Abstract
Prunus mume has a great ornamental and nutritional value. The species is considered as an important fruit crop due to its special values. It is distributed throughout Eastern Asia, while the largest production region is southern China. The fruits are used in Chinese traditional medicine.
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Gao, Z. (2019). Production and Academic Importance of Prunus mume. In: Gao, Z. (eds) The Prunus mume Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10797-0_1
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