Institut für Rebenzüchtung
Grapevine is one of our oldest crop grown for millenia. Nevertheless, this woody plant with long generation cycles and strong inbreeding depression causes problems, when genes encoding relevant characteristics are to be localized and analyzed. Genetic maps are only becoming available recently. For this reason, high molecular weight DNA and recombinant clones derived thereof are employed for the physical isolation of DNA corresponding to important regions for breeding purposes to make them accessible to detailed moelcular studies.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity
