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WSU apple breeding program selects for increased fruit firmness and retention. Cultivars like Cripps Pink and Honeycrisp contribute to these traits. 🍎
Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fru...
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Triploid apples have higher phenolic content but few other differences from diploids. Study highlights subtle ploidy impacts on apple traits. 🍎

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Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/...

A grassy field studded with small 3' apple trees in protective tubes

Green leaves opening from buds on a small apple tree within a tube

An unfurling apple vegetative bud with dark red leaves on a tiny seedling

An unfurling apple vegetative bud with dark red leaves on a tiny seedling

The baby orchard is waking up. Inside the tubes it's a bit warmer so the buds open there first. A couple of my Edholm Wickson OP seedling apples are showing nice dark red on them, and they've survived two winters so far... 🌱

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Genetic Uniqueness and Pomological Diversity Among the Apple Accessions Maintained Within the Croatian National Clonal Germplasm Repository In the Croatian apple germplasm, there are, presumably, unique genotypes that have not yet been documented in reference molecular databases. Due to similarities between accessions, incorrect names are...

Genetic and pomological diversity of Croatian apples 🍎: 45 unique accessions with traits that could shape future breeding programs. 🌱
#AppleBreeding #GeneticDiversity #CroatiaApples www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15...