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    Climate change impacts on winter chill in Mediterranean temperate fruit orchards

    Temperate trees require low temperatures during winter and subsequent warm conditions in early spring to flower and eventually bear fruit. Many parts of the Mediterranean region feature winters with low and so...

    Eduardo Fernandez, Hajar Mojahid, Erica Fadón in Regional Environmental Change (2022)

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    Opportunities of marker-assisted selection for Plum pox virus resistance in apricot breeding programs

    Evaluation of Plum pox virus (PPV) resistance is a laborious and expensive task, and the development of new accurate methods, including the use of molecular markers, would be very useful for breeding programs for...

    Manuel Rubio, David Ruiz, José Egea, Pedro Martínez-Gómez in Tree Genetics & Genomes (2014)

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    Birth Prevalence of Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Disorders in Iberia

    Mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation disorders (FAOD) are main targets for newborn screening (NBS) programs, which are excellent data sources for accurate estimations of disease birth prevalence. Epidemiologic...

    Hugo Rocha, Daisy Castiñeiras, Carmen Delgado, José Egea in JIMD Reports Volume 16 (2014)

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    Transmission of Fruit Quality Traits in Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) and Analysis of Linked Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

    Twelve important pomological traits related to fruit quality were studied during 3 years in an F1 apricot progeny of 160 seedlings derived from a cross between the Spanish selection ‘Z701-1’ and the South African...

    Juan Alfonso Salazar, David Ruiz, José Egea in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2013)

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    The relationship between xylem differentiation and dormancy evolution in apricot flower buds (Prunus armeniaca L.): the influence of environmental conditions in two Mediterranean areas

    Environmental and climatic conditions affect the flower bud growth, flowering and yield performance of fruit species. Temperature and water availability appear to be important factors for temperate fruit trees...

    Lucia Andreini, Raffaella Viti, Susanna Bartolini, David Ruiz, José Egea in Trees (2012)

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    Inheritance of Flowering Time in Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) and Analysis of Linked Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

    Time of flowering was studied during 3 years in a BC1 apricot progeny of 73 seedlings derived from a cross between the F1 selection “Z506-07” (“Orange Red” × “Currot”) and the Spanish cultivar “Currot”. Result...

    José Antonio Campoy, David Ruiz, José Egea in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2011)

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    Disruption of endosperm development: an inbreeding effect in almond (Prunus dulcis)

    A homozygous self-compatible almond, originated from self-fertilization of a self-compatible genotype and producing a reasonable yield following open pollination, exhibited a very high fruit drop rate when sel...

    Encarnación Ortega, Pedro J. Martínez-García, Federico Dicenta in Sexual Plant Reproduction (2010)