Source: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE submitted to
BREEDING DESIGNER APPLE ROOTSTOCKS TO MATCH NUTRIENT PARAMETERS UNDER ORGANIC MANAGEMENT
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0441414
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jan 1, 2022
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2024
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(N/A)
GENEVA,NY 14456
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
70%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
15%
Applied
70%
Developmental
15%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
20211101080100%
Knowledge Area
202 - Plant Genetic Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
1110 - Apple;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
The proposed project has been developed to support the organic apple industry and to address legistlatively defined goals for the National Institute for Food and Agriculture Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative including Goal 1. Facilitating the development and improvement of organic agriculture production, breeding, and processing methods. The Geneva® apple rootstock breeding program is the only breeding program in the world that has delivered organic management friendly rootstocks in the world by providing apple rootstocks that are resistant to crown rot, fire blight, wooly apple aphid. The proposed project would support and enhance the breeding and selection of apple rootstocks under organic management. Objective 1: Leverage existing apple rootstock trials under certified organic management to determine best rootstocks for apple growers among newly released and unreleased advanced test selections from the Geneva apple rootstock breeding program. Objective 2: Determine rootstock traits related to performance under organic management especially ones that affect nutrient uptake efficiency of apple rootstocks.
Project Methods
ARS intends to leverage apple rootstock field trials under organic management in New York state that feature newly released genotypes and advanced selections in the breeding program to understand their productivity performance in relation to innate nutrient uptake potential. This knowledge will enable ARS to select/recommend new rootstocks for organic production as well as begin to develop more accurate nutrient management recommendations for organic growers in the Northeast.