Generation Challenge Programme >> Research >> Research Themes >> Capacity buildingGCP’s mission is using genetic diversity and advanced plant science to improve crops by adding value to breeding for drought-prone and harsh environments. This is achieved through a network of more than 200 partners drawn from CGIAR Centres, academia, regional and national research programmes, and capacity enhancement to assist developing-world researchers to access technologies and to tap into a broader and richer pool of plant genetic diversity.http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-themes/research-themes-capacity-building/32-research/sorghum2019-06-25T09:02:49-05:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementSorghum – Stay-green project2014-08-30T21:34:37-05:002014-08-30T21:34:37-05:00http://generationcp.org/stay-green-projectAntonia Okonoa.okono@cgiar.org<div class="feed-description"><h1>Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia (G4012.01/G7009.04)</h1>
<p>The aim of this project is to evaluate sorghum germplasm enriched with stay-green in several African countries in East and West Africa. Phase I (2009–2011) focused on Mali while Phase II (2012–2014)extended beyond Mali to five other countries to also encompass Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</p>
<p>The project integrates three complementary activities:</p>
<ol>
<li>Evaluating (in Africa) the material produced in Phase I.</li>
<li>Training (in Australia) in sorghum crop improvement for African scientists, covering breeding, physiology, moleculare markers and bioinformatics, amonth others.</li>
<li>Evaluation of African germplasm for stay-green regions.</li>
</ol>
<p>Stay-green is a drought-resistance mechanism that allowes sorghum plants to stay relatively alive and to maintain green leaves longer during post-anthesis (post-flowering) drought. In Australia, the stay-green trait has proven valuable in increasing loding resistance and grain yield.</p>
<p>The project is led by the University of Queensland, Australia, in collaboration with the following partners in the six African countries:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Burkina Faso: </strong>Institut de l’environnement et de recherches agricoles (INERA)</li>
<li><strong>Ethiopia:</strong> Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)</li>
<li><strong>Kenya:</strong> Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)</li>
<li><strong>Mali:</strong> Institut d'économie rurale</li>
<li><strong>Niger:</strong> Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)</li>
<li><strong>Sudan:</strong> Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)</li>
</ol>
<p>For more details, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a></p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia (G4012.01/G7009.04)</h1>
<p>The aim of this project is to evaluate sorghum germplasm enriched with stay-green in several African countries in East and West Africa. Phase I (2009–2011) focused on Mali while Phase II (2012–2014)extended beyond Mali to five other countries to also encompass Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</p>
<p>The project integrates three complementary activities:</p>
<ol>
<li>Evaluating (in Africa) the material produced in Phase I.</li>
<li>Training (in Australia) in sorghum crop improvement for African scientists, covering breeding, physiology, moleculare markers and bioinformatics, amonth others.</li>
<li>Evaluation of African germplasm for stay-green regions.</li>
</ol>
<p>Stay-green is a drought-resistance mechanism that allowes sorghum plants to stay relatively alive and to maintain green leaves longer during post-anthesis (post-flowering) drought. In Australia, the stay-green trait has proven valuable in increasing loding resistance and grain yield.</p>
<p>The project is led by the University of Queensland, Australia, in collaboration with the following partners in the six African countries:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Burkina Faso: </strong>Institut de l’environnement et de recherches agricoles (INERA)</li>
<li><strong>Ethiopia:</strong> Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)</li>
<li><strong>Kenya:</strong> Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)</li>
<li><strong>Mali:</strong> Institut d'économie rurale</li>
<li><strong>Niger:</strong> Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)</li>
<li><strong>Sudan:</strong> Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)</li>
</ol>
<p>For more details, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a></p></div>Sorghum – Products2011-06-04T16:24:08-05:002011-06-04T16:24:08-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-themes/research-themes-capacity-building/32-research/sorghum/180-sorghum-productsAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p> </p>
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<tr><th class="td2" valign="top">Product</th><th class="td3" valign="top">Type</th><th class="td4" valign="top">Description</th><th class="td5" valign="top">Current Use</th><th class="td6" valign="top">Access</th></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p>AltSB: a major sorghum Al tolerance gene</p>
</td>
