Exploitation of inter-specific diversity of durum wheat improvement
- Grant No
- Exploitation of inter-specific diversity of durum wheat improvement
- Project Description
- 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, increasing the yields of durum varieties and making them more adaptable to climate change.
- Institute Name
- University of Nottingham
- Institute Country
- United Kingdom
- List of Countries
- United Kingdom
- India
- Morocco
- Mexico
- 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 Wheat Durum 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Crop Wild Relatives
- Donor
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Start Date
- 1st of November 2014
- End Date
- 31st of October 2018
- Status
- Completed