Improvement of Fruit Tree Data Inclusion in EURISCO
Central crop databases exist for Malus, Prunus and Pyrus, but are no longer sustainable. Since 2015, the European database EURISCO has created the possibility to store characterisation & evaluation data. Unique genotype codes (MUNQ/PUNQ for...
Term: 2024-01-15 bis 2025-09-30Molecular basis of water soaking of strawberry
The project aims at the elucidation of the genetic mechanisms for the susceptibility of strawberries to rainwater-induced "water soaking". For this purpose, a segregating F1 population will be used for genetic and QTL mapping. Subsequently,...
Term: 2023-10-01 bis 2026-09-30Crop Wild Relatives for a sustainable fruit production in Europe
FRUITDIV will tackle all issues listed in the call HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-13 for wild, undomesticated species related to crops essential for human health and diet: apple, pear and stone fruit species (apricot, peach, plum, almond, cherry). It...
Term: 2024-01-01 bis 2028-01-31Development of molecular markers for breeding of climate-adapted pome and stone fruit cultivars with late flowering time
The project is divided into two subprojects, each to be performed by a research scientist. In subproject 1, the genetic mechanisms of bud dormancy in apple will be further elucidated. In parallel, subproject 2 focuses on the genetic mechanisms of...
Term: 2024-02-01 bis 2029-01-31Development and evaluation of interspecific hybrids - sweet cherry x apricot
The partly low genetic diversity in cherry cultivars has led to a reduced adaptability to changing cultivation and climatic conditions in recent decades. In individual fruit breeding programmes, interspecific hybridisations have therefore been used...
Term: 2022-11-01 bis 2025-11-30Selection of new rootstock cultivars for cherry growing
For the future cultivation of sweet cherries in Germany, new rootstocks are needed which will meet the future requirements of cherry growing and the climatic changes. In a previous project ZO-0042, five promising rootstock clones were selected....
Term: 2023-03-01 bis 2032-02-28European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning
JKI-ZO will participate in the Managemnet Committee and in Working Group 2. Working Group 2 will focus on updating, exchanging and sharing the latest technologies for diagnosis, therapy protocols for producing clean stocks, and evaluating the...
Term: 2022-10-24 bis 2026-10-23Elucidating the fire blight resistance inherited from Malus fusca and functional analyses of candidate genes underlying the resistance QTL on linkage group 10
The most environmentally friendly and sustainable strategy to control the risk of fire blight in pome fruit orchards is to breed resistant varieties using resistance genes. This is especially true since most commercial varieties are highly...
Term: 2023-01-01 bis 2025-12-31Generation of mutants for functional characterization of genes involved in flowering time regulation in apple
An impact of the advancing climate change can already be observed in the earlier flowering time of apples. The resulting increased risk of damage to the flower buds caused by spring frosts has a negative effect on yield stability and fruit quality....
Term: 2022-06-01 bis 2025-05-31Validation of candidate genes of apple in different soils and after application of different measures to control ARD
Apple Replant Disease (ARD) also referred to as soil fatigue describes the phenomenon that the soil loses its function as a growth medium after replanting the same species. As a result, replanted plants show poor vegetative development and reduced...
Term: 2022-04-01 bis 2025-03-31