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Collection of apple, aubergine, banana, cowpea, pigeon pea, rice and sweet potato Crop Wild Relatives in Vietnam by Plant Resources Center

Grant No

Collection of crop wild relatives in Vietnam

Project Description

This project aided the collection of crop wild relatives in Viet Nam. Forty-five (45) accessions of banana, 47 accessions of cowpea, 53 accessions of rice, 42 accessions of pigeon pea, 16 accessions of aubergine, 10 accessions of apple, and 8 accessions of sweet potato were collected.

Institute Name

Plant Resources Center (PRC)

Institute Country

Vietnam

List of Countries

Vietnam

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Cowpea		0	0	0	0	0
Pigeonpea		0	0	0	0	0
Rice		0	0	0	0	0
Sweetpotato		0	0	0	0	0
Apple		0	0	0	0	0
Eggplant		0	0	0	0	0
Banana		0	0	0	0	0

Program Name

Crop Wild Relatives

Donor

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Start Date

1st of July 2014

End Date

31st of December 2016

Status

Completed