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Everything about Pear
Edible fruits from the genus Pyrus
Pears are a genus of trees, Pyrus, in the family Rosaceae, that bear an edible apple-like fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are cultivated for their fruit and juices, while others are grown as ornamental flowering trees. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PearA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The ethylene-responsive transcription factor PpERF9 represses PpRAP2.4 and PpMYB114 via histone deacetylation to inhibit anthocyanin biosynthesis in pearInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The fruits and fruit-trees of America, or, The culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit-trees generallyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeRCited 4,279 times
- Go sideways: Pyrus communisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Pyrus × bretschneideriA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
Noun A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
Noun The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
Noun Choke pear (a torture device).
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeR
Sex differences in human adipose tissues – the biology of pear shape
The genome of the pear ( Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)
Involvement of Hydrogen Peroxide in the Regulation of Senescence in Pear
Determination of phenolic acids and flavonoids of apple and pear by high-performance liquid chromatography
A new class of regulatory genes underlying the cause of pear-shaped tomato fruit
Antioxidant Activities of Sicilian Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus indica) Fruit Extracts and Reducing Properties of Its Betalains: Betanin and Indicaxanthin
Microencapsulation by spray drying of bioactive compounds from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica)
🆕 Influential since 2022
The ethylene-responsive transcription factor PpERF9 represses PpRAP2.4 and PpMYB114 via histone deacetylation to inhibit anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear
Light-responsive transcription factor PpWRKY44 induces anthocyanin accumulation by regulatingPpMYB10expression in pear
Unveiling Antimicrobial and Insecticidal Activities of Biosynthesized Selenium Nanoparticles Using Prickly Pear Peel Waste
Design and evaluation of an agrivoltaic system for a pear orchard
Characterization of prickly pear short fiber and red onion peel biocarbon nanosheets toughened epoxy composites
📚 Books worth reading
The fruits and fruit-trees of America, or, The culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit-trees generallyA. J. Downing, Charles Downing · 1845
Pear cultureThomas W. Field · 1858
The Happy PearDavid Flynn, Stephen Flynn · 2014
The pears of New YorkU. P. Hedrick · 1921
Apples & pearsGeorge Bunyard · 1911
Book of PearsJoan Morgan · 2015
PearsJanet Hazen · 1994
A treatise on the culture of the apple & pear and on the manufacture of cider & perryT. A. Knight · 1797
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
- Pyrus communis Pyrus communis, the common pear, is a species of pear native to central and eastern Europe, and western Asia. It is one of the most important fruits of…
- Pyrus × bretschneideri Pyrus × bretschneideri (or Pyrus bretschneideri), the ya pear or pearple or Chinese white pear (Chinese: 白梨; pinyin: báilí), is an interspecific hybrid…
- Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to southern China and northern Indochina that has been introduced to Korea, Japan and other parts of the…
- List of pear cultivars Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where…
- Shipova The shipova, scientific name × Pyraria irregularis, synonyms including × Sorbopyrus irregularis, is a hybrid of the European pear (Pyrus communis) and…
- Apple An apple is the round, edible fruit of an apple tree (Malus spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (Malus domestica), the most widely grown…
- Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyraster (syn. Pyrus communis subsp. pyraster), also called European wild pear, is a species of pear of the family Rosaceae. This wild pear and Pyrus…
- Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. Native to Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere, P. cerasifera…