FP2.2 - Allele discovery: Biotic interactions

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes - GL

Overview: FP2.2 - Allele discovery: Biotic interactions

FP2.1 - FP2.3

Leader Shoba Sivasankar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 6
Partner organizations: 11

Budget 2026
USD : 0

Activities/Products: 5

Atlas

Activities/Products

Code	Activity/Product Name	Leader	Total Outputs
FP2.2.4	High nitrogen-fixing chickpea, common bean, faba bean and soybean	Sushil k. Chaturvedi	3
FP2.2.5	Insect-smart chickpea, cowpea, and pigeonpea production systems	Manuele Tamo	9
FP2.2.6	Extra-early maturing chickpea and lentil varieties	Shiv Kumar Agrawal	7
FP2.2.7	Herbicide tolerant machine-harvestable chickpea, faba bean and lentil varieties	Shiv Kumar Agrawal	8
FP2.2.8	Pigeonpea production systems	Chanda Venkata Sameer Kumar	21

Projects

Acronym	Project Title	Year	Section	Leader	Center	Budget	Start Date	End Date	View

Personnel Involved

Aladdin Hamwieh
Acting - Regional Coordinator-Nile Valley & Red Sea and Chickpea Breeder/Bio technologist

Chanda Venkata Sameer Kumar

Manuele Tamo

Shiv Kumar Agrawal
Regional Coordinator - SACRP and Head - Food Legumes Research Platform

Shoba Sivasankar
CRP Director, Dryland Cereals

Sushil k. Chaturvedi

Partners

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore-UAS Bangalore
India, Bengaluru
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/

Addis Ababa University-AAU
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.aau.edu.et/

University of Agriculture-UAM-Nigeria
Nigeria, Makurdi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://uam.edu.ng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST
Ghana, Kumasi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.knust.edu.gh/

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute-CSIR - CRI
Ghana, Fumesua-Kumasi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.cropsresearch.org/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Pulses Research-ICAR-IIPR
India, Kanpur
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
https://iipr.icar.gov.in/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources-ICAR-NBPGR
India, New Delhi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes - GL

Overview: FP2.2 - Allele discovery: Biotic interactions

FP2.1 - FP2.3

Leader Shoba Sivasankar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 6
Partner organizations: 11

Budget 2026
USD : 0

Activities/Products: 5

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore-UAS Bangalore
India, Bengaluru
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/

Addis Ababa University-AAU
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.aau.edu.et/

University of Agriculture-UAM-Nigeria
Nigeria, Makurdi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://uam.edu.ng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST
Ghana, Kumasi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.knust.edu.gh/

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute-CSIR - CRI
Ghana, Fumesua-Kumasi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.cropsresearch.org/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Pulses Research-ICAR-IIPR
India, Kanpur
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
https://iipr.icar.gov.in/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources-ICAR-NBPGR
India, New Delhi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas-ICARDA
Lebanon, Beirut
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
https://www.icarda.org/

International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT (Alliance)
Colombia, Cali
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://ciat.cgiar.org/

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-ICRISAT
India, Hyderabad
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.icrisat.org

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITA
Nigeria, Ibadan
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.iita.org/

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes - GL

Overview: FP2.2 - Allele discovery: Biotic interactions

FP2.1 - FP2.3

Leader Shoba Sivasankar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 6 Partner organizations: 11

Budget 2026USD : 0

Activities/Products: 5

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore-UAS BangaloreIndia, BengaluruAcademic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)https://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/

Addis Ababa University-AAUEthiopia, Addis AbabaAcademic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)http://www.aau.edu.et/

University of Agriculture-UAM-NigeriaNigeria, MakurdiAcademic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)http://uam.edu.ng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUSTGhana, KumasiAcademic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)https://www.knust.edu.gh/

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute-CSIR - CRIGhana, Fumesua-KumasiNational Agricultural Research System (NARS)http://www.cropsresearch.org/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Pulses Research-ICAR-IIPRIndia, KanpurNational Agricultural Research System (NARS)https://iipr.icar.gov.in/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources-ICAR-NBPGRIndia, New DelhiNational Agricultural Research System (NARS)http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas-ICARDALebanon, BeirutCGIAR Center/Program (Center)https://www.icarda.org/

International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT (Alliance)Colombia, CaliCGIAR Center/Program (Center)http://ciat.cgiar.org/

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-ICRISATIndia, HyderabadCGIAR Center/Program (Center)http://www.icrisat.org

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITANigeria, IbadanCGIAR Center/Program (Center)http://www.iita.org/

Team members: 6
Partner organizations: 11

Budget 2026
USD : 0

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore-UAS Bangalore
India, Bengaluru
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/

Addis Ababa University-AAU
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.aau.edu.et/

University of Agriculture-UAM-Nigeria
Nigeria, Makurdi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://uam.edu.ng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST
Ghana, Kumasi
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
https://www.knust.edu.gh/

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute-CSIR - CRI
Ghana, Fumesua-Kumasi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.cropsresearch.org/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Pulses Research-ICAR-IIPR
India, Kanpur
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
https://iipr.icar.gov.in/

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources-ICAR-NBPGR
India, New Delhi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas-ICARDA
Lebanon, Beirut
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
https://www.icarda.org/

International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT (Alliance)
Colombia, Cali
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://ciat.cgiar.org/

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-ICRISAT
India, Hyderabad
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.icrisat.org

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITA
Nigeria, Ibadan
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.iita.org/