An integrated plant protection system for hazelnut in Ontario

费列罗是全球第三大糖果集团，利用了全球生产的约40%的榛子。加拿大是全球第四大榛子进口国，2006年在费列罗开设了一家制造工厂，成为该国领先的榛子加工商。到目前为止，费列罗的大部分榛子一直从土耳其进口，由于政治和环境因素，随着费列罗扩大糖果产品的生产，土耳其不再能够满足费列罗目前和未来的需求。最近，费列罗一直专注于研究和开发活动，以增加种植和保存高质量的品种，用于安大略省的榛子生产。对于这种活动，所有繁殖材料必须：可通过遗传指纹进行追踪，无性系大规模繁殖，并能够在田间以高活力存活。该项目旨在与加拿大费列罗公司合作，在鹅类植物保存研究所(GRLP)创建一个榛子冷藏库(HCB)，以促进榛子农业的发展。HCB的发展需要一个由三项主要技术组成的多组件研究平台：(1)分子鉴定；(2)低温保存；(3)温室驯化。这一技术流水线将允许在安大略省临时选择种植的品种进行指纹(目标1)、超低温保存(目标2)和通过微繁殖大规模生产并评估在温室中的存活(目标3)。该提案建立在GRAP在植物形态发生和体外植物保护基础设施方面的研究专业知识的基础上。HCB的建立将使Ferrero距离实现2027年的目标又近了一步，即在安大略省种植25,000英亩的榛子树，生产用于Ferrero产品的高质量榛子。该项目是第一个国际榛子种质保护项目，将为费列罗在北美的扩张奠定技术基础，并为加拿大农业食品部门和HQP培训做出重大贡献。

Ferrero stands as the third largest confectionery group worldwide, utilizing approximately 40% of all hazelnuts produced globally. Canada is the fourth largest importer of hazelnuts worldwide with the opening of a Ferrero manufacturing plant in 2006 which has become the leading hazelnut processor in the country. To date, Ferrero has been importing the majority of its hazelnuts from Turkey, which due to political and environmental factors, is no longer able to satisfy Ferrero's current and future needs as they expand the production of their confectionery products. Recently, Ferrero has focused on research and development activities in order to increase cultivation and conservation of high-quality cultivars for hazelnut production in Ontario. For such activities, all propagative materials must be: traceable through genetic fingerprinting, clonally mass propagated, and capable of survival in the field with high vigor. This project aims at creating a Hazelnut Cryobank (HCB) at the Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation (GRIPP) for advancing hazelnut agriculture in collaboration with Ferrero Canada. Development of the HCB requires a multi-component research platform consisting of three major technologies: (1) Molecular authentication; (2) cryopreservation; and (3) greenhouse acclimatization. This technology pipeline will allow for cultivars provisionally selected for plantation in Ontario, to be fingerprinted (Objective 1), cryopreserved (Objective 2), and mass produced via micropropagation and assessed for survival in the greenhouse (Objective 3). The proposal builds on GRIPP's research expertise in plant morphogenesis and infrastructure for in vitro plant conservation. Establishment of HCB will bring Ferrero one step closer to reaching their 2027 target of planting 25,000 acres of hazelnut trees in Ontario yielding high-quality hazelnuts for use in Ferrero products. The HCB is the first international hazelnut germplasm conservation project, which will form technological basis for Ferrero's expansion in North America with significant contributions to Canadian Agri-food sector and HQP training.