Identification of the most relevant aspects to explore by association mapping strategies

Summary
Main traits that will be explored include: oil quantity, polyphenols content, acidity composition, tree habit, fruit size, pulp/stone ratio, harvesting season, drought and cold tolerance, diseases (Spilocaea oleagina, Pseudomonas savastanoi, Verticillium dahliae, etc). Markers linked to these traits will be searched by the approach of association mapping.