What is VacCAP?

The Vaccinium Coordinated Agricultural Project (VacCAP) was a nationwide coordinated transdisciplinary project that focused on addressing major bottlenecks limiting the growth of the U.S. Vaccinium industry by developing and implementing marker assisted selection (MAS) capacity in breeding programs.  The research aimed to enable breeders to select and pyramid fruit characteristics that positively contribute to fruit quality and market value. Long term, the scientific resources developed will increase production of fruit with improved characteristics that meet ever-changing industry