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Characterization of Accessions of Maize Germplasm Bank to Drought Tolerance, Leaf Disease Tolerance, and Combining Ability

Grant No

Characterization of Accessions of Maize Germplasm Bank in Brazil

Project Description

Throughout this project with EMBRAPA, Brazil evaluated 10 accessions and 3 pool sources for tolerance to drought, resistance to corn stunt, resistance to Polisora Southern Rust and Phocosphacria Leaf Spot. The project identified 5 accessions and developed a number of populations as potential sources potential sources of genes for tolerance to drought. The project further developed populations as potential sources of genes for resistance to Polisora Southern Rust and resistance to Phacosphacria Leaf Rust.

Institute Name

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Institute Country

Brazil

List of Countries

Brazil

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Maize		0	0	0	0	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of January 2008

End Date

31st of December 2010

Status

Completed