Prunus

The genus Prunus includes about 430 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs naturally widespread throughout temperate regions. It belongs to the subfamily Prunoideae, within the Rosaceae family. While some species do not yield edible fruit and are used for decoration, others are grown commercially for fruit and 'nut' production. Most of these species are originally from Asia or Southern Europe, such as peach (Prunus persica), nectarine (P. persica var. nectarina), European plum (P. domestica), Japanese plum (P. salicina), apricot (P. armeniaca), mume or Japanese apricot (P. mume), sweet cherry (P. avium), sour cherry (P. cerasus) and almond (P. amygdalus).Fil: Vicente, Ariel Roberto. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. University Of Cranfield; Reino UnidoFil: Manganaris, George A.. Cyprus University of Technology. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science; GreciaFil: Cisneros Zevallos, Luis. Department of Horticultural Sciences, Food Science Program; Estados UnidosFil: Crisosto, Carlos H.. University of California; Estados Unido