MSU leads RosBREED project

Michigan State University researchers will lead a four-year, $14.4-million grant-funded research project aimed at improving fruit quality, collaborating with nearly a dozen U.S. ­institutions and six international partners. Dr. Amy Iezzoni, MSU cherry breeder, heads the RosBREED project, aiming to combine emerging DNA sequence and research findings to improve the quality of apples, cherries, peaches, and strawberries—key species in the botanical family Rosaceae. The grant is the largest ever awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative since its inception in 2007. Iezzoni and researchers from land-grant universities like Washington State University and the University of Minnesota […]