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Research projects 2010
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Project #
Project Title
Principal Investigator
Target Countries
Target Crops
Target Traits
Partners
Start
End
G7010.01.01
Improvement and evaluation of the existing cassava reference set for Africa
Morag Ferguson, IITA
Africa
Cassava
drought tolerance
biotic stress CRI
Apr-10
Mar-13
G7009.10/ G7010.01.02
Improving and deploying markers for biotic traits
Chiedozie Egesi, NRCRI
Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana
Cassava
drought tolerance,
biotic traitsNRTP
March 2010
Feb-14
G7009.09/ G7010.01.03
Implement MARS projects for drought tolerance
Emmanuel Okogbenin, NRCRI
Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana
Cassava
drought tolerance,
biotic traitsCRI
December 2009
Feb-11
G7010.01.04
Phenotyping cassava for drought tolerance to identify QTLs
Alfredo Alves, EMBRAPA
Cassava
drought tolerance
CIAT, CU, Embrapa/CNPMF, Embrapa/CPATSA, IITA
Apr-10
Mar-12
G4008.26/
G7010.01.05A cassava breeding community of practice in Africa for accelerated production and dissemination of farmer-preferred cassava varieties resistant to pests and diseases
Emmanuel Okogbenin, NRCRI
Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda
Cassava
drought tolerance
pest resistance
disease resistanceCRI
Jan-08
December 2014
G6007.03
Improve common bean productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
S Beebe, CIAT
Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
beans
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityCBI
May-07
Apr-10
G6007.04
Improve chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
Rajeev Varshney, GCP/ICRISAT
chickpeas
drought and disease resistance
DArT P/L, EIAR, EgU, IIPR, LZARDI, UC
May-07
Apr-10
G6007.02
Improve cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L) productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa (
Jeff Ehlers, UC
cowpeas
drought and disease resistance
IITA, INERA, IRAD, ISRA
May-07
Apr-10
G7009.05
Improving cowpea productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa 2009
Jeff Ehlers, UC
cowpeas
drought and disease resistance
IITA, INERA, IRAD, ISRA
Jul-09
Jun-10
G6007.01
Improve groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT
groundnuts
drought and disease resistance
Agropolis
May-07
Apr-10
G4009.06
Illumina genotyping of SNPs in legume mapping populations and germplasm
Doug Cook, UC
Beans, chickpeas, cowpeas, groundnuts
drought and disease resistance
CIAT, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT
Nov-09
Oct-10
G6007.05
Develop cross-species resources for comparative biology in tropical crop legumes
Doug Cook, UC_D
various crops (legumes)
drought and disease resistance
UCB, UGA
May-07
Apr-10
G6007.06
Provide training and capacity-building for SSA scientists
Carmen de Vicente, GCP
various crops (legumes)
drought and disease resistance
NARS: ARI
May-07
Apr-10
G6010.03
Improve common bean productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
S Beebe, CIAT
Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
Common bean
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityCIAT, CU, DARTS, DR&SS,
ECABREN, SABRN, SARIMay-10
May-14
G6010.04
Improve chickpea productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
RK Varshney, ICRISAT
Kenya, Ethiopia, India
Chickpea
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityICRISAT, EgU, EIAR, IIPR, NCGR (service provider), UoC
May-10
May-14
G7010.06.01
Accelerating development of genomic resources and strengthening NARS partner capacities for enhancing adoption of molecular breeding for drought tolerance in chickpea
Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT
Kenya, Ethiopia, India
Chickpea
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityICRISAT, EIAR, EgU, ICGGC, IIPR
May-10
May-14
G6010.02
Improve cowpea productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
Jeff Ehlers, UoC
Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso
Cowpea
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityUC-R, UEM, ISRA, INERA
May-10
May-14
G7010.07.01
Improving Cowpea Productivity for Marginal Environments in Africa (2009
Jeff Ehlers, UoC-Riverside
Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso
Cowpea
UC-R, UEM, ISRA, INERA
Jun-10
May-14
G6010.01
Improve groundnut productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa
Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT
Tanzania, Senegal, Niger
Groundnut
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityAgropolis
May-10
May-14
G6010.05
Cross-cutting crop activities (drought phenotyping, data management and capacity building)
Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP
Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso
Groundnut, Cowpea, Common bean, Chickea
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistance
productivityAgropolis
May-10
May-14
G4008.56
Improving drought tolerance in maize for Asia
Bindiganavile S Vivek, CIMMYT
Asia
Maize
drought tolerance
ICERI, KSL, NMRI, NSFCRC, UPLB, Syngenta, YAAS
Nov-08
Oct-13
G7010.04.01
Improving rice productivity in lowland ecosystems of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria through marker-assisted recurrent selection for drought tolerance and yield potential
Marie No
Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria
Rice
drought tolerance
yieldINERA
May-10
Apr-14
G4008.48
Improve sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS
Jean-Fran
Mali
Sorghum
drought tolerance
IER, Syngenta, CIRAD
Aug-08
Jul-13
G7010.05.01
Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach
Niaba T
Mali
Sorghum
drought tolerance
yield
qualityIER, Agropolis
Jan-10
Jun-14
G7010.02.01
Breeding and selection strategies to combine and validate quantitative trait loci for water-use efficiency and heat tolerance of wheat in China
Ruilian Jing, CAAS
China
Wheat
drought tolerance
heat tolerance
water use efficiencyACPFG, CAAS, CIMMYT, HAAS, PBI
Apr-10
Mar-14
G7010.02.02.
