1. Mark W. Davey,
Prof. Wannes Keuelmans
Dept. Biosystems,
KU Leuven
mark.davey@biw.kuleuven.be
http://www.biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst/plantenbiotechniek/Fruitgenetics/LFBB/
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2. Lab Fruit Breeding & Biotechnol
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3. Research Activities
Fruit quality
• antioxidants
• texture
• quality traits (taste,
acidity..)
Development Resistance
•flowering •abiotic stress
•pollination •biotic stress (Venturia
•fruit set inaequalis, storage..)
Tree architecture
•production efficiencies,
•yelds and yield predication
•correlative effects
HIGH QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE FRUIT PRODUCTION
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4. Research at KU Leuven
Projects:
1. QTL & marker development for fruit quality traits
2. Vitamin C , antioxidant metabolism and (a)biotic stress response
3. Genetic control of tree architecture
4. Proteomics of Malus - Venturia interactions
5. Pear-scab – Venturia pirina
6. Induced resistance and cross-tolerance to post-harvest Botrytis
infection in Malus
7. Polyploidisation as a means to manipulate crops stress tolerance
8. Carotenoid (vitamin A) metabolism and diversity in Musa
FruitBreedomics: WP3
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5. NGS - SNP Discovery
RNASeq 14 cultivars:
flower- and leaf buds
8 developmental stages,
7 old cv’s and 7 commercial cultivars
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6. NGS - SNP Discovery
reference
CDS
cv-1
cv-2
SNPs cv-1
SNPs cv-2
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7. Transcript Discovery
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8. APPLE 8K SNP CHIP
• Evaluation of Apple SNP-chip in germplasm
collection and mapping population
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9. KU Leuven
Thanks!
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