The South Chungcheong Rural Development Administration starts developing molecular markers for high-yield strawberry breeding.

Aiming to minimize distribution losses and shorten breeding period by 3 years Launching high-quality new variety tailored for Chungnam The Chungnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (Director Kim Young) has fully embarked on the development of a 'high-firmness strawberry variety' to innovatively enhance the storage and distribution capabilities of strawberries. The Chungnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services aims to develop a 'molecular marker for selecting high-firmness lineage' through this research, which can determine the firmness of strawberry fruits early on, with the goal of shortening the existing breeding period by up to 3 years. This research is being conducted on approximately 100 strawberry resources, including major domestic varieties such as 'Seolhyang' and 'Kingsberry', as well as overseas genetic resources. The research team plans to sequentially advance through the stages of selecting firmness-related genetic resources, discovering candidate ...