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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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“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!