SCRI Project Updates

IYSV & Thrips Tolerance

National Allium Research Conference Update

 

Due to competing meetings at the Hotel, it is important that you Register and Reserve Your Hotel Room as soon as possible. 

 

Airfare connections could also be affected by pressure from other travellers, so book flights early.

 

Poster and Oral Abstract deadline has now been extended to October 1, but submit soon to guarantee space.

 

NARC Home Page:   http://www.unce.unr.edu/adhoc/narc2010/

 

“Ensuring U.S. Onion Sustainability: Breeding and Genomics to Control Thrips and Iris yellow spot virus”

 

Project Director – Dr. Mike Havey at mjhavey@wisc.edu

 

Goal:  Establish collaborative research among growers, extensionists,pathologists, and breeders to identify, validate, and deliver resistances to thrips and thrips-vectored Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) in relation to the following objectives:

 

·   Extension – Identification of resistances to thrips and IYSV; Validation of phenotypes and distribution of selected germplasms;  Cost-benefit estimates for thrips and IYSV resistances.

 

·  Research – Biological diversity and inoculation protocols for IYSV; Identification of SNPs in expressed onion sequences; Production of a high throughput genotyping platform and a high-density genetic map of onion; Association of SNPs with glossy-type foliage and/or thrips and IYSV resistances.

 

·  Outreach – Outreach to the onion community; Development of web-based bioinformatic and educational resources; Undergraduate and graduate student training.