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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

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Wild (Crab) apple trees are ancestors and close relatives of domesticated apple trees (Malus × domestica or Malus pumila). There are at least 35 different species of wild apple, with the highest genetic diversity in Central, Inner Asia and West China region. The plants have a wide range of adaptation to different soil and climate conditions and resistance or tolerance to a number of biotic and abiotic stresses. Having the same basic chromosome number, and easily crossable with domestic apple, wild apples are valuable donors of novel traits for commercial apple cultivars. Besides this, wild apples are known worldwide as ornamental plants and are a potential source of health and medical products including polyphenols, pectins, and vitamins.

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Ignatov, A., Bodishevskaya, A. (2011). Malus. In: Kole, C. (eds) Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16057-8_3

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