The present proposal is aimed at developing and preparing pre-breed materials of eggplant (Solanum melongena) containing introgressions of wild relatives for incorporating them …
The proposed project will develop and deploy a series of web portals to support the maintenance and access to data from 14 individual pre-breeding projects utilizing crop wild relatives. The data…
This funding began a long-term relationship between the Crop Trust and ICRISAT wherein the Trust approved a master plan of ICRISAT and assured funding for its activities.
This funding began a long-term relationship between the Crop Trust and Bioversity wherein the Trust approved a master plan of Bioversity and assured funding for its activities.
This project took place at the International Transit Centre (ITC) in Leuven, Belgium, which holds the world's largest collection of bananas. It focused on developing a long-term conservation strategy…
This project facilitated the collection of wild relatives in Sudan with a goal of 89 total accessions. The seeds were then extracted, cleaned, dried, and tested. Viable seeds were sent to the APGRC…
This project oversaw the collection of cereals, grain, and legume crop genepools in Spain. Twenty-two (22) accessions of oat, 12 accessions of barley, 50 accessions of grass pea, 22 accessions of…
The civil war in Syria led to looting of most equipment and facilities of the ICARDA headquarters, necessitating the relocation of its genetic resources. This project supported this move as well as…
Recent model-based estimates indicate that bean production areas and yields will be drastically reduced by drought, increased rainfall, and especially by high temperatures if no adaptation measures…
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…
