Polystress: role of polyploidization on (a)biotic stress resistance in horticultural crops Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Main research question/goal
Can we increase the natural defence mechanism in vegetatively propagated horticultural crops by polyploidization (doubling the chromomes in a plant)? Do chromosome doubled plants have better resistance to biotic and abiotic stress? Is this approach useful in plant production systems? To test these hypotheses apple and rose are used as model crops. The most important phytopathogens (biotic) in ...
Can we increase the natural defence mechanism in vegetatively propagated horticultural crops by polyploidization (doubling the chromomes in a plant)? Do chromosome doubled plants have better resistance to biotic and abiotic stress? Is this approach useful in plant production systems? To test these hypotheses apple and rose are used as model crops. The most important phytopathogens (biotic) in ...