First reports of allergic reactions to kiwi fruit occurred relatively late in 1981, when this exotic fruit was becoming more common in nutrition in western countries. The prevalence of kiwi fruit allergy seems to be low in food allergic individuals. Nevertheless IgE mediated reactions after ingestion of kiwi fruit can be most severe, as shown by several cases of anaphylactic shocks. Belonging t...

A recent re-emerging bacterial canker disease incited by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) is causing severe economic losses to Actinidia chinensis and A. deliciosa cultivations in southern Europe, New Zealand, Chile and South Korea. Little is known about the genetic features of this pathovar. We generated genome-wide Illumina sequence data from two Psa strains causing outbreaks of bact...

Dioecism and an extended juvenile phase of 3–7 years in kiwifruit hinder the progress breeding new cultivars. The identification fruit-bearing females at early stage growth is crucial for breeders. Consequently, molecular markers have become a key tool identifying female male plants development. Several efforts were made to identify PCR-based sex linked Actinidia; however, those are characteriz...

The genetic diversity of 52 kiwifruit wild germplasms, which were collected by the germplasm nursery Guangxi Institute Botany, was studied using start-codon-targeted (SCoT) molecular markers. objective to understand relationships germplasms. results showed that a total 113 bands amplified from germplasms 10 primers (9–17 per primer, 11.3 on average), 103 (91.15%) polymorphic (10.3 primer). iden...

The MADS-domain transcription factor SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1 (SOC1) is one of the key integrators of endogenous and environmental signals that promote flowering in the annual species Arabidopsis thaliana. In the deciduous woody perennial vine kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.), environmental signals are integrated to regulate annual cycles of growth and dormancy. Accumulation of chill...