CRP on Dryland Cereals - DC
Overview: FP2-4.1 - Characterize sorghum and finger germplasm. Regenerate germplasm lines and repatriate unique accessions to India and take germplasm inventory
Leader:
Eric Manyasa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Coleader: Henry Fred Ojulong, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Team
members: 3
Partner
organizations: 1
Budget 2024
USD : 0
Outputs: 1
Activity/Product Description
Characterize sorghum and finger millet germplasm collected with NARS partners from Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya with the aim of discovering novel traits for incorporation to the breeding program; and to acquire biophysical data to accompany the germplasm to the gene bank. ICRISAT together with TPRI and DRD from Tanzania, NaSARRI from Uganda and the Kenya gene bank undertook a germplasm collection mission to fill gaps in 2016.
Germplasm in the medium term storage in Nairobi requires regeneration after every 5 years and Unique accessions in Nairobi need to be duplicated in Patancheru genebank. Take germplasm inventory in the Nairobi genebank
Atlas
Outputs
| Code | Type | Output Name | Leader | Co-leader | Deliverables | Commodity | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP2-4.1.1 |
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Characterization data for germplasm collected from Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. 600 sorghum accessions will be regenerated and 230 unique sorghum accessions repatriated to India. Germplasm inventory for Nairobi genebank | Eric Manyasa | Henry Fred Ojulong | 4 | Sorghum, Finger millet |
Partners
