Breeding disease resistant hops for the craft beer industry

为精酿啤酒行业培育抗病啤酒花

• 批准号: 483967-2015
• 负责人: Myles, Sean
• 金额: $ 1.45万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=584035
• 关键词: Breeding; disease; resistant; hops; craft

The craft beer industry is experiencing explosive growth across Canada. Along with this growth, there is a growing demand for locally grown hops. Brookdale Farms is one of only a handful of agricultural businesses who are experimenting with hop growing on the east coast of Canada. They produce hops for their sister company, the Tatamagouch Brewing Company, a rapidly growing craft brewery located close to the farm. In Nova Scotia, hop growing is challenging because of high humidity and the associated pressure of fungal diseases, especially powdery mildew. The proposed research will enable Brookdale Farms to breed their own novel, mildew resistant hop cultivars suitable for cultivation in Nova Scotia. By the end of the project, hop seedlings carrying disease resistance genes will be delivered to Brookdale Farms along with optimized protocols for future breeding efforts. Brookdale Farms will maintain the resulting plants and select the best from among them to commercialize several years from now. The resulting hop cultivars will not only require less chemical input to grow, but their future commercialization within Nova Scotia has the potential to provide the local craft beer industry with their own unique hop cultivars, providing an innovative marketing advantage for the local industry, and a unique commercialization opportunity for Brookdale Farms.

精酿啤酒行业在加拿大经历了爆炸性的增长。沿着这种增长， 对当地种植的啤酒花的需求不断增长。布鲁克代尔农场是为数不多的农业企业之一 他们正在加拿大东海岸试验种植啤酒花。他们为他们的姐妹生产啤酒花 Tatamagouch酿酒公司是一家位于农场附近的快速发展的精酿啤酒厂。在 在新斯科舍省，由于高湿度和真菌的相关压力， 疾病，尤其是白粉病。这项拟议中的研究将使布鲁克代尔农场能够培育自己的 适合在新斯科舍省栽培的新的抗霉菌啤酒花品种。在项目结束时， 携带抗病基因的幼苗将沿着与优化的 为今后的育种工作提供了依据。布鲁克代尔农场将保持由此产生的植物，并选择最好的 从现在起几年内商业化。由此产生的啤酒花品种不仅需要 更少的化学投入增长，但他们未来的商业化在新斯科舍省有潜力提供 当地的精酿啤酒行业拥有自己独特的啤酒花品种，提供了创新的营销优势 为当地产业，并为布鲁克代尔农场一个独特的商业化机会。