Malus/Pyrus Working Group - Documents and publications of interest

• Bramel PJ, Volk G. 2019. A global strategy for the conservation and use of apple genetic resources. Global Crop Diversity Trust. Bonn, Germany. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34072.34562

• Denance C, Ordidge M, Lateur M, Durel CE (2019). Molecular characterization of a very large set of European pear accessions with SSR markers (514,8 KB). Poster presented at the XV EUCARPIA Fruit Breeding and Genetics Symposium, 3-7 June 2019, Prague – Suchdol, Czech Republic.
• Gasi F, Kurtovic M, Akagic-Begic A, Spaho N, Drkenda P, Meland M, Grahic J. Evaluation of apple and pear genetic resources in Bosnia-Herzegovina with the aim of sustainable, commercial utilization. Poster presented at the EUCARPIA Genetic Resources section meeting, 11-13 June 2013, Alnarp, Sweden.
• Lācis G. 2013. Application of DNA fingerprinting methods for fruit crop genetic resources characterization in Latvia. Poster presented at the EUCARPIA Genetic Resources section meeting, 11-13 June 2013, Alnarp, Sweden.

• Dumont, B., Rondia, A., Delpierre, L., Dupont, P., Donis, T., Ferrier, V. et al. (2025) 'Safeguarding, evaluating and valorizing fruit tree genetic resources in Belgium: insights from nearly half a century of unsprayed orchard management', Genetic Resources, 2, pp. 185–202. https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.JWFV3378

• Dumont, B., Schmitz, S., Mulot, E., Ghesquiere, A., Chandelier, A. and Lateur, M. (2024) 'First report of Diplocarpon coronariae causing apple blotch disease of apple tree in Belgium', New Disease Reports, 50, p. e70003. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.70003

• Đurić, G., Skytte af Sätra, J., Gaši, F. et al. (2024) 'Genetic diversity of apple heirloom germplasm in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as revealed by SNP markers', Tree Genetics & Genomes, 20, p. 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01658-6

• Larsen, B., Howard, N.P., Denancé, C. et al. (2024) 'Cultivar fingerprinting and SNP-based pedigree reconstruction in Danish heritage apple cultivars utilizing genotypic data from multiple germplasm collections in the world', Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02104-1

• Larsen, B., van Dooijeweert, W., Durel, C.E. et al. (2024) 'SNP genotyping Dutch heritage apple cultivars allows for germplasm characterization, curation, and pedigree reconstruction using genotypic data from multiple collection sites across the world', Tree Genetics & Genomes, 20, p. 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01655-9

• Đurić, G., Skytte af Sätra, J., Gaši, F. et al. Genetic diversity of apple heirloom germplasm in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as revealed by SNP markers. Tree Genetics & Genomes 20, 28 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01658-6

• Larsen, B., Howard, N.P., Denancé, C. et al. Cultivar fingerprinting and SNP-based pedigree reconstruction in Danish heritage apple cultivars utilizing genotypic data from multiple germplasm collections in the world. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02104-1

• Larsen, B., van Dooijeweert, W., Durel, CE. et al. SNP genotyping Dutch heritage apple cultivars allows for germplasm characterization, curation, and pedigree reconstruction using genotypic data from multiple collection sites across the world. Tree Genetics & Genomes 20, 21 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01655-9 

• Gyurkó, A., Baktay, B., Varga, A., & Szani, Z. (2023). Complex evaluation of wild pear. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment, 15(1), 66-73. doi: 10.2478/ausae-2023-0006

• Kajkut Zeljković M, Bosančić B, Đurić G,  Flachowsky H,  Garkava-Gustavsson L. 2021. Genetic diversity of pear germplasm in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as revealed by SSR markers (946,0 KB). Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108(1):71–78. DOI 10.13080/z-a.2021.108.010

• Nybom, H., Lācis, G. 2021. Recent Large-Scale Genotyping and Phenotyping of Plant Genetic Resources of Vegetatively Propagated Crops. Plants, 10, 415. https:// doi.org/10.3390/plants10020415 

• Evans KM, Fernández-Fernández F, Govan C. 2009. Harmonising fingerprinting protocols to allow comparisons between germplasm collections – Pyrus. In: Socias y Company R, Espiau MT, Alonso JM, editors. Proceedings of the Twelfth Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics, 20 March 2009, Zaragoza, Spain. Acta Horticulturae 814:103-106.
• Fernandez, F. F. 2013.  Common set of ECPGR SSR markers for Malus characterization. Pp. 26-27 (abstract of presentation) In: Lateur M., Ordidge M., Engels J. and Lipman E. Report of a Working Group on Malus/Pyrus. Fourth Meeting, 7-9 March 2012, Weggis, Switzerland. Bioversity International , Rome, Italy.

Pear descriptors 

• IBPGR/CEC, 1983
• ECPGR, 2022

Apple descriptors

• IBPGR/CEC 1982
• ECPGR, 2022

Service tree descriptors

• Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2025