
Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(9), P. 1320 - 1320
Published: April 27, 2025
Stone fruits (Prunus spp.) occupy a pivotal position in global fruit production due to their significant nutritional profile and distinctive organoleptic characteristics. Contemporary orchard systems are undergoing transformation through innovative cultivation approaches, notably high-density dwarfing systems, greenhouse cultivation, agri-tech integration, simplified management. As crucial agronomic component modern stone rootstock confer multi-benefits including enhanced environmental resilience, improved scion productivity, superior quality, controlled vigor, capacity. While the majority of European apple orchards have transitioned achieving substantial gains productivity profitability, lags significantly key gaps prunus development, genetic complexity, extended evaluation cycles, clonal propagation barriers, limited research programs. Urgent innovation is required address these challenges breeding meet demand sustainable production. This review systematically examines strategic objectives molecular methodologies with particular emphasis on marker-assisted selection genomic prediction technologies. We provide comprehensive synthesis achievements across major commercial cultivars, while proposing forward-looking strategies incorporating CRISPR-based genome editing multi-omics approaches. The synthesized insights establish theoretical pathway for advancing improvement management practices systems.
Language: Английский