In this study, we cloned and sequenced PCR products from S-RNase alleles of 12 cultivars to determine their SRNase genotypes or S haplotypes. We identified a novel S 11 -RNase, which was previously misidentified as S 6 -RNase. In addition, the first and second intron sizes of S 1 -to S 11 -, and S f -RNases were presented. Since differences among the second intron sizes of S 3 -, S 9 -, and S 10 -RNases, as well as those among S 5 -, S 6 -, and S 11 -RNases, appeared to be very small, we developed primer sets for allele-specific PCR amplification to distinguish these S-RNase alleles. Consequently, 12 S-RNase alleles could be distinguished by PCR amplification using consensus primers for the second intron and/or the allele-specific primer sets. Using these PCR amplification, we determined SRNase genotypes of 14 cultivars, including 'Kagajizo' (S 6 S 10 ), 'Baigo' (S 6 S 10 ), and 'Orihime' (S 11 S f ), whose SRNase genotypes have been updated. The DNA sequence information for S-RNases and the allele-specific primer sets developed in this study would be useful for future S-RNase genotyping and thus S haplotyping in Japanese apricot.