Stone fruit production in Latvia - Cost 873

Research in genetics and molecular biologyMajor research interests of the unit can be roughly divided into the following areas:• Coordination of fruit and berry crop genetic resources maintenance, evaluation andcharacterization;• Introduction and utilization of molecular marker methods in the fruit and berrycrop breeding:• Introduction of gene- specific genetic markers in breeding – development ofbasis for Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).• Evaluation of genetic diversity using molecular markers.