The Major Origin of Seedless Grapes Is Associated with a Missense Mutation in the MADS-Box Gene .

Seedlessness is greatly prized by consumers of fresh grapes. While stenospermocarpic seed abortion determined by the () locus is the usual source of seedlessness in commercial grapevine () cultivars, the underlying mutation remains unknown. Here, we undertook an integrative approach to identify the causal mutation.