Objective
Fruit Breedomics has as its strategic goal to improve the efficiency of fruit breeding by bridging the gap between scientific genetics research and application in breeding. Fruit Breedomics takes a multidisciplinary approach, including genetics, genomics, ecophysiology and bioinformatics, to improve the efficiency apple and peach breeding programmes by: i) developing new and adapted tools, ii) studying a wide range of traits to enlarge the coverage of selection criteria, iii) analysing and exploiting the wide genetic diversity available, iv) making the research outputs (valuable traits, genetic markers and genes, innovative tools and methodologies, new plant material) directly applicable for the breeders, v) establishing a stakeholder network. Fruit Breedomics will provide the European fruit tree sector with cutting-edge breeding tools to improve selection efficiency as well as superior pre-breeding material to meet grower and consumer demands for healthy cultivars of high quality that can be grown in sustainable agriculture systems in the context of climate change. The project will develop tailored molecular and bioinformatics tools to extensively exploit the diversity present in European germplasm collections and breeding populations. This will lead to the selection of desired favourable genes needed for improvement of main horticultural traits. The collected data will provide precious genetic information on the pool of genitors and founders to be used in future breeding programmes. The project will focus primarily on apple and peach, two major fruits in Europe, but many tools and much knowledge gained will also be of benefit to other species of the Rosaceae family via the strong ancestral relatedness among these species.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgenetics
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2010-4
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
75007 Paris
France
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Participants (25)
50250 Bet Dagan
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66200 ELNE
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3001 Leuven Heverlee
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5030 Gembloux
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00184 Roma
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48018 FAENZA RAVENNA
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8092 Zuerich
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3003 Bern
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38098 San Michele All'Adige
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75013 PARIS
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08140 Caldes De Montbui Barcelona
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06484 Quedlinburg
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69364 LYON
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26900 LODI
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508 01 Horice
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41309 San Jose De La Rinconada
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6708 PB Wageningen
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20122 Milano
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40126 Bologna
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RG6 6AH Reading
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0001 Pretoria
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1025 Auckland
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310027 HANGZHOU
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3000 Leuven
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39051 Vadena
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