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Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural Crops (JKI-ZG)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The research of the Institute is aimed at the improvement of horticultural crops grouped in vegetables, ornamentals and medicinal and aromatic plants. In particular, the results are a valuable contribution to promoting agricultural policies focused on ecologically sound farming and a sustainable horticultural production of high-quality plants.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Coordinated projects
- Adaptation and evaluation of a new CMS-system (Cytoplasmatic-Male-Sterile) for breeding of carrot habrids as well as establishment of a resistance test to Alternaria dauci
- Analytical and molecular chararacterization of volatiles in apple fruits
- Apple and strawberry MADS-box genes and their function in plant developmental pathways
- Assessment of a putative risk for transgene flow in apple
- Assessment of the pathogenicity of Alternaria alternata on carrot (Daucus carota L.)
- Breeding and evaluation of sweet cherries with large fruit size
- Breeding of apple cultivars with high resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens and high fruit quality for integrated and biological production systems.
- Breeding of pear cultivars with resistance to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)
- Broadening of genetic variability for resistance improvement of vegetable crops in Brassica oleracea by means of chromosome addition
- Building of a breeding program to develop resistant varieties of strawberries with special suitability for organic farming
- Characterization and evaluation of the Fragaria wild species collection of the fruit genebank
- Characterization of agro-morphological and phytochemical diversity of Nigella sativa germplasm collection and development of EST-SSR markers
- Characterization of cherry cultivars regarding their pomological traits
- Characterization of pathotype-specificity and stability of resistance to Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) in lines of cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
- Collaborative action for updating, documenting and communicating the cherry patrimonial richness in EU
- Collaborative project: Breeding of apple varieties with resistance to climate-related stress – Subproject A
- Collaborative project: Breeding of Black Carrot Varieties high in Anthocyanins for Farming in Germany and Suitable to obtain a Natural Color Extract – Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of a digital monitoring system for EU regulated non-quarantine pests in orchards and fruit breeding - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Development of aroma mints (Mentha spp.) with improved sensory quality and higher yield stability - Subproject A
- Collaborative project: Development of high performance and generative duplicable lines of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) by conventional production of homozygous lines as a condition for synthetics or hybrids; Subproject 1: JKI
- Collaborative project: Development of new raspberry breeding clones with improved resistance to cane diseases for German fruit production, Subproject 1
- Collaborative Project: Development, characterization and breeding of parsley-lines (Petroselinum crispum) with resistance to the agent of Septoria leaf blotch (Septoria petroselini) – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Establishment of a breeding program aimed on the selction of productive raspberry cultivars with improved resistance to fungal cane diseases – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Mapping of resistance genes against Aphanomyces euteiches, an important pathogen of the pea root rot complex by using a microarray. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Potato breeding for investigation and establishment of increased resistance to pectinolytic bacteria - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Utilisation of new resources of resistance in the genus Gaultheria against the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides - Subproject 1
- Common ECPGR protocols and tools available for characterization & evaluation of malus/pyrus genetic resources
- Creation of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) lines with stable male sterility
- Creation of new variability of Pelargonium by using the protoplast fusion
- Deciphering the function and evolution of the iconic heterostyly supergene in primroses
- Development and application of innovatiove selection strategies in berry fruit breeding
- Development and application of resistance screening methods to economically important fungi of carrots (Daucus carota) particularly to black rot disease caused by Alternaria radicina Meier, Drechsler and Eddy
- Development and characterization of interspecific hybrids for cherry breeding
- Development and evaluation of basic material with resistance to Monilia blossom blight, Monilinia laxa, on sour cherry
- Development and evaluation of sweet cherry clones resistant to leaf spot, Blumeriella jaapii
- Development and selection of early ripening sweet cherries with high fruit quality
- Development and selection of pear genotypes with resistance to fire blight
- Development of a method for the evaluation of genetic ressources of the genus Prunus for resistance to fungal disease Monilia laxa in European fruit production
- Development of a resistance screening method to the Asparagus virus 1 (AV-1) in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.)
