POTATO VARIETY IMPROVEMENT USING PROTOPLAST FUSION

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Agency: National Science Foundation	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 10671	Program Year/Program: 1989 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 10671	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Plant Genetics Inc
1930 5th St Davis, CA 95616
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Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1989

Title: POTATO VARIETY IMPROVEMENT USING PROTOPLAST FUSION

Agency: NSF

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,418.00

Abstract:
THE UNITED STATES POTATO CROP, VALUED AT $1.5 BILLION, REPRESENTS 8 PERCENT OF A 254 MILLION METRIC TON WORLD CROP. POTATO CULTIVAR DEVELOPMENT BY TRADITIONAL METHODS HAS BEEN A SLOW PROCESS, FREQUENTLY REQUIRING MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND EVALUATION OF AS MANY AS A MILLION SEEDLINGS. IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE EXPERIMENTS DESIGNEDTO RAPIDLY TRANSFER COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT TRAITS INTO SOLANUM TUBEROSUM CV. RUSSET BURBANK USING PROTOPLAST FUSION. THE DONOR LINE IN THEIR FUSION EXPERIMENT CONTAINS SUPERIOR RESISTANCE TO NET NECROSIS, GOLDEN NEMATODE, VERTICILLIUM WILT, PVX, AND BRUISING, AS WELL AS CONTAINING HIGHER SOLIDS AND DISPLAYING EARLIER TUBER SET. IN PHASE I, THEY INTEND TO DEFINE CONDITIONS TO FUSE PROTOPLASTS OF THIS LINE WITH RUSSET BURBANK AND TO REGENERATE FUSION DERIVATIVES.

Principal Investigator:
Michael Horn
Principal Investigators
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Plant Genetics Inc
1930 5th St Davis, CA 95616

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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No