Molecular breeding and selection strategies to combine and validate quantitative trait loci for improving water-use efficiency and heat tolerance of wheat in India
Vinod Prabhu, IAR I
India
Wheat
drought tolerance
heat tolerance
water use efficiencyACPFG, ARI, CIMMYT, ICAR, JNKVV, NRCPB, PAU, PBI
July 2010
Jun-14
G3008.02
Improving grain yield on acid soils by the identification of genetic factors underlying drought and aluminium tolerance in maize and sorghum
Leon Kochian, CU/USDA
Global
Maize, Sorghum
Drought tolerance
Al toleranceCU/USDA
Nov-08
Oct-11
G7009.07
Cloning, characterisation and validation of AltSB/Al tolerance in rice
Leon Kochian/Susan McCouch, USDA
Global
Rice
Aluminium tolerance
ICABIOGRAD, USDA
Oct-09
Mar-12
G7010.03.01
Cloning, characterisation and validation of Pup1/P efficiency in maize
Leon Kochian, CU/USDA
Global
Maize
Phosphorous efficiency
CU/USDA
Apr-10
Mar-14
G7010.03.02
Cloning, characterisation and validation of AltSB/Al tolerance in maize
Claudia Guim
Global
Maize
Al tolerance
EMBRAPA, CU/USDA
Apr-10
Mar-12
G7010.03.03
Establishing a molecular breeding program based on the aluminum tolerance gene AltSB and the P efficiency QTL, Pup-1, for increasing sorghum production in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eva Weltzien, ICRISAT
Africa
Sorghum
Al tolerance
Phosphorous efficiency
ProductivityICRISAT, INRAN, MU/KARI, EMBRAPA, CU/USDA
Apr-10
Mar-14
G7010.03.04
Improved rice cultivars for Asian problem soils: Pyramiding of major genes/ QTLs for tolerance to phosphorous deficiency and aluminium toxicity
Sigrid Heuer, IRRI
Asia
Rice
phosphorous deficiency
Al toleranceIRRI, CU, EMBRAPA, ICABIOGRAD, JIRCAS, USDA
Apr-10
Mar-14
G7010.03.05
Marker-assisted backcrossing for improving phosphorous-use efficiency and tolerance to aluminium toxicity via Pup-1 and AltSB genes in maize
Samuel Gudu, MU/KARI
Global
Maize
Al tolerance
Phosphorous efficiencyMU/KARI, CIMMYT, EMBRAPA, IRRI, JIRCAS, USDA
Apr-10
Mar-14
G7010.03.06
Improving phosphorus efficiency in sorghum by the identification and validation of sorghum homologs for Pup1, a major QTL underlying phosphorus uptake in rice, and identification of other P efficiency QTLs
Jurandir Magalhaes, EMBRAPA
Global
Sorghum
Phosphorous efficiency
EMBRAPA, INRAN, MU/KARI, CU/USDA
Apr-10
Mar-14
G4007.02
Validation of drought-response/resistance pathway genes by phenotypic analysis of mutants
Andy Pereira, VBI
Rice
drought tolerance
HAU, IRRI, VPI
Aug-07
July 2009; NCE: January 2010
G4008.06
Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery
Peggy Ozias-Akins, wef October 2010; Steven J Knapp, UGA
Global
Groundnuts
multiple traits
ICRISAT
January 2008
Jun-11
G7009.06
Development of a SNP platform for molecular breeding in elite material of chickpea
Douglas Cook, UC
Ethiopia, Kenya, India
Chickpea
National Center for Genome Resources, ICRISAT
Nov-09
Oct-11
G3007.03
Genetic and physical mapping resources produced for drought breeding in cassava
Pablo Rabinowicz, UoM
Africa, Asia, Latin America
Cassava
drought tolerance
ACGT
Aug-07
Feb-10
G4008.07
Genomic resources and mapping populations developed and assembled for pearl millet to enable trait/gene identification
C Tom Hash, ICRISAT
Africa, Latin America, Asia
pearl millet
various traits
AICPMIP, CAZRI, ILRI, RAU
January 2008
December 2009;
Project under review
G4008.09
Genomic resources and mapping populations for sweet potato developed to enable trait/gene identification
Roland Schafleitner, CIP (up to July 2010)
sub-Saharan Africa
sweet potatoes
drought and disease resistance
EMBRAPA, IIAM, INIA
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: June 2010
G4008.47
Genomic resources (ESTs, markers and maps) developed for pigeonpea to enable trait/gene identification
Gregory D May, NCGR
various regions
pigeonpeas
drought and disease resistance
ICRISAT, NRCPB, PDKV
Aug-08
Dec-10
G3007.02
Genomic dissection of tolerance to drought stress in wild barley
Robbie Waugh, SCRI
various regions
barley
drought tolerance
ICARDA, INIA
August 2007
July 2009
NCE: July 2010
G3008.05
Discovery and development of alleles contributing to sorghum drought tolerance
Andrew H Paterson, UGA
Global
Sorghum
drought tolerance
UGA, ARC, ICRISAT, MAU, NRCS, SARI
Nov-08
Oct-11
G4008.08
Causal relationship between whole-genome expression patterns and stress tolerance determined in rice via analysis of near-isogenic lines (NILs)
Shoshi Kikuchi, NIAS
various regions
rice
drought tolerance
IRRI
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G7009.01
Examining natural variation in the transcriptional regulation of drought responses in wheat
Peter Langridge, ACPFG
Global
Wheat
drought tolerance
ACPFG, CIMMYT, ICS
Jan-09
Dec-11
G3008.03
Delayed senescence and drought tolerance in rice
Eduardo Blumwald, UoC
Global
Rice
drought tolerance
UoC
Nov-08
Oct-11
G3008.04
Drought from a different perspective: Improved tolerance through Phosphorous acquisition
Sigrid Heuer, IRRI
Global
Rice
drought tolerance
Phosphorous defficiencyIRRI, ICABIOGRAD, JIRCAS, UoPd/MPIMPP, ZU
Nov-08
Oct-11
G7009.02
Validation of QTLs associated with drought tolerance traits in chickpea
Pooran M Gaur, ICRISAT
Global
Chickpea
drought tolerance
ICRISAT, ARS
Jan-09
Dec-11
G7009.04
Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia
David Jordan and Andrew Borrell, DPI&F
Africa, Australia
Sorghum
drought tolerance
DPI & F, Agropolis
Jul-09
Jun-12
G3007.01
Base broadened of current crop diversity in rice using interspecific bridges with African rice
Alain Ghesqui
Africa, Asia
rice
drought tolerance
ARC, CIAT, Fedearroz, IER, INERA, PAU, PhilRice, UoA
August 2007
July 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G3008.01
Generating new wheat germplasm with enhanced drought/heat tolerance using AB genomes genetic diversity
SC Misra, IARI
Global
Wheat
drought/heat tolerance
CIMMYT, IARI
Nov-08
Oct-11
G4006.01
Developing strategies for allele mining within large collections
NR Sackville Hamilton, IRRI
Global
Rice
IRRI, EMBRAPA, ICARDA, ICRISAT
Jan-06
Aug-11
G4008.01
Populations for multiple allelic segregation developed in rice and sorghum through multiple parent intercrossing
Hei Leung, IRRI (Project succeeded by G4008.46)
various
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G4008.46
Sorghum MAGIC: Multiparent advanced generation inter-cross development for gene discovery and allele validation
Tom Hash, ICRISAT
Global
Sorghum
ICRISAT, NIAB
Aug-08
Feb-11
G4008.42
DArTs developed as a genomewide molecular characterisation technology for crops with little sequence information
JC Glaszmann, Agropolis_CIRAD
various
Agropolis
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G4008.02
Phenotyping sorghum reference set for drought tolerance
HD Upadhyaya, ICRISAT
Global
sorghum
ICRISAT, IER, ISRA/CERAAS, KARI, NPGRC, UAS
Jan-08
Dec-11
G4008.03
Precision phenotyping of the GCP spring wheat reference sample for drought
Susanne Dreisigacker, CIMMYT
and regions
wheat
various traits
INRA
January 2008
December 2010;
NCE: March 2011
G4008.05
Connecting performance under drought with genotypes through phenotype associations
Arvind Kumar, IRRI
Asia
rice
drought tolerance
Agropolis
January 2008
December 2010;
NCE: June 2012
G4008.33
Drought tolerance phenotyping of the GCP maize inbred line reference set
James Gethi, KARI
Global
Maize
drought tolerance
KARI, Agropolis_INRA, CIMMYT, ETH
Jan-08
Feb-11
G4008.45
A Nested Association Mapping (NAM) population of rice: laying the bases for highly efficient QTL characterisation