- Development of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) resistant to the Aspaargus virus 1 (AV-1)
- Development of breeding requirements for the development of garden asparagus resistant to the Asparagus vitus 1(AV-1)
- Development of coloured carrots for organic production
- Development of interspecific hybrid plants between Daucus carota and Apium graveolens by somatic hybridization
- Development of lines with higher yield and essential oil for summer annual and winter annual caraway (Carum carvi) (BIOKUE-Linie)
- Development of molecular markers for breeding apple cultivars with durable scab and powdery mildew resistance
- Development of new carrot genotypes with a high anthocyanin content for the production a natural food colour, suitable to growing under German environmental conditions
- Development of sour cherry cultivars with pillar growth habit
- Development of suitable methods for somatic cell hybridisation of Pelargonium as prerequisite for opening up of new genetic resources
- Development of sweet cherry cultivars with high fruit quality, self-fertility and tolerance to diseases
- Enhancement of the genetic variability in Pelargonium by utilisation of species of the section Pelargonium
- Enlargement of the genetic variability of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) to improve resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and quality associated compounds
- Enlargement of the genetic variability of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) to improve resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and quality associated compounds
- Entwicklung ertragreicher Sauerkirschsorten mit hoher Produktqualität und Resistenz gegenüber pilzlichen und bakteriellen Schaderregern sowie Spätfrosttoleranz
- Establishment of a breeding orchard for sweet and sour cherries under organic cultivation conditions
- Establishment of a propagation system for ecologically produced strawberry plants within the frame of a joint research project focusing on the development of an ecologic system for the maintenance of strawberry mother plants
- Establishment of an efficient regeneration system for protoplasts of Hydrangea ssp. as first prerequisite for the utilization of somatic hybridisation for creation new genetic variability of Hydrangea
- Establishment of duplicate collections in the German Fruit Genbank in apple, cherry and strawberry
- Establishment of recombinase vector system in apple to generate transgenic plants with increased resistence to fungal pathogens
- EVA carrot - Evaluation and genotyping of European landraces of carrot (Daucus carota sativus Hoffm.)
- Evaluation of a virus elimination approach by cryopreservation of strawberry genetic resources
- Evaluation of genetic resources in genus Pelargonium
- Evaluation of genetic resources to enhancement of tolerance to biotic stress in Rhododendron simsii
- Evaluation of methods for improving genetic diversity of alternative crops considering caraway (Carum carvi L.) as example
- Evaluation of raspberry and strawberry genetic ressources for resistance to spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) as base for the supply of resistance cultivars to German fruit production
- Evaluation of strawberry cultivars and German apple cultivars with regard to fruit quality determining traits
- Evaluation of the fire blight sensitivity and fungal infections of apple and pear cultivars in the Fruit genebank of JKI
- Fine mapping of economically important genes in carrot (Daucus carota L.)
- Fine mapping, cloning and characterization of fire blight resistance genes from Malus fusca
- Fire blight resistance of the wild apple species Malus fusca - mapping, gene isolation and functional characterization
- Flowcytometrical analysis in the collections of the wild species and cultivars of the fruit gene bank
- Fruit Breedomics - integrated approach for increasing breeding efficiency for fruit tree crops
- Generation of homozygous lines of caraway (Carum carvi) with high yield efficiency as prerequisite for synthetic varieties
- Genetic and molecular characterization of fungal resistance genes in apple
- Genetic and molecular characterization of genes involved in production of important volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in carrots
- Genetic and molecular characterization of resistance to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla in carrots (Daucus carota)
- Genetic and phytopathological characterization of resistance mechanisms to E. amylovora
- Genetic mechanisms underlying alternate cropping in apple (Malus x domestica)
- Identification of a representative set of Prunus domestica accessions of European origin, well documented and characterized, to be included into the AEGIS system
- Identification of fire blight resistant donors of genetic resources of Malus wild spec. with different resistance mechanisms to Erwinia amylovora
- Identification of genetic factors influencing replant disease in apple
- Identification of transgenic integrations in an early flowering apple line for testing the FastBreeding technology in terms of their applicability in the practical variety breeding
- Improvement of annual caraway (Carum carvi) for raw material in bioactive products
- Improving the characterisation and conservation of umbellifer crop wild relatives in Europe
- Introgression of resistance to fire blight into apple breeding material
- Introgression of scab and powdery mildew resistance from M. orientalis collection material in to apple breeding lines
- Investigation of the biodiversity in Malus and Prunus using molecular markers
- Investigation of various influencing factors on heterologous fusion during interspecific hybridisation within genus Pelargonium
- Investigations on the genetic mechanisms of flower development and shelf-life in sweet cherry
- Investigations on the genetic mechanisms of flower development in apple
- Junior research group medicinal plants - Practice-oriented research for the consolidation of the competitiveness of German medicinal plant cultivation and the promotion of young scientists
- Mapping of resistance genes against Aphanomyces euteiches an important pathogen causing pea-root rot using a micoarray
- Mapping of terpene synthase genes and development of molecular markers for volatiles of carrot
- Modifications of chromosomal centromer function in carrots through CRISPR/Cas-based technology
- Molecular breeding of fruit crops with improved resistance to biotic plant diseases
- Molecular characterization of Malus orientalis genotypes of the north Caucasian region
- Next Generation Sequencing and de novo Transcriptome Analysis for Prediction of Biosynthetic Genes Involved in Nigella sativa L. Secondary Metabolites Biosynthesis
- Non-transgenic approaches for the development of haploid inducer lines of Apiaceae vegetable species
- Phenotypic and molecular characterization of material originating from a collecting mission in China consisting of five Malus species as basis for core collections
- Phytopathological characterization of Malus orientalis genotypes of the north Caucasian region
- Process development for production of doubled haploid of lemon balm and search for items of a sterility system based on male sterility
- Production, selection and assessment of lemon balm breeding lines (Melissa officinalis) distinguished by better winter hardiness and higher yields and amounts of essential oil
- Pyramidisation of resistances against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla from different carrot wild forms in Daucus carota ssp. sativus
- QTL analyses and molecular markers for volatile terpenes in carrot
- Resistance Evaluation of Asian Fragaria species to Verticillium-wilt
- Selection of apple breeding clones with red flesh
- Selektion of new rootstocks for sweet cherry
- Studies on symptom manifestation in Brassicaceae caused by Alternaria pathogens with special regard to Sinapis spec.