<td valign="top">Gene</td>
<td valign="top">Incontrovertible evidence that novel Al tolerance genes exist in the sorghum genome was obtained. Elite Al tolerant sorghum hybrids developed from the breeding program; AltSB confirmed as a major aluminum tolerance gene and cloned. As well, 6 preliminary candidate genes for maize Al tolerance via association analysis and verification of two of these by linkage analysis were identified.</td>
<td valign="top">Study of genetic control of aluminum tolerance in sorghum and maize</td>
<td valign="top">
<p>Contact Leon V. Kochian, USDA/ARS, Cornell University, Ihica, New York USA</p>
<p><a href="mailto:lvk1@cornell.edu">lvk1@cornell.edu</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A microsatellite kit for the GCP sorghum reference germplasm set</td>
<td valign="top">Genomic Resources</td>
<td valign="top">Reference kit of 48 SSRs, with sequence list and protocol, germplasm checks, and allele sizes of microsats for those checks</td>
<td valign="top">Assessment of diversity in cassava collections</td>
<td valign="top">Contact Jean-Francois Rami, CIRAD, Montpellier France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A validated Sorghum germplasm reference collection</td>
<td valign="top">Genomic Resources</td>
<td valign="top">The Sorghum Reference Set is composed of a core set of accessions representing the genetic diversity of the entirety of the ICRISAT germplasm bank collection. The reference set represents a critical resource for plant scientists to study new adaptative traits, discover new favorable alleles and also new parental lines for prebreeding crosses.</td>
<td valign="top">The Associated Marker kits are a set of markers that has been used to characterize the corresponding reference set collection. Using this same set of markers, any scientist will be able to compare the diversity of his/her own deversity panel with the reference set, and request appropriate accessions from the reference set to introduce new diversity in his/her germpalsm.</td>
<td valign="top">The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Germplasm Bank</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A sorghum germplasm reference set</td>
<td valign="top">Germplasm</td>
<td valign="top">A sorghum reference set of 384 accessions derived from an ICRISAT sorghum composite set of 3384 accessions genotyped with 41 SSR</td>
<td valign="top">Comparative genomics studies and introduction of diversity and selected traits in sorghum breeding programs.</td>
<td valign="top">Contact H. Upadaya, International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div><div class="feed-description"><p> </p>
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<tr><th class="td2" valign="top">Product</th><th class="td3" valign="top">Type</th><th class="td4" valign="top">Description</th><th class="td5" valign="top">Current Use</th><th class="td6" valign="top">Access</th></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p>AltSB: a major sorghum Al tolerance gene</p>
</td>
<td valign="top">Gene</td>
<td valign="top">Incontrovertible evidence that novel Al tolerance genes exist in the sorghum genome was obtained. Elite Al tolerant sorghum hybrids developed from the breeding program; AltSB confirmed as a major aluminum tolerance gene and cloned. As well, 6 preliminary candidate genes for maize Al tolerance via association analysis and verification of two of these by linkage analysis were identified.</td>
<td valign="top">Study of genetic control of aluminum tolerance in sorghum and maize</td>
<td valign="top">
<p>Contact Leon V. Kochian, USDA/ARS, Cornell University, Ihica, New York USA</p>
<p><a href="mailto:lvk1@cornell.edu">lvk1@cornell.edu</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A microsatellite kit for the GCP sorghum reference germplasm set</td>
<td valign="top">Genomic Resources</td>
<td valign="top">Reference kit of 48 SSRs, with sequence list and protocol, germplasm checks, and allele sizes of microsats for those checks</td>
<td valign="top">Assessment of diversity in cassava collections</td>
<td valign="top">Contact Jean-Francois Rami, CIRAD, Montpellier France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A validated Sorghum germplasm reference collection</td>
<td valign="top">Genomic Resources</td>
<td valign="top">The Sorghum Reference Set is composed of a core set of accessions representing the genetic diversity of the entirety of the ICRISAT germplasm bank collection. The reference set represents a critical resource for plant scientists to study new adaptative traits, discover new favorable alleles and also new parental lines for prebreeding crosses.</td>
<td valign="top">The Associated Marker kits are a set of markers that has been used to characterize the corresponding reference set collection. Using this same set of markers, any scientist will be able to compare the diversity of his/her own deversity panel with the reference set, and request appropriate accessions from the reference set to introduce new diversity in his/her germpalsm.</td>
<td valign="top">The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Germplasm Bank</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">A sorghum germplasm reference set</td>
