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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)