{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Pfeifer M"],"funding":["Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity"],"pagination":["3674"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12694397"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(23)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Fruit rots, both pre- and postharvest, represent a major problem in apple production, leading to significant yield losses each year. In this study, the inheritance of calyx abscission, a trait that could potentially reduce susceptibility to various fruit rots, was investigated in an F<sub>1</sub> population. Calyx persistence rates were phenotyped in the field in 2023 and 2025 on 122 offspring derived from a cross between 'Idared' and <i>Malus baccata</i> 'Jackii', the latter exhibiting complete calyx abscission. QTL analyses were conducted using genotypic data and a genetic linkage map generated in a previous study. Results show, for the first time in apple, that calyx abscission is a heritable trait influenced by multiple loci, with the strongest effects detected on linkage groups 5 and "],"journal":["Plants (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Inheritance of Calyx Abscission in Apple: A Trait with Potential Impact on Fruit Rot Susceptibility."],"pmcid":["PMC12694397"],"funding_grant_id":["281D108X21"],"pubmed_authors":["Wohner T","Peil A","Flachowsky H","Pfeifer M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Inheritance of Calyx Abscission in Apple: A Trait with Potential Impact on Fruit Rot Susceptibility.","description":"Fruit rots, both pre- and postharvest, represent a major problem in apple production, leading to significant yield losses each year. In this study, the inheritance of calyx abscission, a trait that could potentially reduce susceptibility to various fruit rots, was investigated in an F<sub>1</sub> population. Calyx persistence rates were phenotyped in the field in 2023 and 2025 on 122 offspring derived from a cross between 'Idared' and <i>Malus baccata</i> 'Jackii', the latter exhibiting complete calyx abscission. QTL analyses were conducted using genotypic data and a genetic linkage map generated in a previous study. Results show, for the first time in apple, that calyx abscission is a heritable trait influenced by multiple loci, with the strongest effects detected on linkage groups 5 and ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-05-26T17:06:33.903Z","creation":"2026-05-24T03:11:23.601Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12694397","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41375384"],"doi":["10.3390/plants14233674"]}}