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A multi-institutional project for breeding lines/ cultivars in cool climate vegetables in Turkey
Article number
1297_20
Pages
145 – 150
Language
English
Abstract
The main aim of the project is to develop open pollinated and hybrid lines/cultivars in cool climate vegetables widely produced in Turkey, including onion, carrot, lettuce, red cabbage and broccoli.
The project is going to be carried out in seven public universities, three private sector companies and five Institutes of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; therefore, will pioneer large breeding project for other agriculturally important crops in Turkey.
Collection of gene pools for vegetables is going to be the starting point for the vegetables that are missing it, such as broccoli, followed by the characterization of the gene pools by morphological and molecular methods.
The ultimate outcome is to generate cultivars with early bolting resistance, more suitable to market demands or, at least for onion, carrot and lettuce, more tolerant to common diseases/abiotic stresses affecting the yield.
Development of molecular markers is one of the main goals of the project.
In addition, development of domestic male sterile and maintainer lines, restorer lines, and thereafter hybrid cultivars are to be developed.
The outcome of the project is to develop hybrid cultivars in cool climate vegetables in Turkey having a very limited number of domestic hybrid cultivars, which ultimately will reduce Turkey’s foreign dependency in imported vegetable seeds.
The project is going to be carried out in seven public universities, three private sector companies and five Institutes of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; therefore, will pioneer large breeding project for other agriculturally important crops in Turkey.
Collection of gene pools for vegetables is going to be the starting point for the vegetables that are missing it, such as broccoli, followed by the characterization of the gene pools by morphological and molecular methods.
The ultimate outcome is to generate cultivars with early bolting resistance, more suitable to market demands or, at least for onion, carrot and lettuce, more tolerant to common diseases/abiotic stresses affecting the yield.
Development of molecular markers is one of the main goals of the project.
In addition, development of domestic male sterile and maintainer lines, restorer lines, and thereafter hybrid cultivars are to be developed.
The outcome of the project is to develop hybrid cultivars in cool climate vegetables in Turkey having a very limited number of domestic hybrid cultivars, which ultimately will reduce Turkey’s foreign dependency in imported vegetable seeds.
Authors
G. Beşirli
Keywords
gene pool, breeding cool climate vegetables, hybrid cultivar development
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