Tag Archives: grape breeding
Exploring the genetics behind flower sex in grapevines
Team members Tim Martinson, Cheng Zou, Qi Sun, Jason Londo, Mélanie Massonnet and Dario Cantu have a new article featured in October’s edition of Wine Business Monthly. The article explores the complex origins of flower sex in grapevines. Grapevine sex … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, DNA sequencing, flower sex, grape breeding, grapevines, sex determination, VitisGen2
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Breeding Insight brings bioinformatics to specialty crop breeding. VitisGen2 brings technology to the table
By Tim Martinson and Michelle Podolec. Public and private breeders of commodity crops such as maize and soybeans have long used sophisticated bioinformatics, statistical tools, and ‘big data’ to guide their breeding programs. These tools increasingly leverage detailed DNA sequence … Continue reading
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Tagged bioinformatics, Breeding Insight, DNA sequencing, genome assembly, grape breeding, table grape, VitisGen2
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“Research in Plain English” article on how fine mapping of leaf trichome density revealed trait location in a cold-hardy hybrid wine grape populations now available
The new “Research In Plain English” on how fine mapping of leaf trichome density revealed the trait’s location in a cold-hardy wine grape population is available now. VitisGen2 team members Matt Clark and Lu Yin describe their team’s work fine mapping … Continue reading
Central Role of Mapping Populations in Marker-Assisted Grape Breeding
VitisGen2 is excited to announce a new article from team members Tim Martinson and Bruce Reisch of Cornell Agritech, and Rebecca Weipz of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Peninsular Agricultural Research Station.
Getting the Perfect Cluster Shape: Defining Table & Wine Grape Traits with DNA Markers
Getting the Perfect Cluster Shape: Defining Table & Wine Grape Traits with DNA Markers USDA Scientist Rachel Naegele, UM professor Matt Clark, and Cornell Extension Associate Tim Martinson describe how image analysis is being used in the VitisGen2 project on mapping … Continue reading
“Research in Plain English” Article on Grape Color
The new “Research In Plain English” is available now : “Quantifying grape color“
Anne Fennell named Distinguished Professor!
Dr. Anne Fennell recognized for numerous research contributions A primary investigator and member of the VitisGen2 breeding and genetics teams, Anne was named as a distinguished professor at the SDSU’s annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence. Read more about the event … Continue reading
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Qi Sun, Anne Fennell and Dario Cantu participate in INTEGRAPE meeting in Greece.
The Integrape meeting is focused on developing FAIR (Findable, Accesible, Interoperable and Reusable) standards to harmonize databases on Vitis genomics, genetics, and breeding. Report written by Qi Sun and Anne Fennell Integrape (http://www.integrape.eu) is a cooperation network sponsored by European Cooperation … Continue reading
“American Vineyard” article on table grape breeding
Tim Martinson, Craig Ledbetter and Rachel Naegele wrote an article for “American Vineyard” magazine about how VitisGen2 is using marker assisted selection to breed new table grape varieties with deeper coloration. You can read the full article!