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Project

"Enhancing genetic diversity in the genus of Geranium"

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD0623

Duration

01 April 2023 → 31 October 2023

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Stefaan Werbrouck

Fellow

Mehrdad Akbarzadeh

Research disciplines

Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology
- Horticultural crop production

Keywords

Ornamentals Breeding Hybridisation Geranium Horticulture

Project description

Geranium is a popular garden plant because of its vigour, hardiness and varied colours. Yet the number of cultivars is limited. This research focuses on new breeding techniques such as interspecific crosses followed by embryo rescue, chromosome number doubling and co-culture with wild-type Rhizobium rhizogenes for compact growth. These new cultivars would not be subject to strict GMO legislation.

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