TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gasi, Fuad
AU  - Pojskić, Naris
AU  - Stroil, Belma Kalamuji´c
AU  - Frøynes, Oddmund
AU  - Fotirić Akšić, Milica
AU  - Meland, Mekjell
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6341
AB  - In order to determine the pollinizer success rates between twelve apple cultivars in 2021 and 2022, 671 apple embryos were collected from 19 different orchards in Ullensvang (southwestern Norway) and Svelvik (southeastern Norway). Genomic DNA was extracted from the collected embryos and, afterward, a genetic characterization with 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers was conducted. An identical set of markers was also used on all twelve mother cultivars, as well as on six crabapple pollinizers, which were found in the investigated orchards. The obtained molecular data enabled paternity analyses to be performed with the objective of assigning a male parent to each embryo. The paternity analyses identified pollen donors for all, except for 3% of the embryos. In most cases, it was possible to identify the most successful pollinizers for each cultivar, with ‘Aroma’ and ‘Discovery’ being the most efficient pollen donors overall. Tree abundance seems to be a major factor in pollinizer success, while semi-cross-compatible characteristics represent a hindrance. Only 7% of the analyzed embryos were determined to have been fertilized by pollinizers outside the orchard, confirming the significance of pollinizer proximity for efficient pollination. © 2023 by the authors.
T2  - Agronomy
T2  - Agronomy
T1  - Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers
IS  - 4
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.3390/agronomy13041106
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Gasi, Fuad and Pojskić, Naris and Stroil, Belma Kalamuji´c and Frøynes, Oddmund and Fotirić Akšić, Milica and Meland, Mekjell",
year = "2023",
abstract = "In order to determine the pollinizer success rates between twelve apple cultivars in 2021 and 2022, 671 apple embryos were collected from 19 different orchards in Ullensvang (southwestern Norway) and Svelvik (southeastern Norway). Genomic DNA was extracted from the collected embryos and, afterward, a genetic characterization with 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers was conducted. An identical set of markers was also used on all twelve mother cultivars, as well as on six crabapple pollinizers, which were found in the investigated orchards. The obtained molecular data enabled paternity analyses to be performed with the objective of assigning a male parent to each embryo. The paternity analyses identified pollen donors for all, except for 3% of the embryos. In most cases, it was possible to identify the most successful pollinizers for each cultivar, with ‘Aroma’ and ‘Discovery’ being the most efficient pollen donors overall. Tree abundance seems to be a major factor in pollinizer success, while semi-cross-compatible characteristics represent a hindrance. Only 7% of the analyzed embryos were determined to have been fertilized by pollinizers outside the orchard, confirming the significance of pollinizer proximity for efficient pollination. © 2023 by the authors.",
journal = "Agronomy, Agronomy",
title = "Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers",
number = "4",
volume = "13",
doi = "10.3390/agronomy13041106"
}

Gasi, F., Pojskić, N., Stroil, B. K., Frøynes, O., Fotirić Akšić, M.,& Meland, M.. (2023). Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers. in Agronomy, 13(4).
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041106

Gasi F, Pojskić N, Stroil BK, Frøynes O, Fotirić Akšić M, Meland M. Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers. in Agronomy. 2023;13(4).
doi:10.3390/agronomy13041106 .

Gasi, Fuad, Pojskić, Naris, Stroil, Belma Kalamuji´c, Frøynes, Oddmund, Fotirić Akšić, Milica, Meland, Mekjell, "Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers" in Agronomy, 13, no. 4 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041106 . .