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Regeneration of Potato Collection, Estracion Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Argentina

Grant No

Regeneration of Potato Collection in Argentina

Project Description

This project regenerated 650 accessions of potato in Argentina. Special attention was paid to plant symptoms of disease; a plant specialist, a virologist, and a pathologist were involved in the work.

Institute Name

Instituto Nacional de Technologia Agropecuaria (INTA-EEAB)

Institute Country

Argentina

List of Countries

Argentina

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Potato Wild	Seed	0	301	0	0	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of June 2008

End Date

31st of December 2011

Status

Completed