Publications and Presentations

Articles of Interest

Genome mapping of postzygotic hybrid necrosis in an interspecific pear population.
Sara Montanari, et al.
2016. doi:10.1038/hortres.2015.64 in Horticulture Research 3
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A QTL detected in an interspecific pear population confers stable fire blight resistance across different environments and genetic backgrounds.
Sara Montanari, et al.
2016. doi:10.1007/s11032-016-0473-z in Molecular Breeding 36
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Comparison of Accessions from the UK and US National Pear Germplasm Collections with a Standardized Set of Microsatellite Markers.
K.M. Evans, F. Fernández-Fernández, N. Bassil, A. Nyberg, J. Postman.
2015. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1094.2 in Acta Horticulturae 1094
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Genetic mapping of Cacopsylla pyri resistance in an interspecific pear (Pyrus spp.) population.
Sara Montanari, et al.
August 2015. Tree Genetics & Genomes
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The Draft Genome Sequence of European Pear (Pyrus communis L. ‘Bartlett’)
David Chagné, Ross Crowhurst, Massimo Pindo, Amali Thrimawithana, Cecilia Deng, Hilary Ireland, Mark Fiers, Helge Dzierzon, Alessandro Cestaro, Paolo Fontana, Luca Bianco, Ashley Lu, Roy Storey, Mareike Knäbel, Munazza Saeed, Sara Montanari, et al.
April 3, 2014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092644
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Identification of Pyrus Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Evaluation for Genetic Mapping in European Pear and Interspecific Pyrus Hybrids.
Sara Montanari, et al.
October 14, 2013. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077022
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The genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)
Jun Wu, et al.
Genome Res. 2013. 23: 396-408
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California Pears Research Reports
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