Color is an important agronomic trait of pears, and the anthocyanin content of fruit is immensely significant for pear coloring. In this study, an anthocyanin-activating R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene, PyMYB10.1, was isolated from fruits of red sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia cv. Aoguan). Alignments of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences suggested that PyMYB10.1 was involved in anthocyanin r...

Pear skin stains on 'Niitaka' pears, which occur from the growing stage to the cold storage stage, reportedly negatively influence the marketing of pears. These stains on fruit skin are likely due to a pathogenic fungus that resides on the skin and is characterized by dark stains; however, the mycelium of this fungus does not penetrate into the sarcocarp and is only present on the cuticle layer...

background :    proteus spp. belongs to the family of enterobacteriaceae . these bacteria are gram-negative and motile microorganisms and known as the third most common causes of urinary tract infections. the aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of some secondary metabolites from probiotic strains of lactobacillus spp. on swarming and growth of proteus mirabilis and p. vulgar...

We developed 22 SSRs by using 3 approaches, RAHM (random amplified hybridization microsatellites), 5’ anchored PCR methods and an enriched genomic library. Seventy of 22 SSRs could be successfully amplified for Pyrus spp., which showed highly polymorphic. Sixty Asian pear accessions from 6 Pyrus species were genetically identified by 9 SSR markers with a total of 133 putative alleles. The SSR m...