<td valign="top">Germplasm</td>
<td valign="top">A sorghum reference set of 384 accessions derived from an ICRISAT sorghum composite set of 3384 accessions genotyped with 41 SSR</td>
<td valign="top">Comparative genomics studies and introduction of diversity and selected traits in sorghum breeding programs.</td>
<td valign="top">Contact H. Upadaya, International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>Sorghum – InfoCentre2011-06-04T16:23:47-05:002011-06-04T16:23:47-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-infocentreAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="images/crop-artwork/sorghum-circle-web.jpg" alt="sorghum-circle-web" style="margin: 10px; float: right;" height="150" width="150" /></p>
<h3>More on our sorghum projects</h3>
<ul>
<li>Annual reports: <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/2013%20AR%20WEB/SORGHUM/ar2013sorghumweb/index.html">2013 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2149&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2013 – download PDF (<span class="small">512.98 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/SorghumAR2012/sorghumar2012/index.html">2012 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2162&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> Annual Report 2012: Sorghum (<span class="small">298.5 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_self" href="communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">previous years</a></li>
<li>See the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/GCProgramme/tag/sorghum" target="_blank">Slides</a></li>
<li><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/more-cis-launched">Launch of the Sorghum Research Initiative</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Facts and figures</h3>
<ul>
<li>Learn more about sorghum (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/407/communities/communities/facts-figures/sorghum-facts-figures">IBP website</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Resources and networks for researchers</h3>
<ul>
<li>Listings in our Product Catalogue include <a href="products-sorghum">sorghum</a></li>
<li>Open-access book chapter in e-book format: <a href="onlinepubls/chapterii14/index.html" target="_blank">How to phenotype sorghum for drought</a></li>
<li>Join the sorghum <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/152/communities/communities/sorghum">community of practice</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Sorghum <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/140/communities/genomics-crop-info/crop-information/sorghum">information and genomics</a> (IBP website)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Feature stories and news</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/communications/media/gcp-in-the-media/59-communications/media/gcp-in-the-media/771-sorghum-farming-key-to-food-security-experts">Sorghum key to food security</a> (May 2013)</li>
<li><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/stepping-in-from-the-cold-with-scientific-touchstone-sorghum-reference-set-reloaded">Genetic study on the sorghum reference set</a> (May 2013)</li>
</ul></div><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="images/crop-artwork/sorghum-circle-web.jpg" alt="sorghum-circle-web" style="margin: 10px; float: right;" height="150" width="150" /></p>
<h3>More on our sorghum projects</h3>
<ul>
<li>Annual reports: <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/2013%20AR%20WEB/SORGHUM/ar2013sorghumweb/index.html">2013 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2149&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2013 – download PDF (<span class="small">512.98 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/SorghumAR2012/sorghumar2012/index.html">2012 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2162&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> Annual Report 2012: Sorghum (<span class="small">298.5 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_self" href="communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">previous years</a></li>
<li>See the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/GCProgramme/tag/sorghum" target="_blank">Slides</a></li>
<li><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/more-cis-launched">Launch of the Sorghum Research Initiative</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Facts and figures</h3>
<ul>
<li>Learn more about sorghum (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/407/communities/communities/facts-figures/sorghum-facts-figures">IBP website</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Resources and networks for researchers</h3>
<ul>
<li>Listings in our Product Catalogue include <a href="products-sorghum">sorghum</a></li>
<li>Open-access book chapter in e-book format: <a href="onlinepubls/chapterii14/index.html" target="_blank">How to phenotype sorghum for drought</a></li>
