Modern databases in apple tree breeding

This review article presents data on the results of a study of an existing library collection NBG-NSC, as well as through search engines «Yandex», «Google», «Google Scholar», the electronic library «Elibrary.ru» and «Cyberleninka». As a result of the study, it was found that at the moment there are electronic databases on such crops as the apple tree, namely: «The main economically valuable, morphological and molecular genetic characteristics of representatives of the genus Malus Mill. with resistance to the main fungal pathogens of the south of Russia», «Agrobiological, cytological and molecular genetic characteristics of representatives of the genus Malus Mill. for use in breeding and horticulture in the south of Russia», «Database of physiological and biochemical indicators of the effect of biologically active substances on the resistance of apple cultivars to abiotic stressors in the south of Russia», etc. Russian scientists are working to create electronic methods for recognizing apple cultivars. This topic is also being studied abroad, the following databases have been developed: «Database on apple pests in the EU to support phytosanitary risk assessment», «Database on the functions of apple genes and gene families: integrated bioinformatics database for apple research», «Molecular genetic identification of apple cultivars based on microsatellite DNA analysis. I A database of 600 verified profiles». The creation of databases is important for the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens in connection with the active conduct of the breeding process. The existing databases are impressive for their sophistication in a specific field of scientific knowledge. However, they seem somewhat inconvenient for the full-fledged work of a breeder. There are great prospects for the development of a database that includes all the necessary indicators for the development of breeding programs for the creation of new cultivars of apple trees.

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