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Utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding for adaptation to climate change

Grant No

Utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding in Spain

Project Description

This project oversaw the utilization of crop wild relatives in eggplant pre-breeding in Spain, Sri Lanka, and Côte d'Ivoire. The objective of this project was to find adaptable accessions that would be able to produce despite the effects of climate change.

Institute Name

Institute for Conservation and Improvement of Valencian Agrodiversity, Valencia Polytechnic University (COMAV-UPV)

Institute Country

Spain

List of Countries

Spain
Sri Lanka
Cote d'Ivoire

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Eggplant		0	0	0	0	0

Program Name

Crop Wild Relatives

Donor

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Start Date

1st of December 2013

End Date

31st of December 2016

Status

Completed