Development of Molecular Marker Linked to Seed Hardness in Pomegranate Using Bulked Segregant Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the fruit species with the oldest cultural history. There are many traits to determine the quality of pomegranate fruits. Among them, soft-seeded feature of pomegranate fruit is important trait for the market value of the fruit. For this reason, the demand for pomegranate varieties with soft seeds has been increasing, especially in recent years. In this study, molecular markers associated with seed hardness were developed to distinguish pomegranate cultivars with soft-seeded feature based on genomic DNA at the early stages of the pomegranate breeding process. For this purpose, pomegranate genotypes and/or cultivars from the population involved in reciprocal crosses of hard-seeded Ernar, medium-hard-seeded Hicaznar, and soft-seeded Fella

SUBMITTER: Yazıcı K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature