The Edmund Mach Foundation, formerly the Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige (IASMA),[1] is an agrarian institution and wine academy located in Trentino in north-east Italy.

It was founded in 1874, when the Tyrolean Diet at Innsbruck[2] decided to open an agrarian school and research station at San Michele all’Adige, with the aim of improving agricultural practice in Tyrol.

[3] The lombardo-venetian enologist Edmund Mach was the academy's first director and the institute developed a reputation for work in viticulture and enology.

[4] In 2007 Velasco et al. completed a 6.5x draft genome of the Pinot Noir clone ENTAV 115 and uncovered a significant number of genes which they purport to encode disease resistance elements.

The data obtained will allow new varieties of apple to be developed more quickly than with classical breeding, resulting in plants with self-defence mechanisms against diseases and insects and which produce healthier and tastier fruits.