<li>Join the sorghum <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/152/communities/communities/sorghum">community of practice</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Sorghum <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/140/communities/genomics-crop-info/crop-information/sorghum">information and genomics</a> (IBP website)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Feature stories and news</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/communications/media/gcp-in-the-media/59-communications/media/gcp-in-the-media/771-sorghum-farming-key-to-food-security-experts">Sorghum key to food security</a> (May 2013)</li>
<li><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/stepping-in-from-the-cold-with-scientific-touchstone-sorghum-reference-set-reloaded">Genetic study on the sorghum reference set</a> (May 2013)</li>
</ul></div>Sorghum – Capacity building2011-06-04T16:23:28-05:002011-06-04T16:23:28-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-capacity-buildingAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p>The project will enhance the capacity of Mali’s breeding programme to make wider use of germplasm diversity using molecular tools and genetic male sterility.</p>
<p>The capacity-building effort not only human resources (whcih includes postgraduate students working on the project) but also physical infrastructure, based on the needs identified by Malian researchers working on the project.</p></div><div class="feed-description"><p>The project will enhance the capacity of Mali’s breeding programme to make wider use of germplasm diversity using molecular tools and genetic male sterility.</p>
<p>The capacity-building effort not only human resources (whcih includes postgraduate students working on the project) but also physical infrastructure, based on the needs identified by Malian researchers working on the project.</p></div>Sorghum community of practice2011-06-04T16:23:13-05:002011-06-04T16:23:13-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-sorghum-copAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p>A sorghum community of practice (CoP) has been established, including online community spaces <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/community/sorghum">(hosted by IBP)</a>.</p>
<p>The original plan with the <a href="sorghum-bcnam-project-2">BCNAM</a> and <a href="/sorghum-mars-project-2">MARS </a>projects was to have activities in Mali, Ethiopia and Sudan, but due to high staff turnover in Ethiopia, and the political embargo on Sudan at the time the project was to be initiated (2009/2010), this was not possible. It is anticipated that more partners will come on board through the sorghum CoP.</p>
<p>The other avenue ifor community-building s through Phase II of the stay-green project (2012–2014), which covers six African countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Sudan).</p></div><div class="feed-description"><p>A sorghum community of practice (CoP) has been established, including online community spaces <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/community/sorghum">(hosted by IBP)</a>.</p>
<p>The original plan with the <a href="sorghum-bcnam-project-2">BCNAM</a> and <a href="/sorghum-mars-project-2">MARS </a>projects was to have activities in Mali, Ethiopia and Sudan, but due to high staff turnover in Ethiopia, and the political embargo on Sudan at the time the project was to be initiated (2009/2010), this was not possible. It is anticipated that more partners will come on board through the sorghum CoP.</p>
<p>The other avenue ifor community-building s through Phase II of the stay-green project (2012–2014), which covers six African countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Sudan).</p></div>Sorghum – BCNAM Project2011-06-04T16:22:55-05:002011-06-04T16:22:55-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-bcnam-projectAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach (G7010.05.01)</h1>
<p>This element aims to develop modified BCNAM populations to improve sorghum varieties by incorporating new well-characterised traits such as drought adaptation into local germplasm. Led by Mali's<em> Institut d'économie rurale</em> (IER), the project brings together collaborators from ICRISAT–Mali and Agropolis–CIRAD.</p>
<p>BCNAM is a new concept aiming to accumulate – in a single adapted background – useful genomic regions identified in a range of diverse varieties potentially contributing new useful traits, beneficial to the sorghum grown in Mali.</p>
<p>For more details on the project, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a>
</p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach (G7010.05.01)</h1>
<p>This element aims to develop modified BCNAM populations to improve sorghum varieties by incorporating new well-characterised traits such as drought adaptation into local germplasm. Led by Mali's<em> Institut d'économie rurale</em> (IER), the project brings together collaborators from ICRISAT–Mali and Agropolis–CIRAD.</p>
<p>BCNAM is a new concept aiming to accumulate – in a single adapted background – useful genomic regions identified in a range of diverse varieties potentially contributing new useful traits, beneficial to the sorghum grown in Mali.</p>
<p>For more details on the project, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs</a>
