CRP on Dryland Cereals - DC
Overview: FP2-2.10 - Establish, confirm or enhance breeding populations and/or heterotic pools for target ecologies through appropriate pre-breeding interventions.
Leader: Alphonse Singbo, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Team
members: 3
Partner
organizations: 1
Budget 2024
USD : 0
Outputs: 2
Activity/Product Description
Millet mapping populations for resistance to head miner, downy mildew, Striga and smut; hybrid parents for millet breeding.
Steady pipeline established and available for the delivery of improved farmer-preferred varieties/hybrids for target ecologies.
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Outputs
| Code | Type | Output Name | Leader | Co-leader | Deliverables | Commodity | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP2-2.10.1 |
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Mapping populations for various traits of importance in WCA such as for millet head miner resistance, downy mildew resistance, striga resistance and smut resistance. | Alphonse Singbo | 0 | Pearl millet | ||
| FP2-2.10.2 |
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Hybrid parents from the locally adapted land races and improved open pollinated varieties. | Alphonse Singbo | 0 | Pearl millet |
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