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Coordination of and Administrative Support to Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Regionally Prioritized Crop Collections in Southern Africa (Administrative Support Project)

This project regenerated 592 accessions of cowpea, 543 accessions of maize, and 972 accessions of sorghum, in addition to its work with beans, pigeon pea; finger, minor, and pearl millets. The…

Regeneration of Rice and Sweet Potato Collection, Rice and Cash Crop Research Centre, National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

This project regenerated 228 accessions of rice and 16 accessions of sweet potato through a partnership with the Rice and Cash Crop Research Centre.

Regeneration of Rice Collection, Plant resources Center (National Genebank), Vietnam Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) Plant resources Center (National Genebank ) Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS)

This project regenerated 130 accessions of yam, 150 accesions of taro, and 2,000 accessions of rice. All propagated germplasm were of local varieties. Though traditionally propagated by farmers,…

Regeneration of Rice, Bean and Banana Collections, Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar

This project regenerated 470 accessions of cultivated rice and 185 accessions of wild rice in Myanmar, in addition to 56 lima bean accessions and 26 banana accessions. The results were published…

Regeneration of rice, sweet potato, taro (Colocasia) and maize collections, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development, Indonesia

This project coordinated the regeneration of 900 accessions of rice, 500 accessions of sweet potato, 200 accessions of taro, and 150 accessions of maize in Indonesia. Morphological characters were…

Utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding for adaptation to climate change

This project used wild relatives of eggplant in order to increase the diversity available for breeding, particularly concerning traits that are related to adaptation to climate change. Pre-breeding…

Utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding for adaptation to climate change

This project oversaw the utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding in Spain, Sri Lanka, and Côte d'Ivoire. The objective of this project was to find adaptable accessions that would…

Utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding for adaptation to climate change for adaptation to climate change

This project used wild relatives of eggplant in order to increase the diversity available for breeding, particularly concerning traits that are related to adaptation to climate change. Pre-breeding…

Utilization of Carrot CWRs for Carrot Pre-Breeding in Bangladesh and Pakistan

This project supported the use of carrot crop wild relatives for pre-breeding in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Though subtropical cultivars are only 40 years old, carrots are highly valued in warmer…

Utilisation of wild relatives in the breeding of cowpea for improved adaptation to drought and heat

Though cowpea tolerance of drought and heat is superior to most other crops, the predictions for climate change in sub-Saharan Africa suggest that there is a need for germplasm with even greater…

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