In West-Central Asia and North Africa, low productivity of barley and grass pea is caused by drought, heat, salinity, diseases, and insects. This project oversaw the introgression of valuable genes…
This project supported a training and research workshop for selected COGENT members. Training was given on the ACIAR-published procedure for embryo culture. Embryo harvest and culture protocol were…
In the next few decades it is anticipated that climate change will intensify around the world, resulting in more extreme weather such as higher temperatures and more variable rainfall. Some of the…
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…
This project facilitated the regeneration and duplication of 1,000 accessions of wheat, 700 accessions of barley, 1,000 accessions of maize, 400 accessions of sorghum, 350 accessions of bean, 150…
This project supported the regeneration of 1,536 accessions of rice in Madagascar. Most of the varieties were healthy and showed vigorous plants and fertile giving enough seeds that contributed to…
This project regenerated 650 accessions of potato in Argentina. Special attention was paid to plant symptoms of disease; a plant specialist, a virologist, and a pathologist were involved in the work.
This project facilitated the regeneration of 500 accessions of potato. It demonstrated successful action against flea beetle and discovered that materials multiplied from cuttings generated the best…
This project supported the regeneration of 334 accessions of maize, grouped according to their regional origin in Guatemala. Some morphological characters were recorded using CIMMYT's protocols,…
