This project involved the collection of wild relatives in the genepools of 10 crops in Lebanon, including wheat (113 accessions), barley (13 accessions), alfalfa (80 accessions), vetch (39…
Genetic enhancement of cultivated pigeon pea is not adequate due to its narrow genetic base. Wild pigeon pea, though, provides novel genetic variations and possesses high levels of resistance against…
This project evaluated wild relatives of alfalfa for drought stress tolerance collected from primary (Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan) and secondary centers (Chiles, Peru, Bolivia). This trait will be of…
The earthquakes that stuck central and western regions of Nepal in April and May of 2015 caused an estimated $80 million worth of damage to stored food grains and seed stocks. Approximately 60% of…
This project supported the collection of crop wild relatives in Nigeria. These included 10 accessions of finger millet, 24 accessions of rice, 45 accessions of eggplant, 10 accessions of sorghum, 19…
This project aimed to render the genetic variation contained in wild sorghum more usable. To do so, the Australian public sorghum pre-breeding team developed back-cross populations with wild sorghum…
This project oversaw the development of a web portal for the distribution of data from sunflower and rice projects that concern their respective crop wild relatives. The project will help specify the…
This project facilitated the collection of crop wild relatives in Malaysia. Seeds were conserved ex situ by MARDI genebanks, and duplicates were sent to Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.
This project collected and analyzed wild relatives of several crops: 40 accessions of pearl millet, 18 accessions of oat, 3 accessions of carrot, 14 accessions of barley, 4 accessions of lentil, 7…
