Exploration and collection of Crop Wild Relatives genepool of different crops in Nepal
- Grant No
- GS15022
- Project Description
- This project collected a total of 119 populations of wild relatives of oat, barley, finger millet, sweet potato, rice, pearl millet, alfalfa, carrot, grass pea, apple, eggplant, and banana in Nepal. Seeds were multiplied and characterized before being sent to MSB for conservation.
- Institute Name
- Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC)
- Institute Country
- Nepal
- List of Countries
- Nepal
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Grasspea 0 0 0 0 0 Alfalfa 0 0 0 0 0 Rice 0 0 0 0 0 Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Pearl Millet 0 0 0 0 0 Oat 0 0 0 0 0 Carrot 0 0 0 0 0 Sweetpotato 0 0 0 0 0 Finger Millet 0 0 0 0 0 Eggplant 0 0 0 0 0 Banana 0 0 0 0 0 Apple 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Crop Wild Relatives
- Donor
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Start Date
- 1st of October 2015
- End Date
- 31st of December 2017
- Status
- Completed