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Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Priority Crop Collection, IRAG Maize

Grant No

Project Description

This project facilitated the regeneration of 400 accessions of maize in Guinea. Duplicates were deposited in Svalbard.

Institute Name

Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinee (IRAG)

Institute Country

Guinea

List of Countries

Guinea

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Maize	Seed	0	400	272	199	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of December 2009

End Date

31st of December 2011

Status

Completed