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Regeneration of rice, sweet potato, taro (Colocasia) and maize collections, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development, Indonesia

Grant No

Regeneration of rice, sweet potato, taro, and maize collections in Indonesia

Project Description

This project coordinated the regeneration of 900 accessions of rice, 500 accessions of sweet potato, 200 accessions of taro, and 150 accessions of maize in Indonesia. Morphological characters were verified with the assistance of plant protections specialists.

Institute Name

Agr Biotechnology & Genetic Res & Dev (ICABIOGRAD)

Institute Country

Indonesia

List of Countries

Indonesia

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Maize	Seed	150	150	0	150
Rice	Seed	900	900	663	900
Sweetpotato	Vegetative	2366	250	90	0
Taro	Vegetative	900	200	0	0

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

1st of April 2008

End Date

31st of December 2011

Status

Completed