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Crop Wild Relatives

Farmer group in Kenya looking at sorghumAminyasa farmer group checking out crop wild relatives-derived sorghum lines in Migori in 2019. Photo: Eva Weltzien
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Kenyan Farmers Welcome “Exotic” Sorghum

24 Jan 2023

Farmer placing a stone to vote for wheat variety.Marchouch region, Morocco. Farmer Abdellah Bounagua carefully selects a row and places his one stone. Visiting farmers are given one stone and asked to select their preferred variety. The host farmer receives two stones. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)
In the Media

Science Against Climate Change: Unlocking Wild Genes in Wheat

5 Dec 2022

A field technician for the durum wheat breeding project shows a durum wheat spike.A field technician for the durum wheat breeding project shows a durum wheat spike. ICARDA Terbol station. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)
In the Media

Jabal: The New Wheat Scientists Say Can Withstand Extreme Heat and Drought

4 Dec 2022

As part of the Crop Wild Relatives alfalfa pre-breeding project, an “alfalfa varietal garden” has been established at INIA’s Research Center Kampenaike (which means ‘Place of Sheep’ in Tehuelche, one of the Chonan languages of Patagonia), where 33 lines that include materials from China, Kazakhstan, and Australia are growing. “There’s also three lines from Magallanes, 11 from the Alta Sierra, four from Canada and 25 commercial varieties,” said Jorge Ivelic. Photo: LS Salazar/Crop TrustAs part of the Crop Wild Relatives alfalfa pre-breeding project, an “alfalfa varietal garden” has been established at INIA’s Research Center Kampenaike, where 33 lines that include materials from China, Kazakhstan, and Australia are growing. (Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust)
News

Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives

7 Oct 2022

Photo of carrots against black background.The Crop Wild Relatives Project utilizes the traits of wild relatives to improve heat, drought, and salt tolerance in cultivated carrots.
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Climate Proofing the Carrot: Where Flavor Meets Stress Tolerance

30 Aug 2022

4 Apr 2020
Pigeonpea: Food for DroughtPigeonpea is a nutritious legume that can produce harvests with just 65 cm of rain a year. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)
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Pigeonpea: Food for Drought

17 Aug 2022

30 Apr 2014
ICRISAT’s Damaris Odeny. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Accessible Software for Accessible Seeds

25 May 2022

Women in Science: Shivali Sharma
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From a Childhood in the Himalayas to Addressing Global Food Security: Shivali Sharma

8 Mar 2022

Wild eggplant. Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop TrustWild eggplant. Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust
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Wild Cousins Boost Eggplant Breeding on Our Warming Planet

30 Jan 2022

30 Jan 2022
Seed Collecting, Conservation and Collaboration in West Africa
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Seed Collecting, Conservation and Collaboration in West Africa

27 Jan 2022

27 Jan 2022
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