Mathias Lorieux, IRD/CIAT
Global
Rice
drought tolerance
ARC
Aug-08
Jul-11
G3007.04:*
Tailoring superior alleles for abiotic stress genes for deployment into breeding programmes
Jurandir Vieira Magalh
Africa and other developing regions
sorghum
aluminium tolerance
IGD
August 2007
July 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G4007.04
Association mapping of downy mildew resistance in elite maize inbred lines in Thailand
Chalermpol Phumichai and Julapark Chunwongse, BIOTEC
Asia
maize
mildew resistance
NCSRC
Aug-07
July 2009; NCE: December 2010
G4007.23
Field evaluation of wheat_barley introgression lines under different water regimes
M
various regions
wheat, barley
drought, salt and aluminium tolerance
CAAS, CIMMYT, DPSPP
Dec-07
Dec-10
G4008.15
Developing potato cultivars adapted to Southern Africa countries
F Vilar
Southern Africa countries
potato
various traits
CIP, DARTS, EMBRAPA, IIAM, INIA_Chile, INTA_Argentina
Jan-08
December 2009
NCE: November 2011
G3008.06
Targeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments
K McNally, IRRI
Global
Rice
drought tolerance
water use efficiencyIRRI, ARC, BF, CSU, DRR, NagU, SUA, TNAU, UoAb, UoMi
Nov-08
Oct-11
G3008.07
Basal root architecture and drought tolerance in common beans
JP Lynch, PSU
Global
Beans
drought tolerance
rootingPSU, CIAT, IIAM, SABRN
Nov-08
Oct-11
G3008.08
Breeder-friendly high-throughput phenotyping tools to select for wheat adaptive traits in drought environments
Francis Ogbonnaya, (ICARDA);
Co-PI: M. Fernanda Dreccer, CSIROGlobal
Wheat
drought
ICARDA
CSIRO, CIMMYT,
INRA-CRRA Centre Aridoculture (Settat, Morocco), EIARNov-08
October 2011; NCE: June 2012
G4008.12
Linking genetic diversity with phenotype for drought tolerance traits through molecular and physiological characterisation of a diverse reference collection of chickpea
Lakshmanan Krishnamurthy, ICRISAT
Global
Chickpeas
drought tolerance
ICRISAT, JIRCAS, UAS
Jan-08
December 2009; NCE: September 2011
G4008.13:
Improving drought tolerance phenotyping in cowpea
Jeff Ehlers, UoC
Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso
Cowpeas
drought tolerance
UoC
Jan-08
Dec-10
G4008.14
Breeding for drought tolerance with known gene information
Jiankang Wang, CIMMYT
various
various
various
Agropolis_INRA, CAAS, CSIRO, ICRISAT, IRRI, UQ
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: June 2010
G4008.34
Environmental assessment for the GCP phenotyping network
Glenn Hyman, CIAT
various
various
various
EMBRAPA, KUL, WA
Jan-08
December 2009;
NCE: June 2010
G4007.05
Bridging genomics, genetic resources and breeding to improve wheat and barley production in Morocco (
Fouad Abbad Andaloussi, INRA
Africa
wheat, barley
various traits
CIMMYT, CU, ICARDA, UdB, UoMi
January 2007
December 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G4007.06
Integrating marker-assisted selection into the conventional breeding procedure for improvement of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) in the drought-prone areas of Northern China
Ruilian Jing, CAAS
Asia
wheat
drought tolerance
IDF
Aug-07
Jul-10
G4008.10
Assessment of the breeding value of superior haplotypes for AltSB, a major Al tolerance gene in sorghum: linking upstream genomics to acid soil breeding in Niger and Mali (ALTFIELD)
Robert Schaffert, EMBRAPA
Niger, Mali
Sorghum
Aluminium tolerance
ICRISAT, INRAN
January 2008
Dec-11
G3007.05
Detecting and fine-mapping QTLs with major effects on rice yield under drought stress for deployment via marker-aided breeding
Arvind Kumar, IRRI
Global
Rice
drought tolerance
IRRI, BAU, BF, CRRI, CRURRS, IGKV, JNKVV, NDUAT, TNAU, UAS
Aug-07
Mar-11
G4007.07
Marker-assisted selection for sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) resistance in sweet potato germplasm and breeding populations
Wolfgang Gr
various regions
sweet potatoes
SPVD resistance
NaCRRI
August 2007
July 2010;
NCE: June 2011
G4008.11
Dry bean improvement and marker-assisted breeding for diseases and abiotic stresses in Central America and the Caribbean
Jorge A Acosta-Gallegos, INIFAP
Mexico
Beans
drought tolerance
disease & pest resistanceINIFAP, CIAT, INTA
Jan-08
Jul-11
G4008.17
Application of marker-assisted selection for Striga resistance in cowpeas
Jean-Baptiste Tignegre, INERA
Africa
cowpeas
Striga resistance
IITA
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: December 2010
G4008.19
Incorporation of an MSV-resistance gene in Mozambican maize varieties, mediated by use of MAS
Mark Laing, UKZN
Africa
maize
MSV resistance
IIAM
Jan-08
Dec-10
G8009.01.02
Activity 1.1.2: Develop and deploy the Integrated Breeding Portal
D Gonz
Global
Global
Global
AAFC, CIRAD, INRA and ICIS development team), BI, CAAS, CIAT, CIMMYT, Consultants, CSIRO, CU, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT, IRRI, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.02
Activity 3.2.2: Information Mgt
A Portugal, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.04
Activity 3.2.4: Design & analysis
Marcos Malosetti, WUR
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G4008.31
Upgrading the quality and utility of GCP phenotyping data through the development of a data input template to facilitate the storage of data in crop-specific databases
Robert Koebner, CropGen International
global
global
global
N/A
February 2008
January 2009;
NCE: January 2010
G4008.32:
Quality management procedures in GCP research laboratories promoted
J Smith, FERA
Global
Global
Global
CIMMYT, FERA
Jul-08
Jul-11
G4009.03/
G4010.06/
G4011.01Enhancement and implementation of the Crop Ontology for data integration and data interoperability
Elizabeth Arnaud, Bioversity
Global
Global
Global
CIMMYT, CIP, IRRI, CIAT, IATA, NCRI,
Plant Ontology Consortium,
NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre, University of ManchesterJan-10
Dec-11
G8009.06.03
Activity 3.2.3: Data curation
Arllet Portugal, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G3008.09
Breeding drought tolerance for rainfed lowland rice in the Mekong region
Boonrat Jongdee, BRRD
Mekong Delta
Rice
drought tolerance
BRRD, CARDI, NAFRI, UQ
Nov-08
Oct-11
G4008.21
Largescale phylogenomic analyses tools developed for gene function prediction for GCP crops
Mathieu Rouard, Bioversity
global
global
global
Agropolis_CIRAD
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: February 2010
G4009.04/
G4010.05Devt of Integrated SNP Mining and Utilization (ISMU) pipeline based on next generation sequencing (NGS) and high-throughput (HTP) genotyping technologies for facilitating molecular breeding
Rajeev Varshney and Trushar Shah, ICRISAT
Global
Global
Global
ICRISAT, NCGR, SCRI, UoQ
Sep-10
Aug-11
G8009.03.01
Activity 2.2.1: Develop and deploy statistical and genetic analysis methodology for molecular breeding
Activity Leader: Fred van Eeuwijk, WUR
various
various
various
CIMMYT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.03.02
Activity 2.2.2: Develop and deploy cross prediction and selection methodology for molecular breeding
Activity Leader: Alain Charcosset, Agropolis
various
various
various
N/A
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.03.03
Activity 2.2.3: Develop and deploy simulation tools for complex G
Activity Leader: Mark Dieters, UQ
various
various
various
CAAS, CIMMYT, CSIRO
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.04.01
Integrated GCP informatics platform created
