MICROSATELLITES-BASED EVALUATION OF THE PEAR CULTIVARS SELECTED FROM NIKITSKY BOTANICAL GARDENS GERMPLASM BY THEIR ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS
Journal: Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding
Year: 2018

Mobilization and preservation of genetic sources of diversity of the cultivated pear varieties and their wild relatives is one of the main aspects of new cultivars breeding for modern intensive horticulture. The crucial matter during a new cultivar creation goes to the selection of parental pairs, which obtain a complex of positive features. The aim of this work is to study the Gene Fund collection of pear plantings from Nikitsky Botanical Gardens in accordance with the main economically importa