Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Bunkyo-cho 3, Hirosaki 036–8561, Japan e-mail: tharada@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp Fax: +81-172-39-3750, Present address: T. Sunako, Bioscience Center and Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, JP;(2) Apple Research Center, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Shimokuriyagawa, Morioka 020-0123, Japan, JP;(3) Aomori Apple Experimental Station, Botandaira, Kuroishi 036-0332, Japan, JP |