</p></div>Sorghum – MARS project2011-06-04T16:22:36-05:002011-06-04T16:22:36-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-mars-projectAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Improve sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS (G4008.48)</h1>
<p>This project aims to demonstrate the value of marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) for sorghum breeding through a private–public partnership involving the local Mali national programme – <em>L’Institut d’économie rurale</em> (IER), Agropolis–CIRAD and Syngenta.</p>
<p>The value of MARS has been well demonstrated in maize in private company programmes, and should be readily applicable to sorghum.</p>
<p>For more details, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs </a></p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Improve sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS (G4008.48)</h1>
<p>This project aims to demonstrate the value of marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) for sorghum breeding through a private–public partnership involving the local Mali national programme – <em>L’Institut d’économie rurale</em> (IER), Agropolis–CIRAD and Syngenta.</p>
<p>The value of MARS has been well demonstrated in maize in private company programmes, and should be readily applicable to sorghum.</p>
<p>For more details, see the sorghum section in our <a href="/communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">Annual Reports</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-updates">Project Updates</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/project-briefs">Project Briefs</a> | <a href="/communications/programme-publications/posters-topmenu">Poster Abstracts</a> | <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/sorghum-2/">Blogs </a></p></div>Sorghum – Target countries2011-06-04T16:22:21-05:002011-06-04T16:22:21-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-target-countriesAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p>The sorghum Research Initiative initially focused on Mali, where sorghum-growing areas are large and rainfall is getting more and more limited, but the results will be readily applicable to other sorghum-growing areas.</p>
<p>Partners in the project were<em> L'Institut d’économie rurale</em> (IER, Mali), Agropolis–CIRAD, ICRISAT for the IER-led BCNAM project, as well as Syngenta for the CIRAD-led MARS project.</p>
<p>The original plan was to have activities in Ethiopia and Sudan as well for BCNAM and MARS, but due to high staff turnover in Ethiopia, and the political embargo on Sudan at the time the project was to be initiated, this was not possible. It is anticipated that more partners will come on board through the envisioned sorghum community of practice that GCP will establish.</p>
<p>Meantime, Phase II of the stay-green project (2012–2014) led by the University of Queensland, Australia, also brings in more African countries:</p>
<ol style="font-size: 10.9090909957886px;">
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Burkina Faso:<em> </em></strong><em>Institut de l’environnement et de recherches agricoles</em> (INERA)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Ethiopia:</strong> Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Kenya:</strong> Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Mali:</strong> <em>Institut d'économie rurale</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Niger:</strong> Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Sudan:</strong> Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p></div><div class="feed-description"><p>The sorghum Research Initiative initially focused on Mali, where sorghum-growing areas are large and rainfall is getting more and more limited, but the results will be readily applicable to other sorghum-growing areas.</p>
<p>Partners in the project were<em> L'Institut d’économie rurale</em> (IER, Mali), Agropolis–CIRAD, ICRISAT for the IER-led BCNAM project, as well as Syngenta for the CIRAD-led MARS project.</p>
<p>The original plan was to have activities in Ethiopia and Sudan as well for BCNAM and MARS, but due to high staff turnover in Ethiopia, and the political embargo on Sudan at the time the project was to be initiated, this was not possible. It is anticipated that more partners will come on board through the envisioned sorghum community of practice that GCP will establish.</p>
<p>Meantime, Phase II of the stay-green project (2012–2014) led by the University of Queensland, Australia, also brings in more African countries:</p>
<ol style="font-size: 10.9090909957886px;">
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Burkina Faso:<em> </em></strong><em>Institut de l’environnement et de recherches agricoles</em> (INERA)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Ethiopia:</strong> Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Kenya:</strong> Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Mali:</strong> <em>Institut d'économie rurale</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Niger:</strong> Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Sudan:</strong> Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)</span></li>
</ol>
