Customer Success Story:
Screening for Tomato Pollen Thermotolerance - A QTL Analysis in the Field
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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