http://orgprints.org/15785/ Understanding health-promoting bioactive compounds in blackcurrants and their agronomic improvement Karjalainen, Reijo Stewart, Derek McDougall, Gordon J. Hilz, Hauke Anttonen, Mikko Saviranta, Niina Mattila, Pirjo Törrönen, Riitta Food security, food quality and human health The potential health benefits of black currant based products may be greatly increased if berries from cultivars with high contents of the health-promoting compounds are used as raw materials. The high variability in the levels of flavonols in different black currant cultivars have been demonstrated showing the potential of plant breeding for taking advantage to develop special cultivars for high in health-promoting compounds in target populations. Farming methods either growing organic or conventional means, did not found to have any major influence on the phenolic contents in blackcurrants. With the help of molecular-marker techniques, introgression of defined genes or genome parts possessing health effects is a tool box of modern breeding for speeding up the breeding progress. COST-Action 863 Euroberry Research 2008 Conference paper, poster, etc. NonPeerReviewed source http://orgprints.org/15785/1/Reijok.doc Karjalainen, Reijo; Stewart, Derek; McDougall, Gordon J.; Hilz, Hauke; Anttonen, Mikko; Saviranta, Niina; Mattila, Pirjo and Törrönen, Riitta (2008) Understanding health-promoting bioactive compounds in blackcurrants and their agronomic improvement. Workshop on Bioactive compounds in berry fruits: genetic control, breeding, cultivar, analytical aspects and human health, Zürich, Switzerland, 3rd - 5th December 2008. In: Book of abstracts, COST-Action 863 Euroberry Research, p. 28. http://orgprints.org/15785/http://orgprints.org/15785/1/