Molecular Characterization of Local Walnut (Juglans regia) Genotypes in the North-East Parnon Mountain Region of Greece
Ioannis Manthos, Thomas Sotiropoulos, Lefkothea Karapetsi, Ioannis Ganopoulos, Emmanouil D Pratsinakis, Eleni Maloupa, Panagiotis Madesis, Abir U Igamberdiev, Chenghao Li · 2023
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Ioannis Manthos and co-authors profile walnut trees in a Greek mountain region in this 2023 study. The Parnon range holds many local walnut landraces never described genetically. Such pockets of diversity act as living gene banks for breeding.
Using SSR markers, short repeating DNA stretches, the team measured how the local trees vary and relate. Greece's store of uncharacterized walnuts could feed new varieties, yet it had barely been studied. The results sort the region's trees into a genetic map. That map is a first step toward using the resource in breeding. It also argues for guarding the mountain groves.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ioannis Manthos, Thomas Sotiropoulos, Lefkothea Karapetsi, Ioannis Ganopoulos, Emmanouil D Pratsinakis, Eleni Maloupa, Panagiotis Madesis, Abir U Igamberdiev, Chenghao Li |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |