Potato Variety Improvement Using Protoplast Fusion

Information

• NSF Award
• 8860813

Owner

• Plant Genetics, Inc.

• Award Id

  8860813

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1989 - 36 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1989 - 36 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 49,418.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Potato cultivar development by traditional methods is a slow process requiring a number of years. In this proposal experiments are designed to rapidly transfer commercially important traits into Solanum tuberosum cv. Russet Burbank using protoplast fusion. The donor line contains superior resistance to net necrosis, Golden nematode, wilt and bruising, as well as containing higher solids and displaying earlier tuber set. In phase 1 conditions will be defined to fuse protoplasts of this line with Russet Burbank and to regenerate fusion derivatives. If this approach is feasible it could be used to bring a broad range of useful traits into potato in a much shorter period of time, thereby decreasing farming costs and increasing production.

• Program Officer

  Ritchie B. Coryell

• Min Amd Letter Date

  12/1/1988 - 36 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  3/27/1989 - 36 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Plant Genetics Inc

• City

  Davis

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1930 Fifth Street

• Postal Code

  956164018

• Phone Number

  9167531400

• First Name

  Ray

• Last Name

  Hadley

• Start Date

  1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Agriculture

• Code

  201000

• Name

  Life Science Biological

• Code

  61