Phenotypic and genomic signatures across wild Rosa species open new horizons for modern rose breeding

Bixuan Cheng1, Kai Zhao2, Meichun Zhou1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture and School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.

Nature Plants
|April 4, 2025
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