OBJ. 4MARKER-ASSISTED BREEDING

PIPELINE IMPLEMENTATION

Year 2 Deliverables, Challenges, Year 3 goals

GoalWhat

Impact

• Integrate modern genomics tools with traditional breeding approaches, systematically (8-stage MAB Pipeline)

• Enrich breeding material for favorable geneticsto efficiently increase likelihood and accuracyof identifying top performers

RosBREED

What

To whom

Year 2 Deliverables

Impact

• Two Jewels (fast-tracked genetic tests) in routine use

• WSU apple and sweet cherry breeding programs

RosBREED• est. $80K saved from 2011 cherry seedling culling alone!

What

Year 2 Deliverables

• Community Breeders Page - regular article in Newsletter

RosBREED

To whom

• Community Breeders

Impact

• Not evaluated – but represents early start on Yr 4 tech transfer

MAB Pipeline Nov‘10

apple Jewel use Feb‘11

Pipeline in action May‘11

peach Jewel use Aug‘11

cherry Jewel use Nov’11

• Moving breeding programs forward together, keeping all on same page

- Requires success stories but also consistent& constant advice

Challenges and Plan for tackling

RosBREED

• Some enacted solutions:

- Community Breeders Page

- coordinated master datafiles

- much involved in other Team activities

...need more people on Team

RosBREED

What

To whom

Planned Year 3 Deliverables

Intended Impact

• Routine “MAB Pipelining” by Demonstration Breeders

- First: fast-tracked markers into routine use- Soon after: New QTLs from PBA with genome scans

• Demonstration Breeders (Yr 3) other breeders (Yr 4)

• Success stories & experiences useful for Yr 4 “tech transfer” to all U.S. Rosaceae breeders.

OBJ. 5EXTENSION

Year 2 Deliverables, Challenges, Year 3 goals

RosBREED

Goals

• Breeders – adoption of Marker-Assisted Breeding

• Allied Scientists - utilization of newly generated science based knowledge, tools and databases

• Industry – better understanding of the power of DNA-informed breeding leads to new ways to jointly accelerate commercialization and impact of new cultivars

What

To whom

Year 2 Deliverables

Impact

• Project-wide content – developed, disseminated and undertaken

• Project participants & stakeholders

• Stakeholders gain knowledge of project activities and deliverables.

78/130 recipients opened the Nov

2011 newsletter and Community

breeders said:

Stats: in 2011 the RosBREED website

was visited by 2,242 unique visitors,

from 79 countries. Since creation,

5,541 visits from US - ALL 50 states

“circulate to a wider

audience”

“it builds a sense of

community”

“RosBREED newsletter stands

out among other similar project

newsletters”

What

To whom

Year 2 Deliverables

Impact

• Expansion of RosBREED network through presentations at meetings and informal gatherings – conducted

• Breeders, allied scientists, industry stakeholders

• Awareness and interest created at national and international meetings including “unveiling” of Jewels

ASHS 2011 poster and oral presentations

What

To whom

Obj 5: Year 2 Deliverables

Impact

• Assist in surveys - Socio‐Economics Team grower mail‐in surveys and clicker surveys at grower meetings

• Market intermediaries and growers

• Growers help identify valuable Jewels and are more knowledgeable of their local breeding programs

• Video content obtained, free computer software programs for editing existing videos is limited Experiment with softwares that have been used

successfully in other extension venues

 • Obtain participation of a high percentage of Rosaceae

Community Breeders at the “MAB in Action” Workshop Hold Workshop the day prior to the ASHS meeting in

Miami; generate interest in the Workshop through publicizing success stories

Challenges and Plan for Tackling

Computer Demo:RosBREED Videos

What

To whom

Planned Year 3 Deliverables

Intended Impact

• RosBREED Participatory Workshop: “Marker-Assisted Breeding in Action”, 30 July 2012 – promote, prepare & conduct

• Demonstration and Community breeders

• Comprehension by breeders of available knowledge, technologies and software for conducting routine MAB; application of MAB in their breeding programs

• Visit breeding programs on request to share RosBREED’s deliverables

What

To whom

Planned Year 3 Deliverables

Intended Impact

• Disseminate RosBREED deliverables and communicate with stakeholders through the use of published materials and participation in meetings

• Rosaceae breeders, allied scientists, industry

• Breeders: breed as efficiently as possible• Allied scientists: use newly generated science-based

knowledge, tools, databases• Industry:– interact effectively with local breeding

programs, understand power of DNA-informed breeding