Apple rootstock breeding has achieved great progress worldwide.In this review,we first summarize the rootstock breeding targets and utilization in main apple-producing countries.Furthermore,we discuss the focus and im...Apple rootstock breeding has achieved great progress worldwide.In this review,we first summarize the rootstock breeding targets and utilization in main apple-producing countries.Furthermore,we discuss the focus and important research areas of apple rootstock breeding through five aspects:parent selection and setting of crosses,target genes and marker-assisted breeding,root configuration-guided breeding,apomictic resource utilization,and the application of genetic engineering.Finally,we propose an apple rootstock division plan for China,which has a large potential to provide guidance for apple rootstock breeding and utilization in different apple-producing areas of China.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Earmarked Fund for the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-27)Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Nutrition and Physiology),Ministry of AgricultureBeijing Nursery Engineering Research Center for Fruit Crops
文摘Apple rootstock breeding has achieved great progress worldwide.In this review,we first summarize the rootstock breeding targets and utilization in main apple-producing countries.Furthermore,we discuss the focus and important research areas of apple rootstock breeding through five aspects:parent selection and setting of crosses,target genes and marker-assisted breeding,root configuration-guided breeding,apomictic resource utilization,and the application of genetic engineering.Finally,we propose an apple rootstock division plan for China,which has a large potential to provide guidance for apple rootstock breeding and utilization in different apple-producing areas of China.
