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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Improvement of rice varieties/breeding lines for low water availability in South and Southeast Asia

The School of Environment and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan collaborated with partners in Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and the International Rice…

Morphophysiological characterization of Burkina Faso rice collection for drought and iron toxicity tolerance

The Institut National de l'Environnement et de la Recherche Agronomique (INERA) screened African and Asian rice varieties under drought and iron toxicity stresses to use the best performers as…

Evaluation of activation of endogenous banana streak virus sequences in Musa germplasm from Southeast Asia and the Pacific

The Institute of Plant Breeding at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos, investigated the activation of endogenous banana streak virus sequences (eBSVs) in drought-resistant B genome banana…

Broadening the genetic base of potato for the tropics, in preparation for climate change

The Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) worked with partners in the LatinPapa Network, in particular Ecuador (INIAP) and Chile (INIA) to make and evaluate reciprocal crosses between the highland…

Recurrent and genomewide selection for enhancing yield in rice

The Philippines Rice Research Institute developed a recurrent selection scheme for rice, producing inbred lines and, consequently, increasing yields with greater ease than options provided by…

Improvement of African maize germplasm by introgressing temperate genes to enhance nutritional quality and adaptability to climate change

This project with the African Centre for Crop Improvement crossed temperate low phytic acid mutants with African maize by introgressing temperate genesin to enhance nutritional value, earliness, and…

Breeding sorghum for hot and humid climate: Exploiting sources of disease resistance and high grain quality

This project with Kansas State University, USA in collaboration with the Ethiopian institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), evaluated 125 accessions of sorghum collected from humid regions of…

Assessing drought tolerance of wild and edible Musa balbisiana germplasm and the impact of drought on the activation of infectious endogenous BSV EPRVs

The Institute of Plant Breeding and Bureau of Plant Industry, Philippines evaluated 44 accessions of wild and edible Musa banana germplasm for tolerance to drought and effect of drought on activation…

Collection and evaluation of rice varieties tolerant to drought, salinity, brown plant hopper, and bacterial leaf blight in Vietnam

This project with the Field Crops Research Institute, Viet Nam evaluated 200 rice accessions for tolerance to drought and salinity and resistance to brown plant hopper and bacteria blight. The…

Participatory Evaluation of Wheat and Barley Germplasm Collections in Iran

This project with the Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA) Iran, in collaboration with farmers, evaluated 160 wheat and 160 barley accessions for yield, baking and nutritional quality and…

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