CRP on Dryland Cereals - DC

Overview: FP2-4.23 - Improve tolerance or resistance to biotic stresses

FP2-4.22 - FP2-4.24


Leader: Henry Fred Ojulong, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 2
Partner organizations: 1

Budget 2026
USD : 0

Outputs: 2

  Activity/Product Description
    
Finger millet accessions with tolerance or resistance to Striga and Blast Increase in finger millet production and use for different end uses, as farmer-preffered varieties are made available.
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  Outputs
    
Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP2-4.23.1 Screened finger millet accessions from Striga hot spot areas in Uganda and Kenya for striga resistance. Henry Fred Ojulong 0 Sorghum, Finger millet
FP2-4.23.2 Advanced blast resistance lines evaluated in target agro-ecologies in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia Henry Fred Ojulong 0 Sorghum, Finger millet, Sorghum, Finger millet
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