- Studies on the role of the AvrRpt2Ea effector protein in the host-pathogen-interaction Malus x robusta 5-Erwinia amylovora
- Transfer of leaf-morphological traits of Daucus carota relatives to the cultivated carrot for increasing the tolerance against abiotic and biotic stress factors.
- Understanding the influence of polyacetylenes on pathogenic fungi involved in carrot storage diseases
- Variability versus stability of traits and the influence of transposons in ornamental plants using the genus Angelonia as example
Involved in research projects
- Analytical-biochemical and molecular investigations for research aimed at the improvement of flavour quality of resistant apple cultivars - Part 2: Human sensory, aroma analytics and metabolic research
- Detection methods for viruses and viroids on Prunus species
- Development of an early flowering system for poplar breeding and biosafety research
- Development of HPLC and spectroscopically based analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative determination of carbohydrates, carotinoids and polyacetylenes in carrots in line with the project 'Development of an new cms hybrid system in carrot based on wild relatives' (ZGO-1105)
- Distribution of quality determining compounds in tart cherries. Part 2: Profiles of plant volatiles in cultivars, wild genotypes and breeding populations as well as their correlation to anthocyanidine profiles
- Distribution of quality determining compounds of tart cherries. Part 1: Anthocyanidin profiles
- Evaluation of the secondary genepool of barley as a genetic resource of barley yellow dwarf virus resistance
- Functional characterization of terpensythases from carrot
- Inheritance analysis of sensory traits for strawberry by instrumental and sensory methods
- Investigation of balm with different ploidy level (Melissa officinalis L.). Subtask: Determination of volatile profiles of balm leaves
- Investigation on apple proliferation in gene bank and breeding material
- Investigations of the resistance of strawberry (Fragaria) against Xanthomonas fragariae, the causal organism of Angular Leaf Spot Disease
- ISAFRUIT - Increasing Fruit consumption through a trans disciplinary approach leading to High quality produce from environmentally safe, sustainable methods.
- Melissa - Performance test for determination of performance parameters of inbreeding lines of stage 14 and development of further inbreeding stages on three different locations - Chemical Analysis via vibrational spectroscopy, liquid and gaschromatography
- New resistance sources against Globodera pallida in starch potatoes
- Ontogenesis of enantiomers in essential oils of medicinal and spice plants
- PiOData - Internal database information system for the evaluation and characterization data for fruit
- Quantification of valuable components from wild and cultivated plants using liquid chromatography-based techniques
- Quantitative determination of plant substances aming to improve breeding and cultivation
- Scanning electron microscopical investigations of defense reactions against fungal pathogens as resistance causes in azalea taking Cylindrocladium scoparium as an example
- SME-innovative-9: Development of new market segments, breeding and new cultivars by means of broadening the gene pool of hortensias (Hydrangea) using biotechnological tools, sub-project 1
- SME-innovative-9: Development of new market segments, breeding and new cultivars by means of broadening the gene pool of hortensias (Hydrangea) using biotechnological tools, sub-project 2
- Use of NIRS calibrations for evaluation of fruit and vegetable populations with respect to quality.
- Use the resistance of all varieties to the fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)
- WeGa - Network - Product and productsafety highly intensive plant production
Contact
Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural Crops
(JKI-ZG)
Erwin-Baur-Str. 27
06484 Quedlinburg
Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Phone: 03946 47-402
Fax: 03946 47-400
Email: zg(@)julius-kuehn.de
