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SEVENTH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME
RESEARCH LABORATORY : BREEDING AND GENETICS OF FRUIT TREES
SPECIES
Organization activity type : RES
FP7 theme : KBBE
Contact person : Dr. Maria Pintea
Address : The institute of Horticulture
Costiujeni street 14
MD2019 Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
E-mail : pyntea@yahoo.com
Web : www.agriculture.md.
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THE INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE
BRIEf dESCRIpTIon of ThE oRganIzaTIon
The main tasks are :
• Breeding of fruit trees : pomes (apple, pear, quince), stone (European plum, peach, apricot, sour and sweet cherries,
almond), and nut (walnut, hazelnut) temperate and other species for the variable agroclimatic resources of Moldova;
• provide maintenance and sustainable use of fruit trees species for the studies or adaptability and plasticity of
genotypes within main and specific characters;
• Perform DUS testing of new cultivars bred in Moldova.
The Experimental National collection holds 3035 varieties and 14928 hybrids, obtained from different types of
hybridization, including diallelic ones.
During the last 5 years there have been 22 new varieties created and registered; according to agronomic, biological and
economic parameters 57 varieties were selected and 56 hybrids evaluated.
KEywoRdS on CoRE CompETEnCIES
Horticulture; fruit trees species; breeding; biology; genetics
ExpERTISE / CompETEnCIES / TEChnologIES / RTd Know-how
• Classic pomology (tree and orchard management, hybridization and evaluation of pome and stone trees and fruits;
• biotechnology methodologies (in vitro, applied and molecular genetics); • Reproductive biology (fertilization,
compatibility; • potential for productivity (initiation, development and realization); • bioregulators of fruit factors
controlling cropping, ripening and quality; • biochemical and sensorial traits of fruits’ quality; • light microscopy
investigations.
InTERnaTIonal CoopERaTIon ExpERIEnCE
Pilnity Research Institute of Breeding and Genetics, Dresden, Germany;
Nikita Botanical Garden, Ukraine;
R&D Institute for Fruit Trees Species, (Constanta, Baneasa, Voinesti, Iasi,Cluj) Romania;
University of Mendelu, Brno, Czech Republic.
Bilateral research projects :
• Foundation Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (DLO), The Netherlands;
• Research Institute Praktijkonderzoek Plant and Omgewing,Wageningen, The Netherlands;
• Institute International de Fruit Obtention (IFO-Angers), France.