C Liang, IRRI wef July 2010; previous PI: Guy Davenport, CIMMYT (This project succeeds G4006.16, which ended June 2009)
Global
Global
Global
CIMMYT, ICRISAT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.02.01
Activity 2.1.1: Identify, deploy and support tools facilitating management of germplasm lists, pedigrees, intellectual property and other passport data
Shawn Yates and Fran Clarke, AAFC
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.02.02
Activity 2.1.2: Identify, deploy and support tools for management of phenotypic characterisation and evaluation
H Sanchez, CIMMYT
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.02.03
Activity 2.1.3: Identify, deploy and support tools for management of genotypic characterisation
Trushar Shah, ICRISAT
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.04.03
Activity 2.3.3: Information network and configurable workflow system for molecular breeding developed and deployed
G McLaren, GCP; Guy Davenport (up to August 2010), CIMMYT
Global
Global
Global
CIMMYT, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-14
G4007.20
Managing the Generation Challenge Programme in a Post-International Treaty World: A proposal for a technical training workshop and related materials
Michael Halewood, Bioversity
global
global
global
CAS
Aug-07
July 2008; NCE: October 2010
G4008.50
Delivery Plan remote learning modules
Lawrence Pratt, CIMS
global
global
global
CU
Aug-08
July 2009; NCE: August 2010
G4009.08
Plant Breeding: concepts & methods
Theresa Fulton, IGD
Global
Global
IGD
Nov-09
Jun-11
G4010.04
Enhancing capacity for use of advance genotyping for fine-mapping and pyramiding of major salt tolerant QTLs through MABC for the development of durable saline tolerant rice varieties
Zeba I Seraj, UoD
Bangladesh
Rice
salt tolerance
UoD, BRRI, IRRI
Jul-10
Jun-11
G4009.07
Capacity building
Carmen de Vicente, GCP (up to October 2010)
Oct-09
Oct-10
G4009.07.01
Capacity-building
Steve Beebe, CIAT
Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
Beans
drought tolerance
CIAT, CBI
Oct-09
Oct-11
G4009.07.02
Capacity-building
Jeffrey D Ehlers, UoC
Senegal, Mozambique
Cowpeas
drought tolerance
UC-Riverside, ISRA, UEM
Oct-09
Oct-11
G4009.07.03
Capacity-building
Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT
Kenya, Ethiopia
Chickpeas
drought tolerance
EIAR, EgU, ICRISAT
Oct-09
Oct-11
G4009.07.04
Ensuring ‘good’ and relevant phenotypic data to feed molecular breeders: The need for long-term training of scientists of NARS partners to TLI; PI: Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT
Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT
sub-Saharan Africa
groundnuts
drought tolerance
ARI
December 2009
G4008.39
Capacity-building
Carmen de Vicente, GCP (up to October 2010)
Apr-08
Apr-10
G4008.39.01
Enhancing MAS capacity for salt-stress rice breeding in Bangladesh
MA Salam, BRRI
Asia
rice
salt tolerance
IRRI, UoD
Apr-08
March 2009; NCE: March 2010
G4008.39.02
Improving capacity for phenotyping for abiotic and biotic stress in Burkina Faso
Issa Drabo, INERA
Africa
cowpeas
various traits
IITA, UC
April 2008
Apr-10
G4008.39.03
Improving capacity for phenotyping for abiotic and biotic stress in Senegal
Ndiaga Ciss
Africa
cowpeas
various traits
UC
April 2008
April 2010;
NCE: December 2010
G4008.43
Improve cowpea productivity for marginal environments in Mozambique
Rog
Africa
cowpeas
drought tolerance
PSU, UC
Jul-08
Jun-10
G4007.13.04
Characterisation of maize germplasm found in Ghana, using the bulking technique
Allen Oppong, CRI
Africa
cassava
various traits
July 2007
July 2009;
NCE: July 2010
G4007.13.05
An integrated proteomics and genomics approach to discover salt tolerance genes
Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh, ABRII
Asia
rice
salt tolerance
IRRI, IPK
July 2007
July 2009;
NCE: August 2010
G4007.13.06
Enhancing capacity of ICABIOGRAD in phenotyping and molecular analysis to develop elite rice lines suitable to Indonesian uplands
Masdiar Bustamam, ICABIOGRAD
Asia
rice
blast resistance
IRRI
July 2007
July 2009;
NCE: March 2010
G4008.37
PhD in plant breeding training at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement
Eric Y Danquah, WACCI
Africa
Global
Global
AfricaRice
Mar-08
Feb-14
G4009.02.01
Fellowship
Kam Honor
Burkina Faso
Rice
disease resistance
CIRAD, INERA-BF, IRD, UKZN
Mar-09
Mar-11
G4010.01.01
Fellowship
Armin Bhuiya, BRRI
Bangladesh
Rice
salt tolerance
submergence toleranceBAU, BRRI, IRRI
Mar-10
Mar-12
G4009.02.04
Travel Grant
Carmen de Vicente, GCP; Roberto Tuberosa, UNIBO
various
various
various
CBS, CSIR, EgU, ICAR, ICRISAT, INRA, NRCRI, UTM
Feb-10
May-10
G4010.01.02
Travel Grant
Carmen de Vicente, GCP; Zhikang Li, CAAS
various
various
various
AGI, BRAC, CBI, CRI
Aug-10
Sep-10
G4006.36
Capacity-building and research project:
Academic position in molecular breeding supported. Mark Laing , ACCI
Africa
Global
Global
ACCI
Jan-07
Dec-11
G4008.26/
G7010.01.05A cassava breeding community of practice in Africa for accelerated production and dissemination of farmer-preferred cassava varieties resistant to pests and diseases (overlaps with cassava RI)
Emmanuel Okogbenin, NRCRI
Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda
Cassava
drought tolerance
pest resistance
disease resistanceCRI
Jan-08
December 2014
G4009.09
The Community of Practice strengthening rice breeding programme using genotyping building strategy and improving phenotyping capacity for biotic and abiotic stresses in the Mekong region
Jonaliza Lanceras-Siangliw, RGDU
Mekong region
Rice
drought tolerance
soil acidity
disease resistanceBIOTEC, CARDI, DAR, NAFRI
Nov-09
Oct-12
G4008.35
Toolbox of available molecular markers useful for marker-assisted selection in GCP crops (Extension: G4010.03)
Veerle Van Damme, Consultant
various
various
various
GCP
Mar-08
Mar-10
G4010.03
GCP Molecular Marker Toolkit (Extends G4008.35)
Veerle Van Damme, Consultant
various
various
various
GCP
July 2010
October 2010;
NCE: December 2010
G8009.06.06
Activity 3.2.6: Genotying Support Service (This project succeeds G4007.21, which ended in 2008, and G4009.01, which ended in 2009)
Chunlin He, wef October 2010/Humberto G
Global
Global
Global
Beneficiaries: BCKV, CIBE
Jul-09
Jul-14
G4007.22.04
Development and implementation of a GCP workflow and repository system
Carmen de Vicente, GCP
global
global
global
Cropster GmbH (service provider)
Jun-09
Jul-10
G4006.13
Targeting and impact analysis of GCP technologies
Glenn Hyman, CIAT
global
global
global
CIMMYT, IFPRI, IRRI
Nov-06
October 2007; NCE: March 2010
G4008.24
A strategic assessment of the capacity to develop and adopt GCP technologies
Stanley Wood, IFPRI
various
various
various
CIAT, VPI
January 2008
December 2009;
NCE: April 2010
G4007.01
Genotyping validation of the GCP reference sets
Jean-Francois Rami, Agropolis _ CIRAD
Global
Various
Various
Agropolis _ CIRAD, BI, CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, ICARDA, ICRISAT, IITA, IRRI, UoC
Jan-07
May-11
G4010.02
Potential Benefits of Marker-Assisted Selection Technologies on Wheat, Sorghum, Cassava, and Rice, and of the Integrated Breeding Platform
George W. Norton, VPI
Global
Sorghum, Cassava, Rice
Various
VPI, IFPRI
May-10
Dec-11
G8009.01.01
Activity 1.1.1: Establishment of the Integrated Breeding Platform
Graham McLaren, GCP
Global
Global
Global
AAFC, CIRAD, INRA and ICIS development team), BI, CAAS, CIAT, CIMMYT, Consultants, CSIRO, CU, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT, IRRI, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-10
