Customer Success Story:
Screening for Tomato Pollen Thermotolerance - A QTL Analysis in the Field
Virtual Amphacademy 2020
Learn how the Radboud University uses the Ampha Z32 to study thermotolerance of tomato pollen
The department of Plant System Physiology at the Radboud University has a long history of performing research on heat tolerance of tomato pollen. Martijn Jansen, PhD student at this department, will provide a short overview of the current knowledge on pollen heat tolerance in tomato and will discuss his latest experiences in a large scale screening for pollen thermotolerance in the field. He will talk about:
- Sensitivity of tomato production to heat stress
- Challenges of breeding for thermotolerance
- Mapping of heat tolerance quantitative trait loci (QTLs)
- The sampling of pollen in the field and the analysis using the Ampha Z32 outside of the lab
Key learnings from this session:
- Know the effects of heat stress on the tomato plant and when it occurs
- Know, how the focus on specific reproductive traits can help identify important genetic regions
- Know, how to setup a large scale screening in the field
