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Regeneration of Cassava Collection, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica

Grant No

Regeneration of Cassava Collection in Costa Rica

Project Description

This project oversaw the regeneration of 40 accessions of cassava. The high success rate of this project prompted the Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Sciences and the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture to select ten accessions for further research based on their promising morphological characteristics.

Institute Name

Tropical Agronomic Research and High Education Center, Costa Rica (CATIE)

Institute Country

Costa Rica

List of Countries

Costa Rica

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Cassava	Vegetative	0	225	40	40	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of May 2009

End Date

31st of March 2011

Status

Completed