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In-vitro screening for sweet potato salinity tolerance: Development of methodology and evaluation of 100 accessions

Grant No

In-vitro screening for sweet potato salinity tolerance

Project Description

The project with CIP in collaboration with INTA, Argentina evaluated 106 accessions of sweet potato for tolerance to salinity. The project identified 20 accessions as potential sources of genes for tolerance to drought. In addition, a methodology for in vitro screening of salinity tolerance has also been developed. The project aims to make this process available for use by breeding programs and farmers.

Institute Name

International Potato Center, Peru (CIP)

Institute Country

Peru

List of Countries

Peru
Argentina

Crops

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

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of May 2008

End Date

1st of April 2010

Status

Completed