Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Accumulation of two distinct alleles causes astringency loss in cultivated polyploid persimmon
Yosuke Fujiwara, Soichiro Nishiyama, Noriyuki Onoue…·Ryutaro Tao
This study identifies the TAN gene as the causal factor for astringency loss in PCNA persimmon cultivars through haplotype-resolved forward genetics and long-read sequencing.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.31.762479