C. Ranatunga
Plant & Food Research
8 Papers
36 Citations
C. Ranatunga is an academic researcher from Plant & Food Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Powdery mildew & Gene. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications. Previous affiliations of C. Ranatunga include HortResearch.
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Papers
A microRNA allele that emerged prior to apple domestication may underlie fruit size evolution
Jia-Long Yao,Juan Xu,Juan Xu,Amandine Cornille,Amandine Cornille,Sumathi Tomes,Sakuntala Karunairetnam,Zhiwei Luo,H. Bassett,Claire Whitworth,Jonathan Rees-George,C. Ranatunga,Alodie Snirc,Alodie Snirc,Ross N. Crowhurst,Nihal De Silva,Ben Warren,Cecilia H. Deng,Satish Kumar,David Chagné,Vincent G. M. Bus,Richard K. Volz,Erik H. A. Rikkerink,Susan E. Gardiner,Tatiana Giraud,Tatiana Giraud,Robin M. MacDiarmid,Robin M. MacDiarmid,Andrew P. Gleave +28 more
TL;DR: This finding supports the view that the selection for large size in apple fruit was initiated prior to apple domestication, likely by large mammals, before being subsequently strengthened by humans, and helps to explain why signatures of genetic bottlenecks and selective sweeps are normally weaker in perennial crops than in annual crops.
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Postharvest assessment of fruit quality parameters in apple using both instruments and an expert panel
Nnadozie Oraguzie,Peter A. Alspach,Richard K. Volz,Claire J. Whitworth,C. Ranatunga,Rosemary Weskett,Roger Harker +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a trial, undertaken in the 2003 fruiting season, which was designed to measure the various sources of expert perception error in order to help devise an optimal strategy for postharvest fruit quality assessment.
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A partial diallel study of powdery mildew resistance in six apple cultivars under three growing conditions with different disease pressures
TL;DR: Findings suggest that progeny selection at Clyde will be sufficient for breeding purposes, and the mostly negative genetic correlations between powdery mildew scores and fruit quality attributes suggest that selecting for powdery Mildew resistance and desirable fruit quality traits may not be difficult.
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