Structural genomics in Fragaria x ananassaDenise Cristina Manfrim Tombolato
Challenges during strawberry production
Diseases - Florida: anthracnose
Pests
Challenges for Florida strawberry production
Diseases
Pests
Phase-out of methylbromide
Market competition/consolidation
One Remedy = Plant improvement
Traditional strawberry breeding
Desirable fruit quality (appearance, size, firmness, flavor)
Open-plant habit (for efficient harvesting and pesticide application)
Disease/pest resistance
Precocious, prolific cultivars
Molecular approaches
Structural genomics
Marker-assisted selection
Functional genomics
Analysis of gene function
Transgenic plants
One Remedy = Plant improvement
Traditional strawberry breeding
Desirable fruit quality (appearance, size, firmness, flavor)
Open-plant habit (for efficient harvesting and pesticide application)
Disease/pest resistance
Precocious, prolific cultivars
Molecular approaches
Structural genomics     MOLECULAR MARKERS
Marker-assisted selection
Functional genomics
Analysis of gene function
Transgenic plants
Uses of Molecular Markers
Genetic characterization of plants and animals
Conservation of germplasm
Insights on evolution
Proprietary issues
Marker-assisted selection
Linkage maps
Map-based positional cloning
Comparative mapping
Detection of chromosome rearrangements between related taxa
Molecular Markers in Strawberry
Isozymes
Cultivar identification
Arulsekar et al. 1981
Bringhurst et al. 1981
Nehra et al. 1991
Bell and Simpson, 1994
Linkage mapping
fruit color & shikimate dehydrogenase isozyme locus Williamson et al. 1995