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Introduction of accessions from the regeneration intitative into the international collections held by IITA

Grant No

Introduction of accessions to IITA

Project Description

This project facilitated the regeneration, characterization, and transfer of accessions of cocoyam, yam, mung bean, bambara groundnut, maize, and cowpea as part of IITA's continued efforts to introduce national genebanks' germplasm into international collections.

Institute Name

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria (IITA)

Institute Country

Nigeria

List of Countries

Nigeria

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Cocoyam		0	0	0	0	0
Yam		0	0	0	0	0
Mung Bean		0	0	0	0	0
Bambara Groundnut		0	0	0	0	0
Maize		0	0	0	0	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of November 2013

End Date

1st of December 2016

Status

Completed