G8009.01.02
Activity 1.1.2: Develop and deploy the Integrated Breeding Portal
D Gonz
Global
Global
Global
AAFC, CIRAD, INRA and ICIS development team), BI, CAAS, CIAT, CIMMYT, Consultants, CSIRO, CU, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT, IRRI, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.01.03
Activity 1.1.3: Establish Integrated Breeding Platform helpdesk and coordinate training and communication activities
Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP
Global
Global
Global
AAFC, CIRAD, INRA and ICIS development team), BI, CAAS, CIAT, CIMMYT, Consultants, CSIRO, CU, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT, IRRI, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.01.04
Activity 1.1.4: Establish and support crop molecular breeding communities of practice
Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP
Global
Global
Global
AAFC, CIRAD, INRA and ICIS development team), BI, CAAS, CIAT, CIMMYT, Consultants, CSIRO, CU, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT, IRRI, IRRI
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.02.01
Activity 2.1.1: Identify, deploy and support tools facilitating management of germplasm lists, pedigrees, intellectual property and other passport data
Shawn Yates and Fran Clarke, AAFC
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.02.02
Activity 2.1.2: Identify, deploy and support tools for management of phenotypic characterisation and evaluation
H Sanchez, CIMMYT
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.02.03
Activity 2.1.3: Identify, deploy and support tools for management of genotypic characterisation
Trushar Shah, ICRISAT
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jun-12
G8009.03.01
Activity 2.2.1: Develop and deploy statistical and genetic analysis methodology for molecular breeding
Activity Leader: Fred van Eeuwijk, WUR
various
various
various
CIMMYT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.03.02
Activity 2.2.2: Develop and deploy cross prediction and selection methodology for molecular breeding
Activity Leader: Alain Charcosset, Agropolis
various
various
various
N/A
Jul-09
Jul-14
*G8009.03.03
Activity 2.2.3: Develop and deploy simulation tools for complex G
Activity Leader: Mark Dieters, UQ
various
various
various
CAAS, CSIRO
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.04.01
Activity 2.3.1: Establish middleware infrastructure for networking databases and applications
C Liang, IRRI wef July 2010; Guy Davenport,
CIMMYT. (This project succeeds G4006.16, which ended December 2009)various
various
various
CIMMYT, ICRISAT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.04.02
Activity 2.3.2: Integration and development of visualisation and decision-support applications
H Sanchez, G Davenport (up to August 2010), CIMMYT
various
various
various
ICRISAT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.04.03
Activity 2.3.3: Implement a configurable workflow system (CWS) for molecular breeding
G McLaren, GCP, Guy Davenport (up to August 2010), CIMMYT
various
various
various
AAFC, ICRISAT
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.05.01
Activity 3.1.1: Genetic Resources Support Service
Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Agropolis
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.05.02
Activity 3.1.2: Marker Services
Chunlin He, wef October 2010/Humberto G
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.05.03
Activity 3.1.3 Trait and metabolite services
Leader: Xavier Delannay, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.01
Activity 3.2.1: Breeding Plan Development
Xavier Delannay, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.02
Activity 3.2.2: Information Mgt
A Portugal, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.03
Activity 3.2.3: Data curation
Arllet Portugal, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.04
Activity 3.2.4: Design & analysis
Marcos Malosetti, WUR
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.05
Activity 3.2.5: Phenotyping sites & screening protocols)
Xavier Delannay, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.06
Activity 3.2.6: Genotying Support Service
Chunlin He, GCP
Global
Global
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
G8009.06.07
Activity 3.2.7: IP & Policy Helpdesk
Chunlin He, GCP
Global
Jul-09
Jul-14
Research projects 2011
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| Project # | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Target Countries | Target Crops | Target Traits | Partners | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G3007.03 | Genetic and physical mapping resources produced for drought breeding in cassava | Pablo Rabinowicz, IGS | Africa, Asia, Latin America | Cassava | drought tolerance | ACGT | Aug-07 | February 2010; NCE: February 2011 |
| G7009.09/ G7010.01.03 | Implement MARS projects for drought tolerance | Emmanuel Okogbenin, NRCRI | Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana | Cassava | drought tolerance, biotic traits |
CRI | December 2009 |
Feb-14 |
| G7009.10/ G7010.01.02 | Improving and deploying markers for biotic traits in cassava | Chiedozie Egesi, NRCRI | Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana | Cassava | drought tolerance, biotic traits |
CRI | March 2010 |
Feb-14 |
| G7010.01.01 | Improvement and evaluation of the existing cassava reference set for Africa | Morag Ferguson, IITA | Africa | Cassava | drought tolerance biotic stress |
CIAT, CRI | Apr-10 | Mar-13 |
| G7010.01.04 | Phenotyping cassava for drought tolerance to identify QTLs | Alfredo Alves, EMBRAPA | Cassava | drought tolerance | CIAT, CU, IITA, IGS | Apr-10 | Mar-12 | |
| G4008.26/ G7010.01.05 |
A cassava breeding community of practice in Africa: for accelerated production and dissemination of farmer-preferred cassava varieties resistant to pests and diseases (Phase II) | Emmanuel Okogbenin, NRCRI | Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda | Cassava | drought tolerance pest resistance disease resistance |
ARI | Jan-08 | December 2013 |
| G3008.07 | Basal root architecture and drought tolerance in common beans | JP Lynch, PSU | Global | Beans | drought tolerance rooting |
CIAT, IIAM, SABRN | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: Oct 2012 |
| G4008.11 | Dry bean improvement and marker-assisted breeding for diseases and abiotic stresses in Central America and the Caribbean | Jorge A Acosta-Gallegos, INIFAP | Mexico | Beans | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance |
CIAT, INCA, INTA | Jan-08 | December 2010; NCE: July 2011 |
| G6010.03 | Improve common bean productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa | S Beebe, CIAT | Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe | Beans | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance productivity |
DARTS, CBI | May-10 | May-14 |
| G4008.13 | Improving drought- tolerance phenotyping in cowpeas | Jeff Ehlers, UCR | Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso | Cowpea | drought tolerance | IER, IITA, ISRA, TAMU | Jan-08 | December 2010; NCE: March 2011 |
| G6010.02/ G7010.07.01 | Improve cowpea productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa (TLI project, Objective 2) | Jeff Ehlers, UC | Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso | Cowpea | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance productivity |
IITA, INERA, ISRA, UEM | May-10 | May-14 |
