1. FruitBreedomics
MAB Service
IRTA
Werner Howad

2. A public company of the Government of Catalonia, linked
to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action
(DAR), subject to private law, created by Law 23/1985 of 28
November, subsequently modified by Law 4/2009 of 15 April.

4. The Centres
Llesp
Mas Badia Field Station
Gimenells
Fruit Centre
Lleida
Monells
Centa
Torre Marimon
Alcarràs Field Station
UdL-IRTA Foundation
Lleida Field Station
Borges Blanques
Mollerussa
Valls
CReSA
CREAF
Cabrils
CRAG
Corporate Services
CREDA
Mas de Bover
Ascó
Gandesa
Ebre Field Station
Sant Carles de la Ràpita
IRTA work centres
Associated centres
IRTA field stations
Associated field stations
Collaborating farms
Semega

5. GENOMICS AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY
ANIMAL GENETICS AND
BREEDING
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS
Location: Barcelona, Bellaterra
Associated with the IRTA, CSIC, UAB and UB
Staff: 146
Research staff: 46, postdoc: 32, PhD students: 55
Support staff: 48, master students: 20
Facilities:
Campus UAB - Edifici CRAG
Bellaterra - Cerdanyola del Vallès
08193 Barcelona
Tel.: 93563 66 00
Fax: 93 563 66 01
Centre located at UAB campus in Bellaterra.
Greenhouses in the centre and Torre Marimon.
Genotyping platforms, Genomics, DNA sequencing, confocal microscopy
and image analysis.
Director:
Dr José Luis Riechmann

8. Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)
Flesh color: yellow/white flesh
Select for yellow flesh
peaches/nectarines
= dominant over
P1 x P2
P1 x P2
Molecular
Markers
=> 25%
=> 50%
Selected
Trees

9. Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)
Flesh color: yellow/white flesh
Peach:
Molecular
Markers
Acidity: acid vs. sub-acid
Fruit shape: round vs. flat
Fruit type: peach vs. nectarine
Flesh color: yellow vs.xwhite
P1 P2
Flesh color: red vs. yellow/white
Flesh color: red vs. yellow/white
Flesh texture: melting vs. non melting
freestone vs. clingstone
Maturation period: short vs. long
Flowering time: early vs. late
Apricot:
sharka resistance
Self-(in)compatibility
Plum:
Self-(in)compatibility
Selected
Trees

10. From Science to Application
Science
Application

11. From Science to Application
Science
IRTA does mainly applied
oriented science (fruit trees,
strawberries, melon, vegetables).
Developing and applying tools (molecular
markers) for Marker Assisted Breeding
(MAB) programs.
Application

12. From Science to Application
Science
IRTA does mainly applied
oriented science (fruit trees,
strawberries, melon, vegetables).
Developing and applying tools (molecular
markers) for Marker Assisted Breeding
(MAB) programs.
Application
Breeders have an interest to
implement applied oriented
science in their programs.
Need of having their own R&D
department to make use of the
latest development in science.

13. From Science to Application
Science
IRTA does mainly applied
oriented science (fruit trees,
strawberries, melon, vegetables).
Developing and applying tools (molecular
markers) for Marker Assisted Breeding
(MAB) programs.
Application
Breeders have an interest to
implement applied oriented
science in their programs.
Need of having their own R&D
department to make use of the
latest development in science.
To cope with this demand and to bridge the gap between Science and
Application IRTA created in 1999 the MAB Service.

14. From Science to Application
Application
Science
IRTA does mainly applied
oriented science (fruit trees,
strawberries, melon, vegetables).
Developing and applying tools (molecular
markers) for Marker Assisted Breeding
(MAB) programs.
Breeders have an interest to
implement applied oriented
science in their programs.
Need of having their own R&D
department to make use of the
latest development in science.
To cope with this demand and to bridge the gap between Science and
Application IRTA created in 1999 the MAB Service.
Service offered:
Collaborations IRTA - Breeders
(data analysis + advice)

15. FruitBreedomics
MAB Service IRTA
Contact:
werner.howad@irta.ca
t
Werner Howad
IRTA
Tel: +34 692 08 38 16
MJ Aranzana
P Arús

16. Thanks for your
attention

17. From Science to Application
Application
Science
IRTA does mainly applied
oriented science (fruit trees,
strawberries, melon, vegetables).
Developing and applying tools (molecular
markers) for Marker Assisted Breeding
(MAB) programs.
Breeders have an interest to
implement applied oriented
science in their programs.
Need of having their own R&D
department to make use of the
latest development in science.
To cope with this demand and to bridge the gap between Science and
Application IRTA created in 1999 the MAB Service.
Service offered:
Collaborations IRTA - Breeders
(data analysis + advice)