Fruit ripening
Molecular, physiological and biochemical mechanisms of fruit ripening, postharvest control
Fruit defense
Molecular, and biochemical mechanisms of fruit response to abiotic and biotic stresses, sustainable agriculture, functional microbiome
Gene editing
Functional analysis based on omics data for improvement of fruit crops
about us

Fruit biotechnology for the sustainable future of fruit farming and industry

Grape

Grape

Grapes do not only possess intrinsic nutritional value, but they are also valuable due to the ever growing wine market.

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Tomato

Tomato

Tomato possesses a significant nutritional value and is one of the most widely consumed crops worldwide.

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Other fruits

Other fruits

We have occasional biotechnological projects in other fruit species and crops.

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what we do

Fruit crops improvement based on multiomics and functional analysis using gene editing

Transcriptomics, Transcriptional profiling
Metabolomics,   Metabolic profiling
Metagenomics
Functional analysis, CRISPR
Research
@fruitfgb We are pleased to welcome researcher Dr Asma Bashir from Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Techn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@fruitfgb At the XI Jornadas da Investigação em Biologia, @FortesMargarida gave a presentation on the use of new #genomic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@fruitfgb The @MiDiVine1 aims at promoting functional #Microbial Diversity for Sustainable #Grapevine Health and Productivity… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@fruitfgb An untargeted #metabolomic analysis of #grapes, #must and, #wine revealed several putative biomarkers for #terroir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@fruitfgb RT @innovplantpro: In @revistaSABADO, the📰"🍅against cancer" features an interview with the CEO at #InPP @Pfevereiro1. He talks about evolut…