Nectarine is a cultivar group of peach that has a smooth, fuzzless skin. Though fuzzy peaches and nectarines are commercially regarded as different fruits, with nectarines often erroneously believed to be a crossbreed between peaches and plums, or a "peach with a plum skin", they belong to the same species as peaches. Several genetic studies [1] have concluded in fact that nectarines are created due to a recessive gene, whereas a fuzzy peach skin is dominant. Nectarines have arisen many times from peach trees, often as bud sports. Under the ICNCP, a Cultivar Group is a gathering of cultivars. ... Binomial name (L.) Batsch Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Species See text. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dominance relationship. ... In genetics, the term dominant gene refers to the allele that causes a phenotype that is seen in a heterozygous genotype. ... A bud sport is a part of a plant or tree — for example, a leaf, shoot or flower — which due to a genetic mutation clearly differs from the rest of the plant, and which can also be grafted to grow new plants which retain this genetic difference. ...

Nectarines can be white or yellow, and clingstone or freestone, although nectarine skins are generally more reddish than those of peaches, contributing to the fruit's plum-like appearance. Regular peach trees occasionally produce a few nectarines, and vice versa. The former is more common, but nectarine trees can grow peaches if the nectarine tree receives pollen from a peach tree or contains a peach tree graft. Their flesh is generally moister, sweeter, and more easily bruised than peaches, although many peaches are identical in all aspects to nectarines except for the skin. The history of the nectarine is unclear; the first recorded mention is from 1616 in England, but they had probably been grown much earlier in central Asia. SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), prairie hollyhock (Sidalcea malviflora), oriental lily (Lilium auratum), evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... Graft may refer to: Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another. ... Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Nectarine

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Production trends

Peach and nectarine output in 2005

FAO reports that China and Italy were the top producers of peaches and nectarines in 2005. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/png)This bubble map shows the global distribution of peach and nectarine output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (China - 6,030,000 tonnes). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/png)This bubble map shows the global distribution of peach and nectarine output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (China - 6,030,000 tonnes). ... Possible meanings: Faro Airport (Portugal) Federation of Astrobiology Organizations Financial Aid Office Food and Agriculture Organization This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language. ...

Diseases

Main article: List of peach and nectarine diseases

They grow on trees. This article is a list of diseases of peaches and nectarines (Peach: Prunus persica; Nectarine: var. ...

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