Brian Crawford, Margaret Worthington, and Nahla V. Bassil. This success story describes how an international research team, led by scientists at the Pairwise company, collaborated to uncover the genes responsible for “prickleless” (also called “thornless”) canes in caneberries. This enables breeders to efficiently develop develop prickle-free blackberry and raspberry cultivars, reducing labor costs, improving worker safety, and accelerating the release of improved varieties.
NPGS Blackberries – Prickleless Canes
