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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.

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Staff Spotlight on Cheng Zou

VitisGen2 team member Cheng Zou, postdoctoral researcher in Qi Sun’s lab at Cornell University, talks about finding a core-genome markers for comparing genotypic data across all grape species, and the applications for marker assisted selection and quantitative trait mapping! Don’t … Continue reading

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“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!

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VitisGen table grape breeders focus on color in “American Vineyard” article

In an article published in “American Vineyard” magazine in March 2019, VitisGen2 team members Tim Martinson, Craig Ledbetter and Rachel Naegele discuss how table grape breeders are using marker assisted selection to expedite the development of new varieties with nice, deep, … Continue reading

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