GRAPEINNOVATION · Molecular, genetic and cellular study of grapevine seedless genotypes from different origins as new genetic sources for innovation in table grapevine breeding
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2020-09-01 → 2022-10-31
- EU contribution
- €172,932
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF
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Results in brief
Molecular, genetic and cellular study of grapevine seedless genotypes from different origins as new genetic sources for innovation in table grapevine breeding
Genetic research worldwide has been moving towards the application of very rich and diverse cultivars with invaluable genetic potential and establishment of new hybrids and novel cultivars to become more attractive for both market demands and consumer’s tastes. A wide understanding of the genetic variation for seedlessness, therefore, is paramount to boost the success of table grape breeding and fulfill such demands. Most breeding programs and marker assisted selection (MAS) focused on the generation of new table grape cultivars combining seedlessness with berry quality traits, such as large size, muscat flavour, crispiness, high yield, tolerance to diseases and adaptability to global climate change. The expansion of the genetic diversity of table grape varieties and hybrids with demanded characteristics for table grapevines innovation would be a suitable strategy to fulfill these needs and can become a base for new trends and prospects in the international fresh and dry food trade, competitiveness of breeding programs promoting the economic growth and national agriculture autonomy. The general goal of this project was to widen the genetic sources of seedlessness in grapevine, to increase the genetic diversity used in breeding programs and improve their innovation. In this proposal we planed to perform a multidisciplinary approach to understand the cellular, genetic and molecular basis of new seedless grape variants. We were proposing the following Specific Aims: 1. Identification and initial characterization of seedless accessions from Armenian, Spanish and Italian collections, genetic confirmation of their variety genotype, morphological and histological characterization and sequence analyses of VviAGL11 gene related to seedlessness. 2. Genetic and molecular characterization of mutations responsible for seedlessness in seedless (parthenocarpic) cultivar Corinto Bianco. 3. Comparative genetic and phenotypic characterization of polyploid seedless samples derived from Corinto bianco polyploid seeds.
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Project objective
Nowadays situation in the EU and global table grape market with out of season fresh or raisin produce is quite challenging: grape growers meet a rapidly increasing interest and different demands for appreciated quality traits. Table grape production rapidly shifted from seeded grapes to a seedless which is greatly prized by consumers, commercially valuable agronomic trait and a new trend both for fresh grapes and raisins production. Due to advances in technology and possibility to use different sources of seedlessness with different genetic backgrounds this field has the potential for rapid transformation in the table grapevine production especially relevant in EU and Armenia. The general goal of GRAPEINNOVATION is to widen the genetic sources of seedlessness in grapevine, as a contribution to increase the genetic diversity and as a source of innovation in combining valuable traits for breeding of elite table and raisin grape cultivars. In this proposal I will perform a multidisciplinary approach to understand the cellular, genetic and molecular basis of seedlessness in different grapevine variants. I plan to identify seedless genotypes from diverse origins and to shed light on the genetic and molecular basis of parthenocarpy and its use in the production of table and raisins seedless varieties. In this way, I will open a plethora of possibilities for my future research and career. Grapevine genetic resources with different sources of seedlessness can be valuable material for the improvement of table grape production, competitiveness of breeding programs promoting the economic growth and national agriculture autonomy in EU and Armenia. The proposed project will be implemented in the VITIGEN research groups at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV) (Logrono, Spain) belonging to Agencia Estatal CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) and with a secondment in the Agriculture, Food and Environment Center at the University of Trento, Italy.
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Participants
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridCoordinatorSpain
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