Evaluation of indigenous chickpea and wheat germplasm for traits of economic importance for farmers
- Grant No
- Evaluation of indigenous chickpea and wheat germplasm
- Project Description
- This project with National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Pakistan agro-morphologically characterized and evaluated 357 accessions of chickpea for resistance to aschochyta. The project also morphologically characterized and evaluated 470 accessions of wheat for yellow rust, tolerance to drought and protein quality. The project identified 12 chickpea accessions as potential sources of genes for resistance to aschochyta, 127 accessions of wheat for resistance to yellow rust, and 25 wheat for tolerance to drought.
- Institute Name
- Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC)
- Institute Country
- Nepal
- List of Countries
- Pakistan
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Chickpea 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Global System Project
- Donor
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Start Date
- 1st of April 2008
- End Date
- 1st of January 2011
- Status
- Completed