Presented by
Jørgen Stølsgård President Berrifine AS
Temadag Teknologisk Institut 7. oktober 2008
Tørrede Bær og Frugt
Udbud Efterspørgsel og Teknik
• Specializes in Growing, Processing, and Marketing of Fresh Fruits, Juices,
Concentrates, Frozen and Dried products
• Many years of experience in the
development of highest quality fruit products
• Cooperating with Universities, Institutes,
Growers, Producers and Customers World
Wide
JØRGEN STØLSGÅRD
BERRIFINE A/S Denmark
DANASIA BERRY
COORPORATION (Beijing) Ltd China
BERRIFINE INVEST ApS Denmark
BERRIFINE BALKAN d.o.o Serbia and Montenegro
PETRO PACK St PETERSBURG Joint Venture
FRUITLAND Bulgaria
The Globe – Climate Zones
• Berry Fruits are grown in the ”green” areas – Temperate
Climate, and in the Southern part if the ”blue” areas – Polar
Climate
”MacDonalisation” of berry fruit growing
Berrifine in China
Fruit Breeding
• All based on classical hybridisation
• Selection of parents and early identification of desired trait combinations crucial
• Modern selection methods utilising cutting edge research findings
(markers, metabolic profiling etc)
Raspberry Cultivars
• Renowned for the “Glen”
series of raspberry cultivars
• First cultivar, Glen Clova was released in 1969
• Glen Lyon is current
industry standard in Spain
• Glen Ample is the current
industry standard in the UK
New Raspberry Varieties
Glen Doll
• Parentage: (Glen Rosa x 8605C-2)
• Released in 2006
• Mid to late season
• Originally selected and developed for machine harvesting
• Excellent fruit quality and shelf life
• Sweet raspberry flavour
• A10 resistance to aphids
• Good tolerance to cane diseases
Glen Fyne
• Parentage: (8631D-1 x 8605C-2)
• More productive than Glen Ample at SCRI
• Large sweet fruit with good shelf life
• Good machine harvest-ability
• Spinefree
• A10resistance to aphids
• Suitable for fresh and processing markets
Linking Phenotype to Genotype in Raspberry • Markers for breeding
— earlier selection of desirable traits
— more rapid production of varieties
• Gene Identification
— better understanding of important processes
— increased knowledge of trait heritability
— knowledge-based breeding
• Genotyping
— fingerprinting and varietal identification
— linking genotype and phenotype
— genetic linkage maps
Blackberries
Loch Tay
• released in 2003
• thornfree
• early season
• condensed ripening
• sweet and aromatic
Loch Maree
• released in 2006
• thornfree
• early-mid season
• beautiful pink double blossom
• sweet and aromatic
Breeding for Fruit Quality
• Increased public and political awareness of dietary factors influencing health
• Berry fruit can play a major part in improving nutritional value of diet
• Increase in research effort in public and private sectors e.g. SCRI Raspberry
consortium (PPP)
• Pending EU legislation to limit addition of vitamins etc. to fruit juices and other
products
Antioxidants
O
O O
O
O O
O + R1O
R2
R3 OR4
HO
HO
OR1
R2 OH
HO
HO
OR1
R2 OR3 R4
HO
OR1
OR2 R4
OH R3 HO
O
HO OH O OH HOH2C
O R
CH3
CH3 HO
H3C
Vitamin C
Anthocyanins &
Anthocyanidins Flavanonols
Vitamin E
Flavones
Flavonols
Anthocyanin Content of Fruit
Anthocyanin content of fruit Anthocyanin content of fruit
TE A C
Anthocyanins (mg/100g)
red wine red wine blueberry
blueberry
black raspberry black raspberry
apple apple strawberry
strawberry
red raspberry red raspberry
blackcurrant blackcurrant
0 200 400 600 800 1000
0
10
20
30
40
In Vitro Digestion
Anthocyanin ex. Change post R. nigrum digestion
DpG ‐21
DpGR ‐12
CyG ‐39
CyGR ‐19
Total Phenols ‐7
Salicylic acid
+O
OH OH
HO
H OH OH
H OH OH HO2C
OH HO
CO2H OH HO
OH HO
CO2H OH
HO OH
CO2H CO2H OH