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Solana GmbH & Co. KG
Institution
Section overview
Description
It takes about ten years before a new potato variety is ready for market. So our breeders and researchers are always one step ahead of time.
It is clear, then, that a great deal of ability and foresight is needed to define the objectives of a new breeding programme in advance. To keep pace with constant changes, finely honed skill in breeding is as essential as scientifically sound work in the laboratory.
Together, we have set ourselves the goal of supplying future-proof, high-yielding potato varieties that taste good, are resistant to pests and diseases and are ideally matched to the regions where they are grown.
Thanks to the use of modern varieties, farmers are able to achieve more stable yields and reduce their application of plant protection products.
Activities
- Research Support
Subordinate institutions
Coordinated projects
- BioChancePLUS-3: The potato Cancer: A biotechnological approach to the efficient use of natural resistance factors; part 2 of the project
- Collaborative project: Climate-tolerant potato by eliminating siRNA-mediated inhibition of tuber formation - Subproject B
- Collaborative project: GABI CONQUEST 2: identification and characterization of genes for quantitative pathogen resistance in potatoes, Project 1: Using a 'Candidate Gene Approach'
- Collaborative project: Molecular charcterization of different TRV isolates and analysis of the interaction between virus, nematode and potato to improve resistance breeding. Subproject 3
- Development of a molecular diagnostic for sustainable and resource-efficient production of the renewable resource potato starch. Subproject 1
- EpiC - EpiPotato: Epigenetics for the development of heat tolerant potato varieties for sustainable potato production under climate change conditions - Subproject C
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Collaborative project: Creation of tools for Genomic selection in potato. Subproject 2: field tests and establishment of new phenotyping methods
- Collaborative project: Diagnostic methods for sustainable protection strategies against potato wart. Subproject 4
- Collaborative project: Methodological Foundations of Diploid Hybrid Potato Breeding - subproject B
- VALDIS TROST - Validation of identified markers for selection of drought tolerant starch potatoes; subproject 6: Establishing drought stress tolerant breeding lines
Involved in research projects
- Development of a test method for the characterization of Solanum species for resistance to highly virulent Globodera pallida populations
- Differentiation of the potato wart pathotypes by using newly detected DNA sequences
- New resistance sources against Globodera pallida in starch potatoes
- Phenotyping of potato genotypes with regard to drought stress
- Validation of markers for the selection of drought tolerant starch potatoes subproject 2: Candidate gene based analysis of drought tolerance
Contact
Solana GmbH & Co. KG
Albert-Einstein-Ring 5
22761 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 414240-0
Email: info(@)solana.de