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Genetic Diversity Analysis Of 11 Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra L.) Cultivars And Development Of A Mapping Population, Steven Jacob Schneider Jr.
Genetic Diversity Analysis Of 11 Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra L.) Cultivars And Development Of A Mapping Population, Steven Jacob Schneider Jr.
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Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) production stands on the brink of potentially great market expansion that can only be realized if tree improvement increases such that commercial production becomes feasible. Breeding black walnut for thinner shell, disease resistance, and predictable nut yield are just three of the many agronomically important traits that could be improved using marker-assisted selection (MAS). The goal of this study was to incorporate microsatellite markers to characterize (genotype) 11 cultivars and establish a mapping population from a cross between ‘Football’ and ‘Sparrow’ (Ft x Sp). Phenology of these two cultivars coupled with marker characteristics …