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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Characterization of indigenous coconut germplasm in Sri Lanka

This project with Coconut Research Institute, facilitated Sri Lanka's characterization and evaluation of 22 accessions of coconut for tolerance to drought and resistance to pests and diseases. The…

Evaluating taro germplasm for drought and salinity tolerance for the benefit of resource-poor farmers in the Pacific region

This project with the Secretariat of Pacific Community Fiji evaluated 30 accessions of taro for tolerance to drought and salinity. The project measured a variety of agro-morphological parameters for…

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…

Wild wheat and barley recollection in Israel and testing for drought resistance after 30 years in view of global warming

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…

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…

Characterization and evaluation of Ipomoea batatas and Vigna unguiculata collections of the Agricultural Research Council and the National Plant Genetic Resources Centre

This project with the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute of the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa and the National Plant Genetic Resources Center has evaluated the 99 cowpea and 102…

Regeneration of Chickpea, grass pea, Lentil, Phaseolus Bean and Wheat Collections, National Center for Plant Genetic Resources of the Ukraine, Institute of Plant Production n.a. V.J. Yurjev, Ukraine

This project regenerated 280 accessions of chickpea, 300 accessions of grass pea, 60 accessions of lentil, 790 accessions of bean, and 1,350 accessions of wheat. The information about the Svalbard…

Evaluation of indigenous chickpea and wheat germplasm for traits of economic importance for farmers

This project with National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Pakistan agro-morphologically characterized and evaluated 357 accessions of chickpea for resistance to aschochyta. The project also…

Agro-morphological characterization of West and Central African accessions selected from the GCP pearl millet reference collection

Throughout this project, the ICRISAT, in collaboration with IER, Mali and LCRI, agro-morphologically characterized 74 accessions of pearl millet and evaluated 81 accessions for resistance to striga…

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…

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