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Chris Gottschalk

@pomics.bsky.social
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Pome fruit 🍎 🍐 breeder and geneticist 🧬 Award winning cider maker and contemporary artist. Opinions my own.

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American Society for Horticultural Science @ashs-hort.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New environmental stress physiology research at the USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station suggests distinct survival strategy conveyance by selected Apple rootstock cultivars (B.10, B.9, G.11, G.935, G.969) grafted to `Honeycrisp` scion! doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05526-25 #horticulture
Photograph depicting greenhouse space and implementation infrastructure before implementation of the progressive drought regime used in the present study.
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Ben Mansfeld @bmansfeld.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Gene annotation remains a huge bottleneck in genomics but @pomics.bsky.social & Meg Staton's group at Tennessee have put together an awesome fast and accurate pipeline! Thrilled to have contributed to this awesome team effort. Check out the preprint here 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Ragnarok: a flexible and RApid GeNe Annotation (ROcKs) pipeline deployed through Nextflow
Motivation High-quality genome assemblies and pangenomes are increasingly accessible and achievable due to advances in third-generation sequencing and assembly algorithms, but genome annotation remain...
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I still have many of these historic Mich US #pears lines in my collection. Unfortunately 504 is not one of them.
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 21/08/2025
michigan u.s. 504 pears, painted by l. c. c. krieger, 1936
michigan u.s. 504 pears, painted by l. c. c. krieger, 1936
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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Development of Rosaceae Crop-Specific Nanopore Models for Community Use Through the Genome Database for Rosaceae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A wild collected, possible F1 or F2 progeny in our wild #apple germplasm collection have exhibited flowering in just their third year! Other apple also exhibited short juvenile periods but this one is a big windfall for our #prebreeding program specifically. I even got it to set controlled crosses.
A small apple tree with blossoms developing.Small apple fruitlets from a controlled cross are on a spur of a small apple tree.
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The crossing seasons been busy this year! Lots of successful crosses in our pre-breeding #apple program! Some of these crosses represent our fourth, fifth or later generations of our decade old program! Cheers to wide crosses and breaking down the interrelatedness that’s rampant in apple cultivars!
Five small fruitlets on an apple tree branch.
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Starting a Friday on leave with a paper acceptance
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Red-fleshed #pears are so cool #redfleshedpears
A red-fleshed pear being held in a hand. The peel of the pear is green highlighting the striking pink hued flesh.
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Think of better times during the fall #apples #pears
A red colored pear hanging from a pear tree branchMaslin(R) strain of ‘Pink Lady’ apple being held in a hand
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Meh
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
One of my favorites
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
What was classified as a potential #rootstock turns outs to have great fruit quality. Stems are too long but hey you can’t always win the #genetic lottery #pears #plantbreeding
Four US 78302-018 pears
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Some cool fungal genomics work I participated in www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/11...
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Omics-Based Comparison of Fungal Virulence Genes, Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, and Small Molecules in Penicillium expansum and Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium expansum is a ubiquitous pathogenic fungus that causes blue mold decay of apple fruit postharvest, and another member of the genus, Penicillium chrysogenum, is a well-studied saprophyte va...
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The ARS in Corvallis, OR is looking for a new horticulturist/geneticist to work on the tree and nut crops at their location. As the site of the pear germplasm, you'd get work with me! The pear breeding program relies heavily on the curatorial efforts from this location. www.usajobs.gov/job/824903300
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Horticulturist/Geneticist (Plants)
This position is located with USDA, ARS, Pacific West Area (PWA), National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) in Corvallis, OR and will be the Curator of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) col...
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Big ol’ fan of this variety and its synonym ‘Kyle’s Sugar’. It maybe small but it packs a sugary punch!
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
In #Yakima, WA for a meeting for the first time and the aroma of #hops is strong (in the best possible way)
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Out in the Pacific Northwest, home to one of my favorite wild #apples - #Malusfusca! Having spent more than a decade working with fusca and its hybrids, it was really fun to co-lead the effort to resolve the first North American wild apple species #genome with @bmansfeld.bsky.social.
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 26/11/2024
lowland raspberry apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1927
lowland raspberry apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1927
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Trying out the new AI gene annotation tool today!
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Alt: Agent Smith in a suit and tie wearing sunglasses and ear buds from the Matrix movie.
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Still one of my most favorite traits to find in #pome fruit #redflesh #redfleshedapple #redfleshedpear #otterson #apple #pear #cider #rosé
A red-fleshed pearRed-fleshed apple cider in a small wine tasting glassRed-fleshed Otterson apple
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Chris Gottschalk @pomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
First post on #bluesky figured I’d share our most advanced #pear selection! #plantbreeding #pome #fruit
US 794039-004 pears on a tree
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