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2012 - Washington Red Raspberry Commission

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2013 WASHINGTON RED RASPBERRY COMMISSION<br />

RESEARCH PROPOSAL<br />

New Project Proposal<br />

Proposed Duration: (3 years)<br />

Project Title: <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Raspberry</strong> Cultivar Development<br />

PI: Michael Dossett<br />

Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<br />

Title: Visiting Fellow<br />

Phone: (604) 796-2221 ext. 1284<br />

Email: Michael.Dossett@agr.gc.ca<br />

Address: 6947 Hwy #7<br />

Address 2:<br />

City/State/Zip: Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0<br />

Cooperators:<br />

Pat Moore, WSU Puyallup<br />

Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis<br />

Nahla Bassil, USDA-ARS, Corvallis<br />

Tom Forge, Nematology/Plant Pathology AAFC<br />

Andrew Jamieson, Berry Breeder AAFC Kentville NS<br />

Year Initiated 2013 Current Year 2013 Terminating Year 2015<br />

Total Project Request: Year 1 $12000 Year 2 $12000 Year 3 $12000<br />

Other funding sources:<br />

This is part of a larger project to support berry breeding in British Columbia in the near term until<br />

longer-term solutions can be found after the program was cut by the federal government in <strong>2012</strong>. While<br />

we are still awaiting details of the DIAP 2 funding program from Ottawa, we are planning for a total<br />

budget for running the program of $304,696 in 2013 increasing to approximately $320,288 in 2015. We<br />

have been told that the DIAP2 program will require 1:1 matching funds so half of the money budgeted<br />

must be put forward by industry. We expect that the program will be split as follows: 50% red<br />

raspberry, 40% blueberry, 10% strawberry. WRRC contribution would be leveraged 1:1 with federal<br />

matching funds and go towards the red raspberry portion ($76,174 industry funds needed in 2013). I<br />

have broken down the amounts requested from all funding sources on a separate page at the end of this<br />

proposal.<br />

Description: This project is to support the continued effort to breed raspberry cultivars adapted to the<br />

PNW. Chemical pest control measures are becoming increasingly unavailable, making genetic resistance<br />

and tolerance more important. Breeding for resistance, yield, and fruit quality is the most sustainable<br />

way to address industry needs and ensure long-term competitiveness. We will continue to cross and<br />

select from a diverse gene pool and evaluate previous selections with the following specific objectives:<br />

• Develop red raspberry cultivars and elite germplasm, stressing suitability for machine harvest,<br />

fruit quality, as well as resistance to root rot, RBDV and other diseases<br />

• Develop red raspberry cultivars and elite germplasm manageable plant habit that is suitable for<br />

machine harvesting and produces high yields of superior fruit quality and fruit rot resistance.<br />

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