The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), a member of family Rhamnaceae, is a major dry fruit and a traditional herbal medicine for more than one billion people. Here we present a high-quality sequence for ...

ITHACA, NY--The high quality genome sequence of the dry jujube, along with sequences from trees throughout its range, have illuminated the domestication history of this ancient fruit tree, which ...

Jujubes are a subtropical fruit that can be grown in Southwest Florida as an alternative to apples. The fruit has a crisp, apple-like taste and is rich in Vitamin C. Jujube trees are drought-tolerant ...

Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree's domestication Genome will serve as a resource for jujube breeders working on improved cultivars Date: December 23, 2016 Source: Boyce Thompson Institute ...