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Evaluation of subset of chickpea consensus collection for resistances to phytophtora and aschochyta, and publication of chickpea and lentil germplasm ICIS databases on the internet

This project with Department of Primary Industries, Victoria in collaboration with the Department of Industry, New South Wales evaluated 246 chickpea accessions for Asochyta blight resistance and 235…

Evaluation of drought tolerance in wild bananas from Indonesia

Most edible bananas are susceptible to drought with reported yield losses up to 65%. Wild varieties of banana with the AA genome configuration (as opposed to the BB genome configuration already known…

Evaluation of indigenous chickpea and wheat germplasm for traits of economic importance for farmers

This project with National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Pakistan agro-morphologically characterized and evaluated 357 accessions of chickpea for resistance to aschochyta. The project also…

Evaluation of a collection of more than 8,000 Iranian wheat landrace accessions

This project with The University of California, Davis in collaboration with CIMMYT agro-morphologically characterized approximately 8000 accessions of wheat for 18 agronomic traits. During the…

Evaluation of Lathyrus genepools for ß-ODAP neurotoxin content and for determining cross pollination rate

This project with ICARDA evaluated 1128 accessions of Lathyrus sativus and 142 Lathyrus cicercia for B-ODAP neurotoxin content and 109 accessions were evaluated for the effect of environmental…

Evaluation of minicore sorghum germplasm for resistance against multiple diseases

This project with Texas A&M University in collaboration with ICRISAT evaluated 248 accessions of sorghum for resistance to Anthracnose, resistance to head smut, and resistance to downy mildew. The…

Evaluation of Nepalese barley and rice collections for stress tolerance genes using molecular markers

This project with Agriculture Botany Division (ABD), Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC) morphologically and physiologically characterized and evaluated rice and barley accessions selected from…

Evaluation of pearl millet germplasm for sustainable production under changing climate: Heat Tolerance

This project with ICRISAT evaluated 238 accessions of pearl millet for tolerance to heat and for overall agronomic performance. The project identified 27 accessions as potential sources of genes for…

Evaluation of Phaseolus bean collection for identification of sources of resistance to root rots under drought stress

This project with CIAT evaluated 61 accessions of beans for resistance to root rot and tolerance to drought. The project identified 4, 2, and 3 accessions as potential sources of genes for resistance…

Evaluation of pre-bred sunflower lines for the development of environmentally resilient sunflower cultivars in Uganda

This project supported the evaluation of pre-bred crop wild relatives of sunflower for the development of environmentally resistant sunflower cultivars in Uganda. These wild alleles demonstrate…

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