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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Germplasm Characterization and Evaluation

This project with Plant Genetic Resources Centre, supported Bangladesh's work to characterize 1000 accessions of grass pea for agro-morphological characters and evaluated 350 accessions of grass pea…

Heat-Tolerant Rice to Combat Global Warming

This project with IRRI and the Philippine Rice Research Institute and the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER) evaluated 455 rice accessions for heat tolerance. The DNA…

Improved conservation and availability of the crop diversity collections held by The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)

This project upgraded The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)'s genebank operations to international standards by addressing backlogs in the regeneration of 1,629 accessions of highly threatened…

In-vitro screening for sweet potato salinity tolerance: Development of methodology and evaluation of 100 accessions

The project with CIP in collaboration with INTA, Argentina evaluated 106 accessions of sweet potato for tolerance to salinity. The project identified 20 accessions as potential sources of genes for…

Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Regionally Prioritized Crop Collections: Caribbean Plant Genetic Resources Network Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute

This project, with the assistance of INIFAT, NARI, MALMR, and INRA, supported Cuba, Guyana, Guadeloupe, and Trinidad and Tobago in their regeneration of a total of 699 accessions of beans, cassava,…

Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Regionally Prioritized Crop Collections: Eastern Africa Plant Genetic Resources Network

In total, this project regenerated 800 accessions of bean, 100 accessions of sweet potato (plus 42 in vitro), 50 accessions of cowpea, 154 accessions of faba bean, and 202 accessions of sorghum. The…

Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Regionally Prioritized Crop Collections: GRENEWECA

In total, this project regenerated more than 5,000 accessions of bambara groundnut, cowpea, millet, rice, sorghum, and yam in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,…

Regeneration of Barley and Wheat Collections, Republican National Centre of Genetic Resources, Tajikistan

This project regenerated 1,000 accessions of wheat and 623 accessions of barley in Tajikistan. In addition to the analysis included in the project, local varieties that met criteria of high…

Regeneration of Cocoyam (Xanthosoma), Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute, Ghana

This project oversaw the regeneration of 74 accessions of cocoyam in Ghana. A breeder and an agronomist were involved in the selection and characterization processes; all 74 accessions are currently…

Regeneration of Cocoyam-Xanthosoma Collection, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Cameroon

This project, in collaboration with Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, oversaw the regeneration of 109 accessions of cocoyam in Cameroon.

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