Nationwide Project Going In Search of Better Berries

The decade-long project has laid a foundation for fruit breeders that will benefit growers for generations.

As costs to map DNA plummet, researchers will be able to design tastier, easier to grow fruit, thanks to RosBREED.

Thanks to the scientific data available through gene sequencing, a graduate student unlocks the mystery parentage.

Don’t underestimate the need for research, as innovation is becoming an urgent necessity for our future.

The science behind RosBREED could benefit you in more ways than you think.

The project focuses on improving disease resistance and fruit quality through better genetics and breeding.

The next generation of the federally funded RosBREED research program uses DNA techniques to deliver varieties that benefit both growers and consumers.

This new project will develop and apply modern DNA-based tools to deliver new cultivars with superior product quality and disease resistance.

“Although the potential return on investment is huge, breeding programs are typically long-term, diverse and complex, labor-intensive, and expensive to run. Relying only on performance results of the parents, the odds are against any single cross providing an eventual superior new release.”

Although funding for RosBREED is over, we will continue to reap rewards of this research.

The RosBREED project was designed to create a national network that would facilitate the use of marker-assisted breeding to deliver improved plant materials more efficiently and rapidly. It has succeeded in doing so.

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