implications for pathway regulation’. Plant Physiol. 111: 1059–1066.

BOSS P.K., VIVIER M., MATSUMOTO S., DRY I.B., THOMAS M.R., 2001. ‘A cDNA from grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), which shows homology to Agamous and Shatterproof, is not only expressed in flowers but also throughout berry development’. Plant Mol. Biol. 45: 541–553.

BOTTA R., SCOTT N.S., EYNARD I., THOMAS M.R., 1995. ‘Evaluation of microsatellite sequence-tagged site markers for characterising Vitis vinifera cultivars’. Vitis 34: 99–112.

BOURQUIN J.C., SONKO A., OTTEN L., WALTER B., 1993. ‘Restriction fragment length polymorphism and molecular taxonomy in Vitis vinifera L’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 87: 431–438.

BOWERS J.E., MEREDITH C.P., 1997. ‘The parentage of a classic wine grape, Cabernet Sauvignon’. Nature Genet. 16: 84–87.

BOWERS J.E., DANGL G.S., MEREDITH C.P., 1999a. ‘Development and characterisation of additional microsatellite DNA markers for grape’. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 50: 243–247.

BOWERS J.E., DANGL G.S., VIGNAIN R., MEREDITH C.P., 1996. ‘Isolation and characterisation of new polymorphic simple sequence repeat loci in grape (Vitis vinifera L.)’. Genome 39: 628–633.

BOWERS J., BOURSIQUOT J.M., THIS P., CHU K., JOHANSSON H., MEREDITH C., 1999b. ‘Historical genetics: the parentage of Chardonnay, Gamay, and other wine grapes of Northeastern France’. Science 285: 1562–1565.

CERVERA M.T., CABEZAS J.A., SANCHA J.C., MARTINEZ DE TODA F., MARTINEZZAPATER J.M., 1998. ‘Application of AFLPs to the characterization of grapevine Vitis vinifera L. genetic resources. A case of study with accessions from Rioja (Spain)’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97: 51–59.

CIPRIANI G., FRAZZA G., PETERLUNGER E., TESTOLIN R., 1994. ‘Grapevine fingerprinting using microsatellite repeats’. Vitis 33: 211–215.

DALBO M.A., YE G.N., WEEDEN N.F., STEINKELLNER H., SEFC K.M., REISCH B.I., 2000. ‘A gene controlling sex in grapevines placed on a molecular marker-based genetic map’. Genome 43(2): 333–340.

DAVIES C., ROBINSON S.P., 1996. ‘Sugar accumulation in grape berries: cloning of two putative vacuolar invertase cDNAs and their expression in grapevine tissue’. Plant Physiol. 111: 275–283.

DAVIES C., ROBINSON S.P., 2000. ‘Differential screening indicates a dramatic change in mRNA profiles during grape berry ripening. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding putative cell wall and stress response proteins’. Plant Physiol. 122: 803–812.

DI GASPERO G., PETERLUNGER E., TESTOLIN R., EDWARDS K.J., CIPRIANI G., 2000. ‘Conservation of microsatellite loci within the genus Vitis’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 301–308.

FOSSATI T., LABRA M., CASTIGLIONE S., FAILLA O., SCIENZA A:, SALA F., 2001. ‘The use of AFLP and SSR molecular markers to decipher homonyms and synonyms in grapevine cultivars: the case of the varietal group known as ‘‘Schiave’’’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102(2/3): 200–205.

JACOBS A.K., DRY I.B., ROBINSON S.P., 1999. ‘Induction of different pathogenesisrelated cDNAs in grapevine infected with powdery mildew and treatment with ethephon’. Plant Pathol. 48: 325–336.

LAMBOY W.F., ALPHA C.G., 1998. ‘Using simple sequence repeats (SSRs) for DNA fingerprinting germplasm accessions of grape (Vitis) species’. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123: 182–188.

LODHI M.A., DALY M.J., YE G.N., WEEDEN N.F., REISCH B.I., 1995. ‘A molecular marker based linkage map of Vitis’. Genome 38(4): 786–794.

SARNI-MANCHADO P., VERRIES C., TESNIERE C., 1997. ‘Molecular characterisation and structural analysis of one alcohol dehydrogenase gene (GV-Adh1) expressed during ripening of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) berry’. Plant Sci. 125: 177–187.

SCOTT K.D., EGGLER P., SEATON G., ROSSETTO M., ABLETT E.M., LEE L.S., HENRY R.J., 2000. ‘Analysis of SSRs derived from grape ESTs’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 723–726.

SEFC K.M., REGNER F., TURETSCHET E., GLOSSL J., STEINKELLNER H., 1999. ‘Identification of microsatellite sequences in Vitis riparia and their applicability for genotyping of different Vitis species’. Genome 42: 367–373.

SEFC K.M., STEINKELLNER H., WAGNER H.W., GLOSSL J., REGNER F., 1997. ‘Application of microsatellite markers to parentage studies in grapevine’. Vitis 36: 179–183.

SEFC K.M., LOPES M.S., LEFORT F., BOTTA R., ROUBELAKIS-ANGELAKIS K.A., INANEZ J., PEJIC I., WAGNER, H.W., GLOSSL J., STEINKELLNER H., 2000. ‘Microsatellite variability in grapevine cultivars from different European regions and evaluation of assignment testing to assess the geographic origin of cultivars’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 498–505.

STRAVRAKAKIS M.N., BINIARI K., 1998. ‘Genetic study of grape cultivars belonging to the Muscat family by random amplified DNA markers’. Vitis 37: 119–122.

TASSERSALL D.B., VAN HEESWIJCK R., HOJ P.B., 1997. ‘Identification and characterization of a fruit-specific, thaumatin-like protein that accumulates at very high levels in conjunction with the onset of sugar accumulation and berry softening in grapes’. Plant Physiol. 114: 759–769.

TESNIERE C., VERRIES C., 2000. ‘Molecular cloning and expression of cDNAs encoding alcohol dehydrogenases from Vitis vinifera L., during berry development’. Plant Sci. 157(1): 77–88.

TESSIER C., DAVID J., THIS P., BOURSIQUOT J.M., CHARRIER A., 1999. ‘Optimization of the choice of molecular markers for varietal identification in Vitis vinifera L.’ Theor. Appl. Genet. 98(1): 171–177.

THOMAS M.R., SCOTT N.S., 1993. ‘Microsatellite repeats in grapevine reveals DNA polymorhisms when analysed as sequence-tagged sites (STSs)’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 86: 985–990.

THOMAS M.R., CAIN P., SCOTT N.S., 1994. ‘DNA typing of grapevine: a universal methodology and database for describing cultivars and evaluating genetic relatedness’. Plant Mol. Biol. 25: 939–949.

VIDAL J.R., DELAVAULT P., COARER M., DEFONTAINE A., 2000. ‘Design of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivar-specific SCAR primers for PCR fingerprinting’. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 1194–1201.

XU H., BAKALINSKI A.T., 1996. ‘Identification of grape (Vitis) rootstocks using sequence characterised amplified region DNA markers’. Hort. Sci. 31: 267–268.