Kvasny Prum. 2012; 58(2): 36-39 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2012006

Hop Breeding in the Czech Republic.Peer-reviewed article

Vladimír NESVADBA, Zděnka POLONČÍKOVÁ, Alena HENYCHOVÁ
Chmelařský institut s.r.o., Kadaňská 2525, 438 46 Žatec

Hop breeding objectives in CR can be divided into aroma and bitter hops, both being resistant to stresses, dwarf varieties for cultivation in low trellis and varieties for pharmaceutical utilization. In 2008 we managed to release Vital and Kazbek. Varieties Saaz Late and Bohemie were registered in 2010. Recently we have bred some perspective genotypes with high contents of xanthohumol or desmethylxanthohumol (DMX). In January 2011, we were awarded funding for a new four years EUREKA Project, which is an inter-governmental network that supports the development for innovations across all sectors of industry within EU. It should help us to develop new low trellis high quality aroma hops as sustainable replacements for traditional tall hops in the future.Hop breeding objectives in CR can be divided into aroma and bitter hops, both being resistant to stresses, dwarf varieties for cultivation in low trellis and varieties for pharmaceutical utilization. In 2008 we managed to release Vital and Kazbek. Varieties Saaz Late and Bohemie were registered in 2010. Recently we have bred some perspective genotypes with high contents of xanthohumol or desmethylxanthohumol (DMX). In January 2011, we were awarded funding for a new four years EUREKA Project, which is an inter-governmental network that supports the development for innovations across all sectors of industry within EU. It should help us to develop new low trellis high quality aroma hops as sustainable replacements for traditional tall hops in the future.

Keywords: hop, Humulus lupulus L., varieties, genotypes, breeding material, low trellis, EUREKA project, dwarf hops, xanthohumol, DMX

Received: October 16, 2011; Accepted: January 3, 2012; Published: February 1, 2012 

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