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Variety releases

Crop

Year
of
release

Variety and original breeders code/Details Characteristics Releasing institute, breeder(s)/developers and associated GCP project Collaborating institute(s) Remarks
Cassava 2012

UMUCASS41
CR36-5

Source of variety: CIAT, Cololmbia

High starch content for high-quality cassava flour, starch processing

Disease resistant: CMD, CBB, CAD, CGM, CM

Erect architecture: suitable for intercropping, dense population

Suitable for gari and fufu

National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria

E Okogbenin, C Egesi, M Fregene, B Olasanmi, O Akinbo, P Kulakow

Project G7010.01.05 (Cassava CoP)

IITA, CIAT

Part of Nigeria's Cassava Transformation Agenda to develop cassava's value chain

Developed using MAS

Cassava 2012 Pwani
b2c 20–65
CMD-resistant and CBSD-tolerant, high yield, rapid maturity Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Naliendele, Mtwara, Tanzania

G Mkamilo, E Masumba, H Kulembeka, E Kanju, B Kimata

Project G7010.01.05, G4008.26 (Cassava CoP)
CIAT, IITA   Backstopping from M Fregene, E Okogbenin, C Egesi and M Ferguson

Announcement
 Cassava  2012 Dodoma
bc 231–2

Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Naliendele, Mtwara, Tanzania

G Mkamilo, E Masumba, H Kulembeka, E Kanju, B Kimata

Project G7010.01.05, G4008.26 (Cassava CoP)

 CIAT, IITA Backstopping from M Fregene, E Okogbenin, C Egesi and M Ferguson

Announcement
 Cassava  2012 Mkumba
3c 20–10

Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Naliendele, Mtwara, Tanzania

G Mkamilo, E Masumba, H Kulembeka, E Kanju, B Kimata

Project G7010.01.05, G4008.26 (Cassava CoP)

 CIAT, IITA Backstopping from M Fregene, E Okogbenin, C Egesi and M Ferguson

Announcement
 Cassava  2012 Makutupora
b2c 80–42

Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Naliendele, Mtwara, Tanzania

G Mkamilo, E Masumba, H Kulembeka, E Kanju, B Kimata

Project G7010.01.05, G4008.26 (Cassava CoP)

 CIAT, IITA Backstopping from M Fregene, E Okogbenin, C Egesi and M Ferguson

Announcement
Cassava 2010 UMUCASS33
CR 41–10  
CMD-resistant, high yield, acid soil tolerance

National Root Crops Research Instittue (NRCRI), Umudike, Nigeria M Fregene, E Okogbenin, C Egesi

Projects G3005.09, G4008.26 (Cassava CoP)

 CIAT, IITA Announcement
Beans  2010 INTA sequía
SX 14825–7–1
Disease-resistant, drought- and heat-tolerant, adapts to the driest regions, high-yield, rapid grain growth from enhanced nutrient uptake efficiency, has farmer- and market-appeal

INTA, Nicaragua

Aurelio Llano, Mauricio Guzmán, Sergio Cuadra,
Noel Duarte

Project G4008.11

INIFAP, CIAT R&D was via conventional breeding. The final step for release and dissemination was GCP-funded. The next step will be to test MARS as a concept.
Maize 2010 MTPEH200803 high yield, GLS- and MSV-resistant, short stature, adapted to sandy soils Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

J Gethi

Project G3005.08
Cornell University The hybrids resulted from the initial work started by a GCP project on diseases. These hybrid varieties performed well in the dry coastal lowlands. Several other hybrids are in the process of submission to the testing system
Maize 2012 MTPEH200804 high yield, GLS- and MSV-resistant, adapted to heavier soils
Rice  2010  Manawthuka Improved cooking qualities

Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), Myanmar

Project G4009.09
(Mekong basin rice CoP) 

 

Rice Gene Discovery Unit, BIOTEC (Thailand)
 
Progressed from introgression lines improved using marker-assisted selection (MAS)

Journal article
Rice 2010 Sinthu Latt Better salt tolerance