<p> </p></div>R.I. - Sorghum2011-06-04T15:57:43-05:002011-06-04T15:57:43-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-themes/research-themes-capacity-building/32-research/sorghum/144-ri-sorghumAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p>R.I. - Sorghum</p></div><div class="feed-description"><p>R.I. - Sorghum</p></div>Sorghum Research Initiative2011-06-04T14:41:44-05:002011-06-04T14:41:44-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/crops/sorghumAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Improving drought tolerance in sorghum for Africa</h1>
<p><img style="margin-left: 6px; float: right;" alt="sorghum h-b small" src="images/research/sorghum/sorghum_h-b_small.jpg" height="202" width="218" /></p>
<p>Sorghum is an important crop in the semi-arid regions of Africa where rainfall is limited and water-intensive crops such as maize cannot be grown. And although it isrelatively well-adapted to those regions, there is still a need to improve sorghum’s broad adaptability to these harsh environments, especially in light of the climate change that is affecting rainfall patterns in many parts of Africa.</p>
<p>The Sorghum Research Initiative (RI) mainly focuses on Mali, where sorghum-growing areas are large and rainfall is getting more and more limited, but the results will be readily applicable to other sorghum-growing areas. In addtion, and through the <a href="/stay-green-project">stay-green project</a>, the scope has expanded to also encompass Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</p>
<p>In Mali, the RI is testing two novel molecular breeding approaches (MARS [marker-assisted recurrent selection] and BCNAM [backcross nested association mapping]), that have good chances to quickly yield significant improvements in sorghum yield and adaptability:</p>
<h2>Objectives</h2>
<ol>
<li>To develop improved sorghum germplasm in Mali through <a href="/sorghum-mars-project-2">MARS</a> and <a href="/sorghum-bcnam-project-2">BCNAM</a>, that balance local agronomic and grain quality preferences with incorporation of well-characterised drought adaptations and desirable agronomic traits.</li>
<li>In Phase II (2012–2014) of the <a href="/stay-green-project">stay-green project</a>, to breed drought-tolerant sorghum for Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/more-cis-launched">Launch of the Sorghum Research Initiative</a></p>
<h3>More information</h3>
<p>Visit our Sorghum <a target="_self" href="gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-infocentre">InfoCentre</a>, which has onward links to resources for researchers and an open-access book chapter on phenotyping sorghum for drought, as well as facts and figures and blogposts in everyday language.</p>
<p>Through our Product Catalogue, browse what we offer for <a target="_self" href="products-sorghum">sorghum</a>.</p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Improving drought tolerance in sorghum for Africa</h1>
<p><img style="margin-left: 6px; float: right;" alt="sorghum h-b small" src="images/research/sorghum/sorghum_h-b_small.jpg" height="202" width="218" /></p>
<p>Sorghum is an important crop in the semi-arid regions of Africa where rainfall is limited and water-intensive crops such as maize cannot be grown. And although it isrelatively well-adapted to those regions, there is still a need to improve sorghum’s broad adaptability to these harsh environments, especially in light of the climate change that is affecting rainfall patterns in many parts of Africa.</p>
<p>The Sorghum Research Initiative (RI) mainly focuses on Mali, where sorghum-growing areas are large and rainfall is getting more and more limited, but the results will be readily applicable to other sorghum-growing areas. In addtion, and through the <a href="/stay-green-project">stay-green project</a>, the scope has expanded to also encompass Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</p>
<p>In Mali, the RI is testing two novel molecular breeding approaches (MARS [marker-assisted recurrent selection] and BCNAM [backcross nested association mapping]), that have good chances to quickly yield significant improvements in sorghum yield and adaptability:</p>
<h2>Objectives</h2>
<ol>
<li>To develop improved sorghum germplasm in Mali through <a href="/sorghum-mars-project-2">MARS</a> and <a href="/sorghum-bcnam-project-2">BCNAM</a>, that balance local agronomic and grain quality preferences with incorporation of well-characterised drought adaptations and desirable agronomic traits.</li>
<li>In Phase II (2012–2014) of the <a href="/stay-green-project">stay-green project</a>, to breed drought-tolerant sorghum for Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Kenya, Niger and Sudan.</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="/communications/media/news-a-updates/more-cis-launched">Launch of the Sorghum Research Initiative</a></p>
<h3>More information</h3>
<p>Visit our Sorghum <a target="_self" href="gcp-research/research-initiatives/sorghum/sorghum-infocentre">InfoCentre</a>, which has onward links to resources for researchers and an open-access book chapter on phenotyping sorghum for drought, as well as facts and figures and blogposts in everyday language.</p>
<p>Through our Product Catalogue, browse what we offer for <a target="_self" href="products-sorghum">sorghum</a>.</p></div>