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“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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Tagged Ann Fennell, grape breeding, grape genetics, recognitions, VitisGen2
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Staff spotlight with new project manager, Ugo Ikeogu
We recently mentioned that VitisGen2 has a new project manager, Ugo Ikeogu. We’re very excited to have him on board! We’ve asked him a few questions about his background, extensive experience with genetics and phenotyping, what he’s looking forward to … Continue reading
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Tagged grape genetics, grape phenotyping, Project Management, Staff Spotlight, Ugo Ikeogu, VitisGen2
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New RIPE article on genetic linkage mapping
Our new “Research In Plain English” article is now available: “A new locus associated with downy mildew resistance is found by creating a more accurate genetic linkage map” Our VitisGen2 teams are doing a lot of great work learning about … Continue reading
New Technology for Next-gen DNA Sequencing Validated by the VitisGen2 Project
A new technology called rhAmpSeq™ is allowing grape geneticists and breeders to rapidly find and validate 2000 markers in diverse grape varieties and species. These ‘core genome markers’ provide a new set of mileposts that were used during a pilot … Continue reading
Why the World’s Most Popular Wine Grapes Are Vulnerable to a Pandemic
An article by Jen Pinkowski in Mental Floss discusses the lack of genetic diversity in the most commonly cultivated V. vinifera grapes. “The vast majority of wine produced across the world derives from a single grapevine species: Vitis vinifera. The … Continue reading
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Tagged grape diversity, grape genetics, Jen Pinkowski, Mental Floss, Viewpoint, Vitis vinifera
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Webinar – Automated Evaluation of Grape Breeding Progeny to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck
April 19th 2018, 2pm EST – Automated Evaluation of Grape Breeding Progeny to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck – watch recording While genetic information is becoming inexpensive, measuring attributes of interest such as disease resistance or cluster architecture has been a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Underhill, grape cluster architecture, grape disease resistance, grape genetics, grape mapping populations, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Rachel Naegele, VitisGen2
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Grape Breeders No Longer Flying Blind
Wines & Vines, March 2018 issue By Tim Martinson “For grape breeders and geneticists, the previous trickle of scarce genetic knowledge has turned into a flood of DNA sequence information. For the first time, there is enough sequence information to … Continue reading
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Tagged grape breeding, grape genetics, grape genome, Quantitative Trait Locus, Tim Martinson, Wines and Vines
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