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2019 ASHS Annual Conference

Cross Cultivar RNA-Seq: Challenges and Perspectives

Monday, July 22, 2019: 2:15 PM
Partagas 3 (Tropicana Las Vegas)
Loren A. Honaas, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, WA
Eric Wafula, Penn State, University Park, PA
Matthew Simenc, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Brittany Cook, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Heidi Hargarten, USDA, ARS, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory, Wenatchee, WA
David R. Rudell, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, WA
James P. Mattheis, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, WA
Claude W dePamphilis, Penn State, University Park, PA
Joshua Der, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Stephen P. Ficklin, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
John Hadish, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
The apple fruit marketplace is increasingly cultivar diverse. This diversity presents a number of production challenges, including identification of optimized postharvest practices. An emerging tool for postharvest apple fruit management is functional genomics. This approach can be leveraged to identify gene activity signatures that are associated with future fruit quality, which, with sufficient development can be deployed as biomarkers. However, the genetic diversity that is facilitating increased apple fruit marketplace diversity also presents key challenges for biomarker discovery and development. We discuss these challenges (for apples and more) and offer perspectives and solutions.
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