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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Collection of wild species of Vigna, Cajanus pennisetum and Eleusine spp. in Ghana

This project collected and regenerated 34 wild accessions of cowpea, 3 wild accessions of pigeon pea, two wild accessions of pearl millet, and 13 wild accessions of finger millet in Ghana.

Assessment of East African highland banana (AAA) and plantain (AAB) cultivars in Asia for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race (TR) 4

This project with Bioversity International in collaboration with the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences of China and partners in the Philippines, evaluated 7 East African Highland bananas,…

Characterization and evaluation of the breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) collection of French Polynesia for tolerance to salinity, cold, and drought

This project with the Service du Developpement Rural of French Polynesia characterized and evaluated 66 accessions of breadfruit for drought resistance, 34 accessions for cold tolerance and 37…

Evaluation of Lathyrus genepools for ß-ODAP neurotoxin content and for determining cross pollination rate

This project with ICARDA evaluated 1128 accessions of Lathyrus sativus and 142 Lathyrus cicercia for B-ODAP neurotoxin content and 109 accessions were evaluated for the effect of environmental…

Genetic characterization and evaluation of agronomic and nutritional traits of adapted pearl millet resources from West Sudan as basis for novel crop improvement strategies

This project with Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) collaborating with University of Hohenheim, Germany and University of Elfasher, Sudan evaluated 225 pearl millet accessions for over 22…

Developing climate change ready germplasm of cowpea (Vigna unguicaulata) and finger millet (Eleusine corocana) in Malawi

This project with Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre agro-morphologically characterized and evaluated 60 cowpea and 141 finger millet accessions for tolerance to drought and tolerance to heat. The…

Evaluation of Phaseolus bean collection for identification of sources of resistance to root rots under drought stress

This project with CIAT evaluated 61 accessions of beans for resistance to root rot and tolerance to drought. The project identified 4, 2, and 3 accessions as potential sources of genes for resistance…

Participatory evaluation of Benin yam landraces in the context of climate change for the benefit of resources-poor farmers

The Crop, Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Research and Development Institute (Institut de recherche pour le developpement (Institut de recherche pour le developpement (IRD))CAM) in…

Evaluation and characterization of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) collections for tolerance to drought, micronutrients concentration and cookability in Kenya

This project conducted with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (National Dryland Farming Research Centre) evaluated and characterized 200 accessions of common beans held at National Genebank…

Evaluation of subset of chickpea consensus collection for resistances to phytophtera and aschochyta, and publication of chickpea and lentil germplasm ICIS databases on the internet

This project with Department of Primary Industries, Victoria in collaboration with the Department of Industry, New South Wales evaluated 246 chickpea accessions for Asochyta blight resistance and 235…

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