Determination of the S-RNase gene allelic composition in pear accessions of the collection maintained at the Maikop Experiment Station of VIR
Journal: PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BREEDING
Year: 2025

Background : Pear ( Pyrus L.) is one of the most important fruit crops, widespread in the world. While in Europe and historically associated countries (USA, Australia), cultivars of one domesticated species Pyrus communis L. are grown, in the Asian region (China, Korea, Japan, Far East), cultivars were created based on individual botanical species, primarily Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm.fil.) Nakai, P. bretschneideri Rehder., P. ussuriensis Maxim., and P. × sinkiangensis T.T. Yu. The Caucasus region is