Tools for Polyploids

A community for sharing resources to further our knowledge of breeding in polyploids

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

So excited! Wishing you the best of luck on your presentation, Haramrit! 🌹👍
She has presented her research on rose flower color transition at our workshops which you can read about on our website!

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

We are excited to share that Haramrit Gill will defend her thesis entitled "The Game of Colors in Roses: QTL, Transcriptomic and Pigment Analysis of the Flower Color Transition Phenotypes in Autotetraploid Rose Populations"! We are so proud of all her hard work!

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Today we are spotlighting Dr. Marcelo Mollinari from @NCStateHort! He introduced MAPpoly2 at our workshop this year. You can watch his full presentation at the link below!
https://t.co/uauXVIS12U

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

In honor of #InternationalWomensDay2024, we would like to thank all the women on our team for their countless contributions to this project and celebrate their accomplishments as #womeninSTEM. They are an inspiration to us all! 💚🔬

[CGIAR @CGIAR]

✨This month for International Women's Day 2024, we're proud to highlight our commitment to research and innovation that enable a world in which women are agents of change in agriculture & food security.

Read more: https://t.co/1xvfWdWdxi

#OneCGIAR #IWD2024 #InvestinWomen

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Today we are spotlighting David Gerard (@EmpiricalDave) from American University! He presented his work on segregation distortion in F1 populations of tetraploids. You can watch his full presentation at the link below!
https://t.co/M15ztPf0U2

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Last week, we were pruning and this week we started planting! The weather slowed us down a little bit, but thanks to our great team, we’ve made a lot of progress! Thank you to all the staff and students who came out to help. 🌹
Photo by Jeekin Lau.

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Check out the latest publication from members of our potato team at @tamuhort on the genetic basis of potato tuber defects and the identification of heat-tolerant clones.
https://t.co/ZH50Q0oiaZ

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Today we are spotlighting Dr. Peter Bourke from @WURplant! His presentation on mapping a translocation in a tetraploid population using polymapR can be viewed at the link below. https://t.co/IRYOtwxXtI

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

It’s pruning season! Over the last two weeks, we have been pruning our roses and getting ready to plant new ones. It’s a lot of hard work, so thank you to everyone who came out to help! 🌹

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Today we are spotlighting Manoj Sapkota from Breeding Insight at @Cornell! He presented on a public mid-density genotyping platform for blueberries at this year's workshop. Click the link below to watch his presentation! https://t.co/Sm3LOI1YNR

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Dr. Jeekin Lau led a presentation entitled "The genetic structure of roses used at Texas A&M University and genomic selection of key traits" at the @polyploidtools meeting in California last month! You can watch the full presentation at the link below.
https://t.co/slETWdzyXc

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

All recorded presentations from this year's workshop are now linked on our website! Click the link below to start watching. 👍 https://t.co/TPZJ4nPghg

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Day 2 of this year's workshop is now on our YouTube channel! We want to say thank you again to all the presenters and those who attended. Click the link below to watch all presentations from the 2024 Tools for Polyploids meeting!
https://t.co/TjZpH7jtRs

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Day 1 of the 2024 Tools for Polyploids workshop is now on our YouTube channel! Click the link below to start watching. https://t.co/Sq4nqtOEty

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube channel so you can catch all of the recordings of the presentations from our workshops! We are working on editing this year's presentations and they are being uploaded over the next few weeks.
https://t.co/BFX5a2LXMm

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Here's Haramrit Gill presenting her poster on rose color transition at our workshop a few weeks ago! You can read all of this year's abstracts and watch poster presentations at the link below. ⬇
https://t.co/6m0jAce3J7

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Check out this publication on genetic variation in strawberries by our friends at @WURplant! 🍓 Click the link below to read the full article. https://t.co/5usnQktQX3

[UMN Plant Breeding Center @UMNplantbreed]

Registration is now open for the 2024 Summer Institute in Plant Breeding, which will be held on June 10-14 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Registration is via the following webpage:
https://t.co/GNwU2HWZEL
For more information, or to receive a flyer, email [email protected]! 🌱🧬

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Check out this press release that features our potato team at @tamuhort! Dr. Isabel Vales and her team work on advancements in Texas french fry varieties and nutrition qualities and attended the National Potato Expo last week to present their work.
https://t.co/iE2wng1RFg

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

@PaulaEspitia1 @BiovIntCIAT_eng Thanks for coming, Paula! 👍🏼