Abstract
A summary is presented of the state-of-the-art in apple and strawberry
biotechnological research going on in the department of Plant Breeding at
Wageningen University and Research Centre. In apple, the research directed
towards the introduction of scab resistance by inserting a barley gene has reached
the stage of a field trial where performance of transgenic lines could be tested in an
orchard situation. The development of a marker-free system allowing the removal of
undesired sequences when desired will lead to the generation of cisgenic apples
carrying only newly introduced apple genes. Knocking out the major allergen in
apple by RNAi technology has decreased the allergenic reaction in sensitive patients.
In strawberry, progress was made in studying firmness and flavor using genetic
modification and antisense technology and introducing resistance to Botrytis
following an intragenic approach where a strawberry promoter is used to provide a
new expression pattern of a strawberry gene.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | I International Symposium on Genetic Modifications - Challenges and Opportunities for Horticulture in the World, Ski, Norway |
Editors | A.K. Hvoslef-Eide |
Place of Publication | Ski, Norway |
Publisher | ISHS |
Pages | 37-48 |
Volume | 941 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789066056541 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | I International Symposium on Genetic Modifications - Challenges and Opportunities for Horticulture in the World, Ski, Norway - Duration: 16 Sept 2007 → 20 Sept 2007 |
Conference/symposium
Conference/symposium | I International Symposium on Genetic Modifications - Challenges and Opportunities for Horticulture in the World, Ski, Norway |
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Period | 16/09/07 → 20/09/07 |
Keywords
- Allergenicity
- Apple
- Firmness
- Genetic modification
- Marker-free
- Scab resistance
- Strawberry