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Technical appraisal of strategic approaches to large scale germplasm evaluation

Grant No

Project Description

This project supported research into new genetic and bioinformatics tools that enable genebank managers to equip breeders with small subsets of genetic material that have a high likelihood of containing the trait(s) of interest.

Institute Name

The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)

Institute Country

United Kingdom

List of Countries

United Kingdom

Program Name

Global System Project

Donor

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Start Date

14th of January 2012

End Date

16th of March 2012

Status

Completed