14 m. kellerhals agroscope 2013

Federal Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research EAER

Agroscope

February 20, 2013

The new apple varieties ‘CH 101-Galiwa®’, ‘Ladina’ and the new pear selection ‘ACW 3851’ from the Agroscope breeding program

Markus Kellerhals

2Fruitbreedomics Stakeholder Day, EufrinMarkus Kellerhals

Agroscope apple breedingAgroscope Wädenswil site: fruit, vegetables, viticulture, Staff: about 150

Step 1: about 4000 selections

12’000 seedlings/ year, 2’000-3’000 MAB Container field: about 6000 seedlings


CH 101 – Galiwa®

ACW 3851 Ladina


‘CH 101’ GALIWA® (Gala x K1R20A44)cross 1992

Fruit• Size medium to large, globose,

green-yellow with ¾ darkorangered over colour

• Firm, sweet and low acid apple, juicy, good texture, long storage

Tree• Scab resistant (Vf)• Vigour: weak to medium• Good yields, slight tendency to

alternate bearing, requires severalharvests


Storage trial ‘CH101 (Galiwa®)’ organic orchard (2°C, 3% CO2, 1% O2)

Firmness


Storage trial ‘CH101 (Galiwa®)’ organic orchard

Sugar


Storage trial ‘CH101 (Galiwa®)’ organic orchard

Acidity


No storage disorders (June 11th, 2012)

Gala Galiwa


Marketing: collaboration with VariComand FiBL


Ladina (Topaz x Fuji)cross 1999

Fruit• Size medium, globouse, green-

yellow with ¾ red over colour• Crisp, subacid, very juicy, typical

flavour, good storage

Tree• Scab resistant (Vf), fire blight

tolerant• Vigour: medium• Good and regular yields


Harvest time and storage

Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July

Harvest Cold store CA (ULO) in trial

Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July

Harvest Cold store CA (ULO) store

CH 101-Galiwa®

Ladina


Field test in southern Germany withartificial fire blight infection

Class Description

■ 1-2 No symptoms

■ 3 Flower infection (< 1/3 petiole length)

■ 4 Flower infection (≥ 1/3 petiole length)

■ 5 Inflorescence and petiole

■ 6 Inflorescence, petiole and youngshoot

■ 7 Necrosis in wood (< 5 cm)

■ 8 Necrosis in wood (> 5 cm)

0 20 40 60 80 100

T8

T15

T22

T29

Ladina

0 20 40 60 80 100

T8

T15

T22

T29

Gala

Gala 29 dai Ladina 29 dai


Consumer test Sept. 2012, Lausanne, 1= very bad, 9 = very good

Eating quality Appearance


Breeder Danilo Christen with treeof ACW 3851 (cross by Charly Rapillard)


ACW 3851 (Harrow Sweet x Verdi)

Fruit

Fruit• Size medium, pear-shaped,

yellow-green with ¾ darkred overcolour, 10 days after Conference

• Crisp, subacid, very juicy, goodstorage

Tree• Vigour: medium, moderate

tolerance to fire blight• Good and regular yields• Storage trial under way


Güttingen, 2012 (first leaf)Quince C, interstem Conférence

14 m. kellerhals agroscope 2013

Technology

Transcript of 14 m. kellerhals agroscope 2013