| G4008.06 | Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery | Peggy Ozias-Akins, UGA | Global | Groundnut | multiple traits | ICRISAT | January 2008 |
December 2008; NCE: December 2011 |
| G6010.01 | Improve groundnut productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa | Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT | Tanzania, Senegal, Niger | Groundnut | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance productivity |
Agropolis | May-10 | May-14 |
| G6010.05 | Cross-cutting crop activities (drought phenotyping, data management and capacity building) (TLI project, Objective 5) |
Drought phenotyping: Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT; Data management: Trushar Shah, ICRISAT; Capacity building: Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP |
Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Senegal, Burkina Faso | Groundnut | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance productivity |
Agropolis | May-10 | May-14 |
| G4009.07.01 | Capacity-building | Steve Beebe, CIAT | Ethiopia, Zimbabwe | beans | drought tolerance |
SARI | Oct-09 | October 2010; NCE: May 2013 |
| G4009.07.02 | Capacity-building | Jeffrey D Ehlers, UCR | Senegal, Mozambique | cowpeas | drought tolerance | ISRA, UEM | Oct-09 | October 2010; NCE: May 2013 |
| G4009.07.03 | Capacity-building | Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT | Kenya, Ethiopia | chickpeas | drought tolerance | EgU | Dec-09 | December 2010; NCE: May 2013 |
| G4009.07.04 | Ensuring ‘good’ and relevant phenotypic data to feed molecular breeders: The need for long-term training of scientists of NARS partners to TLI; PI: Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT | Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT | sub-Saharan Africa | groundnuts |
drought tolerance |
ARI | December 2009 |
December 2010; NCE: May 2013 |
| G7010.06.01 | Accelerating development of genomic resources and strengthening NARS partner capacities for enhancing adoption of molecular breeding for drought tolerance in chickpea | Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT | Kenya, Ethiopia, India | chickpeas | drought tolerance disease & pest resistance productivity |
EIAR, EgU, ICGGC (network), IIPR | May-10 | Jun-14 |
| G4008.33 | Drought-tolerance phenotyping of the GCP maize inbred line reference set | James Gethi, KARI | Global | Maize | drought tolerance |
Agropolis_INRA, CIMMYT, ETH | Jan-08 | February 2011; NCE: February 2012 |
| G4008.56 | AMDROUT: Asian Maize Drought-Tolerance Project | Bindiganavile S Vivek, CIMMYT | Asia | Maize | drought tolerance |
ICERI, KSPL, NMRI, NSFCRC, Syngenta, UPLB, YAAS | Nov-08 | Oct-13 |
| G3007.05 | Detecting and fine-mapping QTLs with major effects on rice yield under drought stress for deployment via marker-aided breeding | Arvind Kumar, IRRI | Global | Rice | drought tolerance |
BF, BiAU, CRRI, CRURRS, IGKV, JNKVV, NDUAT, TNAU, UoAl, UAS | Aug-07 | July 2009; NCE: April 2012 |
| G3008.03 | Delayed senescence and drought tolerance in rice | Eduardo Blumwald, UCD | Global | Rice | drought tolerance | IRRI | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: October 2012 |
| G3008.06 | Targeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance rice productivity under water-limited environments | K McNally and Amelia Henry, IRRI | Global | Rice | drought tolerance water use efficiency |
ARC, BF, CRRI, CRURRS, CSU, IGKV, NU, NDUAT, TNAU, UoA, UAS | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: October 2012 |
| G3008.09 | Breeding drought tolerance for rainfed lowland rice in the Mekong region | Boonrat Jongdee, BRRD | Mekong Delta | Rice | drought tolerance |
CARDI, NAFRI, UQ | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: September 2012 |
| G4006.01 | Developing strategies for allele mining within large collections | NR Sackville Hamilton, IRRI | Global | Rice | IRRI, EMBRAPA, ICARDA, ICRISAT | Jan-06 | Aug-11 | |
| G4008.45 | A Nested Association Mapping (NAM) population of rice: laying the bases for highly efficient QTL characterisation | Mathias Lorieux, Agropolis | Global | Rice | drought tolerance |
ARC | Aug-08 | July 2010: NCE: May 2012 |
| G4010.04 | Enhancing capacity for use of advance genotyping for fine-mapping and pyramiding of major salt tolerant QTLs through MABC for the development of durable saline tolerant rice varieties | Zeba I Seraj, DU | Bangladesh | Rice | salt tolerance |
BRRI, IRRI | Jul-10 | June 2011; NCE: November 2011 |
| G4011.04 | Dissemination and community of practice for newly developed drought-tolerant QTLs pyramided breeding lines | Arvind Kumar, IRRI | Rice | drought tolerance | CRRI, CRURRS, DRR | Jul-11 | Jun-14 | |
| G4011.06 | Field phenotyping for drought resistance of the MARS population developed under the GCP Rice RI | C | Rice | drought resistance | ARC | Nov-11 | Oct-12 | |
| G4011.07 | Rice multiparent advanced generation intercrosses (MAGIC) | Hei Leung, IRRI | Rice | Nov-11 | Oct-13 | |||
| G7010.04.01 |
Improving rice productivity in the lowland ecosystems of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria through marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) for drought tolerance and yield potential | Marie-No | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| WP 1 | Characterisation of the IV-TPE, establishment of drought-evaluation sites and description of ideotypes fitting major sub-classes of TPE to improve rice productivity in the lowland ecosystems of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria | Sander Zwart, ARC | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| WP 2 | Phenotyping for yield potential and drought tolerance to improve rice productivity in the lowlandecosystmes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria | Koichi Futakuchi, ARC | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| WP 3 | Developing improved lines combining favourable QTL alleles for drought adaptation and productivity in the lowland ecosystems of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria | Marie-No | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| WP 4 | Rice drought molecular biology and breeding community of practice for West Africa | Venuprasad Ramaiah, ARC | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| WP 5 | Project and information management | Ibnou Dieng, ARC | Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria | Rice | drought tolerance yield |
Agropolis | May-10 | Apr-14 |
| G4009.09 | A Community of Practice for strengthening rice breeding programmes by using genotyping building strategy and improving phenotyping capacity for biotic and abiotic stresses in the Mekong region | Jonaliza Lanceras-Siangliw, BIOTEC | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand | Rice | drought tolerance soil acidity disease resistance |
BIOTEC, CARDI, DAR, NAFRI | Nov-09 | Oct-12 |
| G4010.04/G4010.01.01 | Identification of novel QTLs for salinity tolerance and pyramiding with submergence tolerance to develop improved rice varieties for Bangladesh. | Fellowship | Bangladesh | Rice | salt tolerance submergence tolerance |
BAU, BRRI, IRRI | Mar-10 | Mar-13 |
| G7010.04.01/ G4009.02.01 | Study of Burkina Faso rice landraces diversity and breeding for resistance to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV) | Fellowship | Burkina Faso | Rice | disease resistance | Agropolis | Mar-09 | February 2011; NCE: June 2011 |
| G3008.05 |
