Contrasting a reference cranberry genome to a crop wild relative provides insights into adaptation, domestication, and breeding.

ABSTRACT: Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a member of the Heath family (Ericaceae) and is a temperate low-growing woody perennial native to North America that is both economically important and has significant health benefits. While some native varieties are still grown today, breeding programs over the past 50 years have made significant contributions to improving disease resistance, fruit quality and yield. An initial genome sequence of an inbred line of the wild selection 'Ben Lear,' which is parent to multiple breeding programs, provided insight into the gene repertoire as well as a platform for molecular breeding. Recent breeding efforts have focused on leveraging the circumboreal V. oxycoccos, which forms interspecific hybrids with V. macrocarpon, offering to bring in novel fruit chemistr

SUBMITTER: Kawash J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901128 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature