Wild wheat and barley recollection in Israel and testing for drought resistance after 30 years in view of global warming
- Grant No
- Wild wheat and barley recollection in Israel
- Project Description
- This project with University of Haifa, Israel evaluated 600 accessions of wild wheat and barley for tolerance to drought comparing current collections with those collected 30 years ago. The project identified 37 wheat and 36 barley as potential sources of genes for tolerance to drought.
- Institute Name
- University of Haifa- Institute of Evolution
- Institute Country
- Israel
- List of Countries
- Israel
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Global System Project
- Donor
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Start Date
- 1st of March 2008
- End Date
- 1st of December 2010
- Status
- Completed