Discovery and development of alleles contributing to sorghum drought tolerance | Andrew H Paterson, UGA | Global | Sorghum | drought tolerance |
DSR | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: December 2012 |
| G4008.02 | Phenotyping sorghum reference set for drought tolerance | HD Upadhyaya, ICRISAT | Global | Sorghum | drought tolerance |
IER, ISRA/CERAAS, KARI, NPGRC, UAS | Jan-08 | December 2010; NCE: May 2012 |
| G4008.46 | Sorghum MAGIC: Multiparent advanced generation inter-cross development for gene discovery and allele validation | C Tom Hash, ICRISAT | Global | Sorghum | Aug-08 | July 2010; NCE: February 2011 | ||
| G4008.48 | Improve sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS | Jean-Fran | Mali | Sorghum | drought tolerance |
IER, Syngenta | Aug-08 | July 2013; NCE: October 2014 |
| G7009.04 |
Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia | David Jordan and Andrew Borrell, DPI&F/UQ | Africa, Australia | Sorghum | drought tolerance | Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jun-12 |
| G7010.05.01 | Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach | Niaba T | Mali | Sorghum | drought tolerance yield quality |
Jan-10 | Jun-14 | |
| G3008.01 |
Generating new wheat germplasm with enhanced drought/heat tolerance using AB genomes genetic diversity | SC Misra, ARI | Global | Wheat | drought/heat tolerance |
CIMMYT, PBI_UoS, UAS | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: October 2012 |
| G3008.08 | Breeder-friendly high-throughput phenotyping tools to select for wheat adaptive traits in drought environments | Francis Ogbonnaya, (ICARDA); Co-PI: M Fernanda Dreccer, CSIRO |
Global | Wheat | drought | CIMMYT, CAS | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: June 2013 |
| G4008.03 | Precision phenotyping of the GCP spring wheat reference sample for drought | Susanne Dreisigacker, CIMMYT | Global | Wheat | various traits | INRA | January 2008 |
December 2010; NCE: March 2011 |
| G7009.01 | Examining natural variation in the transcriptional regulation of drought responses in wheat | Peter Langridge, ACPFG | Global | Wheat | drought tolerance | CIMMYT, ICS | Jan-09 | Dec-11 |
| G7010.02.01 | Breeding and selection strategies to combine and validate quantitative trait loci for water-use efficiency and heat tolerance of wheat in China | Ruilian Jing, NFCRI & ICS | China | Wheat | drought tolerance heat tolerance water-use efficiency |
CIMMYT, HAAS | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G7010.02.02. |
Molecular breeding and selection strategies to combine and validate quantitative trait loci for improving water-use efficiency and heat tolerance of wheat in India | K Vinod Prabhu, IARI | India | Wheat | drought tolerance heat tolerance water-use efficiency |
ARI | July 2010 |
Jun-14 |
| G3008.02 | Improving grain yield on acid soils by the identification of genetic factors underlying drought and aluminium tolerance in maize and sorghum | Leon Kochian, CU/USDA | Global | Maize, Sorghum | Drought tolerance Al tolerance |
EMBRAPA, MU/KARI | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: October 2012 |
| G3008.04 | Drought from a different perspective: Improved tolerance through Phosphoros acquisition | Sigrid Heuer, IRRI | Global | Rice | drought tolerance Phosphorous defficiency |
ICABIOGRD, JIRCAS, UoP/MPI-MP | Nov-08 | October 2011; NCE: October 2012 |
| G4008.10 | Assessment of the breeding value of superior haplotypes for AltSB, a major Al tolerance gene in sorghum: linking upstream genomics to acid soil breeding in Niger and Mali (ALTFIELD) | Robert Schaffert, EMBRAPA | Niger, Mali | Sorghum | Aluminium tolerance | ICRISAT, INRAN | January 2008 |
December 2010; NCE: December 2011 |
| G7009.07 | Cloning, characterisation and validation of AltSB/Al tolerance in rice | Leon Kochian and Susan McCouch, CU/USDA | Global | Rice | Aluminium tolerance | ICABIOGRD | Oct-09 | Mar-12 |
| G7010.03.01 | Cloning, characterisation and validation of Pup1/P efficiency in maize | Leon Kochian, CU/USDA | Global | Maize | Phosphorous efficiency | EMBRAPA, IRRI, JIRCAS, MU/KARI | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G7010.03.02 | Cloning, characterisation and validation of AltSB/Al tolerance in maize | Claudia Guim | Global | Maize | Al tolerance | CU/USDA | Apr-10 | Mar-12 |
| G7010.03.03 | Establishing a molecular breeding program based on the aluminum tolerance gene AltSB and the P efficiency QTL, Pup-1, for increasing sorghum production in Sub-Saharan Africa | Eva Weltzien, ICRISAT | Africa | Sorghum | Al tolerance Phosphorous efficiency Productivity |
CU/USDA | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G7010.03.04 | Developing rice with dual tolerance of phosphorus deficiency and aluminum toxicity: marker-assisted pyramiding of Pup1 with novel tolerance QTLs | Sigrid Heuer, IRRI | Asia | Rice | phosphorous deficiency Al tolerance |
CU/USDA | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G7010.03.05 | Marker-assisted backcrossing for improving phosphorous-use efficiency and tolerance to aluminium toxicity via Pup-1 and AltSB genes in maize | Samuel Gudu, MU/KARI | Global | Maize | Al tolerance Phosphorous efficiency |
CIMMYT, EMBRAPA, IRRI, JIRCAS, USDA | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G7010.03.06 | Improving phosphorus efficiency in sorghum by the identification and validation of sorghum homologs for Pup1, a major QTL underlying phosphorus uptake in rice, and identification of other P efficiency QTLs | Jurandir Magalh | Global | Sorghum | Phosphorous efficiency | CU/USDA | Apr-10 | Mar-14 |
| G4008.07 | Genomic resources and mapping populations developed and assembled for pearl millet to enable trait/gene identification | C Tom Hash, ICRISAT | Africa, Latin America, Asia | pearl millet |
various traits | AICPMIP | January 2008 |
December 2009 (final report submitted in 2011) |
| G4007.07 | Marker-assisted selection for sweet-potato virus disease (SPVD) resistance in sweet-potato germplasm and breeding populations | Wolfgang Gr | various regions | sweet potatoes |
SPVD resistance |
CSIRO, NaCRRI | August 2007 |
July 2010; NCE: June 2011 |
| G4008.05 | Connecting performance under drought with genotypes through phenotype associations | Arvind Kumar, IRRI | Asia | rice |
drought tolerance |
Agropolis | January 2008 |
December 2010; NCE: June 2012 |
| G4008.15 | Developing potato cultivars adapted to Southern Africa countries | F Vilar | Southern Africa countries | potato |
various traits | CIP, DARTS, EMBRAPA, IIAM, INIA_C, INTA_A | Jan-08 | December 2009 NCE: November 2011 |
| G4006.36 | Capacity-building and research project: Academic position in molecular breeding supported. |
Mark Laing , ACCI | Africa | Global | Global | Jan-07 | December 2011; NCE: March 2012 | |
| G4008.37 | PhD in plant breeding training at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement | Eric Y Danquah, WACCI | Africa | Global | Global | CU, UG | Mar-08 | Feb-14 |
| G4009.08 | Plant Breeding: concepts & methods | Theresa Fulton, IGD | Global | Global | CropGen International | Nov-09 | Jun-11 | |
| G4007.01 | Genotyping validation of the GCP reference sets |
Jean-Francois Rami, Agropolis_CIRAD | Global | Various | Various | BI, CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, ICARDA, ICRISAT, IITA, IRRI, UCR | Jan-07 | December 2008; NCE: October 2011 |
