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Laimburg Research Centre for Agricultureand Forestry
Thomas Letschka, Walter Guerra
Fruit Breedomics AMPrague, 8-2-2012
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Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
Starting in 1975 as a fruit and wine growing institution, Laimburg Research Centre has now transformed itself into a modern and dynamic agricultural research centre widely recognised in Europe.
MissionOn our research grounds and in our laboratories we conduct research and development to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of agriculture in South Tyrol by bringing innovation to practice.
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1996 First manual pollinations
Until now > 200 combinations
> 30,000 seedlings
2012 First pilot orchards with 5 favourite varieties
Breeding target up to now: quality
Starting with 2012 Integrate resistance into breeding
programme
Apple breeding @ Laimburg: Status quo
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2001-2003
Cooperative project with DCA University BolognaDevelopment of methods for MAS in apple breeding
2003-2007
EU Project HiDRASHigh-quality Disease Resistant Apples for a Sustainable Agriculture
2010-2011
American NRI Project with FEM San MicheleFunctional gene markers for Rosaceae tree fruit texture
2011-2015
EU Project Fruit Breedomics An integrated approach for increasing breeding efficiency in fruit tree crops
International projects on apple breeding
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Input into Fruit Breedomics
Provide progenies for analysis in WP3
– Fuji x Pinova, Gala x Pinova, Gala x Cripps Pink
– Phenotypic datasets for agronomic traits and traits linked to fruit quality
(HiDRAS)
– Plant material for genotypic analysis
Performance of FlexQTL analysis for the identification of QTLs for a selected
fruit quality trait (6 MM)