Open calls
The involvement and interaction with the breeding community is fundamental for success of the BreedingValue project. The BreedingValue project launched four Open Calls to involve further breeders in the project.
- Open Call #1, Open Call #2 and Open Call #3 were targeted the transfer of new genotyping tools (sMTA, MAS, GWAS and genomic selection) to breeders
- Open Call #4 aimed at training experts on sensorial quality assessment, quality control tools and consumer sciences studies.
A total of 14 projects were planned and added value to the activities of both external partners and the BreedingValue consortium. Following the idea of co-creation, the Calls offered the opportunity to test, further optimize and validate the tools developed within the BreedingValue project.
Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) in strawberry
Publication: 30 September 2021
Deadline: 31 December 2021
Number of Projects: 3 projects
Budget per Project: 20,000 €
Total Amount: 60,000 €
The objective of this Open Call
The objective of this Open Call #1 is to share this easy-to-use tool with the selected external breeders to facilitate the selection of superior breeding material. In return, the results obtained by the breeders will allow the BreedingValue consortium to validate the low-density SNP array in larger genetic backgrounds.
Genomic selection for strawberry (F. ananassa)
Publication: 31st March 2021
Deadline: 30th June 2021
Number of Projects: 2 projects
Budget per Project: 20,000 €
Total Amount: 40,000 €
The objective of this Open Call
The objective of the BreedingValue Open Call #2 is to employ state-of-the-art methodology on breeders’ material and implement genomic selection to the breeders. This can help the breeders to do selection in early stages of their breeding program, accelerating the generation cycles by identifying superior parents, and increasing likelihood of identifying good candidates for advanced trialing.
Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) and Genome wide association studies (GWAS) in Raspberry
Publication: 31st March 2021
Deadline: 30th June 2021
Number of Projects: 2 projects
Budget per Project: 20,000 €
Total Amount: 40,000 €
The objective of this Open Call
The objective of the Open Call#3 is to offer breeders an opportunity to screen and select their genotypes of interest against a suite of markers, which can help breeders to better select parental material depending on the trait of interest. Genome wide association studies (GWAS) delves further into the genetic variants within screened markers across different individuals to determine if any of these variants are associated with a particular trait or disease such as yellow rust susceptibility.
Development of methodological tool kits for sensorial quality assessment of berry genetic resources
Publication: 31st July 2021
Deadline: 31st October 2021
Number of Projects: 7 projects
Budget per Project: 13,600 €
Total Amount: 95,200 €
The objective of this Open Call
The objective of this Open Call is to involve European berry breeders and companies willing to develop their skills and knowledge to exploit sensory-quality evaluation of berries (strawberry, raspberry, blueberry) by using professional, coordinated and scientifically sound methodology. This can help in improving and speeding up the breeding project phases closest to market.
The participants in this Open Call will learn how to perform sensory tests for sensory panels (specially trained small groups to describe sensory quality) as well as for consumers tests (large untrained-audience events for fast acceptance testing). Thus, they will be able to obtain practical experience in training a panel for performing sensory tests, to obtain sensory profiles, how to plan and carry out consumer tests to assess hedonic appreciation as well as how to combine and interpret sensory and preference data.
The training will be given to provide competencies for sound evaluation of berry genotypes of strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry. Participants will be encouraged and supported in applying these sensory techniques on the genotypes of most interest to them.