Contributors
ABI
AgroBioInstitute (ABI) is a state research
institution in the structure of the Agricultural Academy (AA),
belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF),
Bulgaria. One of the main activities of ABI has been systematic
molecular marker characterization of the Bulgarian genetic resources
and biodiversity of economically important crops (wheat, barley,
grapevine, oil-bearing rose, sunflower etc.), naturally growing
plants (small berries, wild grapevine, resurrection plants, etc.),
economically important animal (cattle, swine), fish (turbot) and
microorganisms (yoghurt producing bacteria, soil plant pathogenic
bacteria, thermophilic microorganisms etc.).
ABI carries out these studies in collaboration with the respective
national breeding research institutes and universities, gaining experience on complex
phenotyping and genotyping data management and processing.
IVE
The Institute of Viticulture and Ecology (IVE) is a state research institution in the structure of the Agricultural Academy (AA), belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Bulgaria. IVE carries out applied research and plant production activities in the field of viticulture and wine. IVE maintains a grapevine collection, containing more than 1700 accessions including V. vinifra cultivars, clones, other Vitis specis and rootstocks.