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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Wheat genotypes evaluation for high temperature and drought using photosynthetic performance and protoplasmic tolerance traits

This project with Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria (INRB), allowed Portugal to evaluate 93 accessions of wheat for tolerance to heat, tolerance to drought and general agronomic performance.…

Phenotyping the Generation Challenge Program (GCP) barley reference collection for drought related traits

This project with ICARDA evaluated 270 accessions of barley for agronomic and physiological traits related to tolerance to drought. The phenotypic data generated by the project will be used in…

Characterization and evaluation agro morphological collections of sorghum and millet in Niger

This project with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) and ICRISAT evaluated 1152 sorghum and 780 pearl millet accessions for drought tolerance and resistance to downy…

Screening of PNG highlands sweet potato germplasm for selected biotic and abiotic stresses

This project with National Agricultural Research Institute, Papua New Guinea, evaluated 910 sweet potato accessions for resistance to scab and tolerance to cold. The project identified 32 and 7…

Evaluation of pearl millet germplasm for sustainable production under changing climate: Heat Tolerance

This project with ICRISAT evaluated 238 accessions of pearl millet for tolerance to heat and for overall agronomic performance. The project identified 27 accessions as potential sources of genes for…

Agro-morphological characterization of Burkina Faso rice germplasm in lowland and irrigated conditions

During this project with Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso, in collaboration with AfricaRice, characterized 332 accessions of rice for 13 agro-morphological…

Evaluation and characterization of bean and cowpea landraces from Southeast Mexico: focusing on terminal drought tolerance, begomovirus resistance, and yield traits

This project supported the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas Y Pecuaris (INIFAP) in Mexico as they characterized and evaluated 40 common bean accessions, 30 Lima bean…

Characterization and evaluation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) collections from Tanzania using agronomic and morphological markers

This project with Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI) in Tanzania characterized and evaluated 200 accessions of sorghum for tolerance to acidity and tolerance to drought. The project…

Evaluation of minicore sorghum germplasm for resistance against multiple diseases

This project with Texas A&M University in collaboration with ICRISAT evaluated 248 accessions of sorghum for resistance to Anthracnose, resistance to head smut, and resistance to downy mildew. The…

Biodiversity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Malawi and Mozambique

This project with the University of Free State, South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Malawi and the Instituto de Investigacao Agraria of Mozambique characterized and evaluated 84…

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