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Evaluation of Sunflower Pre-Bred Lines for Stress Resistance and Associated Trade-Offs with Yield

Plants are regularly challanged by a variety of environmental stresses such as drought, flooding, salt, and low-nutrient levels. These stresses negatively affect plant growth and reduce the…

Evaluation of wild species germplasm of rice for agronomic and physiological traits suited for high water use efficiency

This project with the Punjab Agricultural University, India, evaluated 350 accessions of Oryza nivara and O. rufipogon for tolerance to iron (Fe) deficiency under aerobic conditions and for a series…

Evaluation of Yam Collections at National Root Crops Research Institute for Key Traits of Importance to Breeders and Farmers in Nigeria

During this project with the National Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria evaluated 87 yam accessions for resistance to mosaic virus, anthracnose, tuber rot, beetle and nematode, plus early…

On Farm Evaluation of Yield Potential of Local Durum Wheat Accessions Under Saline Irrigation

The Institut National Agronomique of Tunisia, in collaboration with ICARDA, evaluated 26 durum wheat accessions for tolerance to salt, resistance to Septoria, resistance to Fusarium, resistance to…

Exploitation of inter-specific diversity of durum wheat improvement

This project facilitated the expansion of the genetic diversity of wheat though the use wheat crop wild relatives. Introgressions from wild hexaploid wheat were transferred into durum wheat,…

Exploration and collection of Crop Wild Relatives genepool of different crops in Nepal

This project collected a total of 119 populations of wild relatives of oat, barley, finger millet, sweet potato, rice, pearl millet, alfalfa, carrot, grass pea, apple, eggplant, and banana in Nepal.…

Exploration, collection, and conservation of rice landraces in Bangladesh

This project facilitated the exploration, collection, and conservation of rice landraces in Bangladesh, especially in inaccessible areas. Collection programs were overseen by the Bangladesh Rice…

Facilitating access to data on the international in-trust collection of bean held at CIAT

This project facilitated access to data on the international in-trust collection of bean held at CIAT through a consultation with a GENESYS team, the digitization of non electronic documents, and the…

Facilitating access to data on the international in-trust collections of wheat, barley, lentil, chickpea, and faba bean held at International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas in Beirut (ICARDA)

This project facilitated access to data on the international in-trust collection of wheat, barley, lentil, chickpea, and faba bean held at International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry…

Facilitating access to data on the international in-trust collections of maize and cowpea held at IITA

This project facilitated access to data on the international in-trust collection of maize and cowpea held at IITA through a consultation with a GENESYS team, the digitization of non electronic…

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