Professor Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, D.Sc.
PL 60-479 Poznań, Strzeszyńska 36 str.
phone: (+48 61) 823 32 51, fax: (+48 61) 823 38 71
e-mail: postbox@nico.ihar.poznan.pl
http://www.ihar.poznan.pl/

Oil Crops Research Division in Poznań.

Department of Genetics and Breeding of Oilseed Crops
Professor Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, D.Sc.
phone: (+48 61) 823 32 51 ext. 230
e-mail: mailto:ibar@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Laboratory of Genetics and Quality Breeding
Aleksandra Piotrowska M.Sc.
phone: +48 61 846 42 19
e-mail: apiotr@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• inheritance and heritability of changed fatty acid composition in mutants, and yellow seeded trait of winter oilseed rape seeds (Brassica napus L. var. oleifera),

Oil seed rape.

• differentiation of fatty acid composition in double low winter oilseed rape by means of recombination method and mutagenesis,

Trials with linseed.

• development of initial materials for breeding of winter oilseed rape with improved quality parameters:
  - extremely low glucosinolate content,
  - low fiber content — yellow seeded rapeseed,
  - differentiated fatty acid composition,
• mapping of winter oilseed rape chromosomes with the use of DNA markers and the search of their linkage with quality traits,
• designing of DNA markers for quality traits,
• fat and fatty acid composition inheritance in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.),
• search for efficient methods evaluation of winter oilseed rape winterhardiness
• development of double improved white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) genotypes and different types of poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) with low morphine and high thebaine content,

White mustard.

• statistical (biometrical) analyses
  

Low morphine poppy varieties with phenotypic markers.

High morphine poppy variety.

Laboratory of Heterosis
Professor Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, D.Sc.
phone: (+48 61) 823 37 21
e-mail: ibar@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• heterosis in oilseed rape,
• different male sterility systems in winter oilseed rape,
• investigations of relationship between genetic distance, phenotype distance and combining ability of CMS ogura lines and restorer lines,
• genetic distance evaluation with the use of molecular markers (RAPD, AFLP) and its application in breeding of oilseed rape hybrid varieties,
• application of isozymes and molecular markers to elaborate breeding methods of hybrid varieties,
• development and investigations of restorer lines for CMS ogura with the use of molecular markers RAPD and PCR SCAR
• development of initial material for breeding of oilseed rape hybrid varieties on the basis of gene-cytoplasmic male sterility CMS ogura.

Plantation of winter rapeseed hybrid seed production.	Dendrogram generated for parental lines of CMS ogura F1 hybrids by the use of isozyme markers.

RAPD analysis of various isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum fungus.	AFLP analysis of winter oilseed rape mapping population.

Laboratory of Tissue Culture
Teresa Cegielska-Taras, D.Sc.
phone: (+48 61) 846 42 05
e-mail: tceg@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• production of doubled haploids (DH) by the use of isolated microspore culture of oilseed plants from genus Brassica and linseed and white mustard,
• development of doubled haploid populations of winter oilseed rape for different breeding programs and genetic studies as:
  - CMS ogura hybridization system – restorer lines,
  - search for molecular markers associated with particular fatty acid,
  - creation of genetic map using molecular markers linked to quality traits of seeds,
• increase of genetic variability of winter oilseed rape by the use of biotechnological methods:
  - introduction of foreign genes into haploid cells by the use of cocultivation of androgenic embryos with Agrobacterium tumefaciens,
  - development of doubled haploids from transformed microspore-derived embryos.

Development of microspore derived embryos.

Laboratory of Resistance Breeding Methods
Michał Starzycki, D.Sc.
phone: (+48 61) 846 42 03
e-mail: michals@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• resistance of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) to Phoma lingam (Tode ex Fr.) Desm. and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary,
• interspecific crosses of winter oilseed rape to introduce the resistance to diseases,
• search for resistance to diseases of intervarieties hybrids,
• oilseed rape resistance to diseases under laboratory and field conditions,
• selection of oilseed rape breeding material for the resistance to pathogens,
• biology of pathogens.

Rapeseed deformation after flowering stage due to the Phytoplasma infection.

Laboratory of Biochemistry
Krzysztof Michalski, Ph.D.
phone: (+48 61) 846 42 07
e-mail: km@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• development of methods for biochemical analyses used for evaluation of seed quality of oilseed crops,
• biochemical analyses of plant materials for research and breeding programs,
• application of gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, near infrared for estimation of fat, protein, fiber, fatty acid, glucosinolate and morphine content.

Independent Laboratory of Oilseed Crop Production Technology

Tadeusz Wałkowski, Ph.D.
phone: (+48 61) 846 42 12
e-mail: twalk@nico.ihar.poznan.pl

Objectives:

• yield, morphological and commercial characters of new genotypes of winter oilseed rape,
• influence of agronomical practices on oilseed crop yield,
• cultivation technology of hybrid varieties of oilseed rape,
• economic analysis of oilseed rape cultivation,
• introduction of new varieties into commercial production,
• oilseed rape cultivation for biofuel production,
• publication of monographs and brochures,
• training in oil crop cultivation technology,
• experimentation and extension,
• co-operation with oil industry.

Plots of agrotechnical experiment with oilseed rape.	Spectral characteristic for evaluation of oil seed rape experimental plots.