Tag Archives: Tim Martinson
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.
Grape mapping populations reveal genetic variation in bloom and fruit development
by Tim Martinson, Al Kovaleski, and Bruce Reisch On June 29, I photographed clusters from Bruce Reisch’s three VitisGen mapping populations. Parents are Cornell hybrid cultivar Horizon (with perfect flowers), Illinois 547-1 (a male vine), Vitis cinerea (late blooming male … Continue reading
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
“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!
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
“The Phenotyping Bottleneck” – new Wines and Vines article
A new article by Tim Martinson and Lance Cadle-Davidson was published in the December issue of Wines and Vines. The full pdf of the article is available at “The Phenotyping Bottleneck: How grape breeders link desired traits to DNA markers“.
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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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