Carrot germplasm development and farmer training for production in stressful environments
- Grant No
- GS18011
- Project Description
- Bangladesh and Pakistan have initiated carrot improvement projects in some of their major agricultural universities, and the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg, legal name: Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center), has initiated an effort in developing a focus on carrot. These programs will regularly carry out field trials evaluating key carrot production characteristics. This project will provide funding to support 1) abiotic stress and pest screening, field testing, seed production, and eventual release of carrot breeding populations that have been field evaluated for performance in warm Asian and North American climates, and 2) farmer training on growing carrot roots, producing carrot seed, and recognizing carrot root and seed production characteristics. Information about optimal crop and seed production methodologies would be collected in this project so farmers can maintain their own seed supplies of climate-resilient marketable carrot selections.
- Institute Name
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)
- Institute Country
- United States
- List of Countries
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- India
- United States
- China
- 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 Carrot 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Crop Wild Relatives
- Donor
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Start Date
- 1st of September 2018
- End Date
- 30th of September 2020
- Status
- Completed