Incorporating fire blight resistance into Washington apple cultivars

Author: Jay Norelli, Kate Evans

Published: 2014

Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1. Identify the best M. sieversii (wild apple) accessions to be used as sources of fire blight resistance in the WSU apple breeding program. 2. Establish planting of RosBREED apple Crop Reference Set and Washington State Breeding Pedigree Set in Wenatchee, WA for future fire blight evaluation.

Keywords:

• Apple
• Fire blight resistance
• Genetic resources
• Malus sieversii
• Horticulture