Tasks

• Tasks and research areas

• PhD research project: “Molecular basis of water soaking in strawberry”
• Phenotyping of strawberry fruits for water soaking susceptibility
• Establishing of a segregating F₁ population between genotypes with contrasting susceptibilities to water soaking
• Axiom™ Strawberry FanaSNP 50k Genotyping Array for SNP genotyping analyses of the population
• Genotyping of the population with SSR markers
• Genetic mapping analyses
• QTL analysis for determination of genetic loci associated with water soaking traits
• Identification differential gene expression during fruit development by using RNA sequencing
• Identification and characterisation of candidate genes
• Development and verification of a preliminary model of the molecular basis of water soaking in strawberries

Project: WaterSoaking

Molecular basis of water soaking in strawberry

Term: 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2026