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