| G4010.02 | Potential benefits of marker-assisted selection technologies on wheat, sorghum, cassava, and rice, and of the Integrated Breeding Platform | George W. Norton, VT | Global | Sorghum, Cassava, Rice | Various | IFPRI | May-10 | Dec 2011; NCE: June 2012 |
| G4011.02 | Seed increase for interspecific chromosome segment substiution lines (CSSSLs) of rice at CIAT | M Lorieux, Agropolis | Rice | Apr-11 | Sep-11 | |||
| G8009.01.01 | Activity 1.1.1: Establish and manage the IBP | Graham McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.01.02 |
Activity 1.1.2: Develop and deploy the IBP web portal | Fred Okono, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.01.03 | Activity 1.1.3: Establish IBP Helpdesk and coordinate training and communication activities | Graham McLaren and Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.01.04 | Activity 1.1.4: Establish and support crop molecular breeding communities of practice | Ndeye Ndack Diop, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.02.01 | Activity 2.1.1: Identify, deploy and support tools to facilitate the management of germplasm lists, pedigrees, intellectual property and other passport data | Shawn Yates and Fran Clarke, AAFC | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.02.02 | Activity 2.1.2: Identify, deploy and support tools to manage phenotypic characterisation and evaluation | H S | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.02.03 | Activity 2.1.3: Identify, deploy and support tools to manage genotypic characterisation | Trushar Shah, ICRISAT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.01 | Activity 2.2.1: Develop and deploy an IB WorkBench Administration & Configuration Application | Graham McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.01 | Subactivity 2.2.1.1: Develop an IB Workflow Administration Application | H Sanchez, CIMMYT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.01 | Subactivity 2.2.1.2: Develop IB Project Configuration Application | H Sanchez, CIMMYT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.01 | Subactivity 2.2.1.3: Develop Database back-end for the IB workflow | H Sanchez, CIMMYT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.02 | Activity 2.2.2: Develop and deploy an IB Management System Application | Graham McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.02 | Subactivity 2.2.2.1: Develop Breeding Manager Application | H Sanchez, CIMMYT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.02 | Subactivity 2.2.2.2: Develop Geneaology Manager Application | G Ye, IRRI | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.02 | Subactivity 2.2.2.3: Develop Query Manager Application | C Liang, IRRI | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.03 | Activity 2.2.3: Develop and deploy an IB Field Trial Management System Application | Graham McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.03 | Subactivity: 2.2.3.1 Develop a Trial FieldBook Application | H Sanchez, CIMMYT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.03 | Subactivity: 2.2.3.2 Develop an Environment Characterisation System Application | G McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.04 | Activity 2.2.4: Develop and deploy an IB Genotypic Data Management System Application | G McLaren, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.04 | Subactivity 2.2.4.1: Develop a Genotypic Data Management Application | Trushar Shah, ICRISAT | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.05 | Activity 2.2.5: Develop and deploy an IB Analytical Pipeline Application | Activity Leader: Delphine Fleury (ACPFG/GCP) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.05 | Subactivity 2.2.5.1: Develop a Data Management Application | FA v Eeuwijk (WUR)/G Ye (IRRI) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.05 | Subactivity 2.2.5.2: Develop a Phenotypic data Analysis Application | FA v Eeuwijk (WUR)/G Ye (IIRI) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.05 | Subactivity 2.2.5.3: Develop a Molecular Genetic Analysis Application | FA v Eeuwijk (WUR)/G Ye (IIRI) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.05 | Subactivity 2.2.5.4: Develop a Selection Indices Application | FA v Eeuwijk (WUR)/G Ye (IIRI) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.06 | Activity 2.2.6 Develop and deploy an IB Decision Support System Application | Delphine Fleury (ACPFG/GCP) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.06 | Subactivity 2.2.6.1: Develop Breeding Decision Support Applications | T Shah (ICRISAT) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.06 | Subactivity 2.2.6.2: Develop MARS Decision Support Application | Alain Charcosset (CIRAD) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.03.06 | Subactivity 2.2.6.3: Develop Simulation Application | M Dieters (UoQ) | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.05.01 | Activity 3.1.1: Genetic Resources Support Service | Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Agropolis | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.05.02 | Activity 3.1.2: Marker Services | Chunlin He, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.05.03 | Activity 3.1.3: Trait and metabolite services | Xavier Delannay, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.01 | Activity 3.2.1: Breeding Plan Development | Xavier Delannay, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.02 | Activity 3.2.2: Information Mgt | Arllet Portugal, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.03 | Activity 3.2.3: Data curation | Arllet Portugal, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.04 | Activity 3.2.4: Design & analysis | Marcos Malosetti, WUR | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.05 | Activity 3.2.5: Phenotyping sites & screening protocols) | Xavier Delannay, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.06 | Activity 3.2.6: Genotying Support Service | Chunlin He, GCP | Global | Global | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
| G8009.06.07 | Activity 3.2.7: IP & Policy Helpdesk | L Butler, GCP | Global | AAFC, Agropolis | Jul-09 | Jul-14 | ||
| G4008.32 | Quality management procedures in GCP research laboratories promoted | J Smith, FERA | Global | Global | Global | CIMMYT, FERA | Jul-08 | June 2009; NCE: July 2011 |
| G4009.03/ G4010.06/ G4011.01/ G4011.10 |
Enhancement and implementation of the Crop Ontology for data integration and data interoperability, and expanding its use within communities of practice and to partners to integrate datasets for GCP priority crops through the IBP | Elizabeth Arnaud, Bioversity | Global | Global | Global | CIMMYT, CIP, IRRI, CIAT, IATA, NCRI, Plant Ontology Consortium, NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre, University of Manchester |
Jan-10 | Dec-12 |
| G4009.04/ G4010.05/G4011.05 |
Devt of Integrated SNP Mining and Utilization (ISMU) pipeline based on next generation sequencing (NGS) and high-throughput (HTP) genotyping technologies for facilitating molecular breeding | Rajeev Varshney and Trushar Shah, ICRISAT | Global | Global | Global | ICRISAT, NCGR, SCRI, UoQ | Sep-10 | Oct-13 |
| G4011.09 | Developent of a Genotyping Data Management System (GDMS) | Trushar Shah, ICRISAT | CIMMYT, GCP, Hutton, IRRI, NCGR, SCRI | Dec-11 | Nov-13 | |||
| G8009.04.01/G4006.16 | Activity 2.3.1: Establish middleware infrastructure for networking databases and applications | C Liang, IRRI (This project succeeds G4006.16, which ended December 2009) |
Global | Global | Global | CIMMYT, ICRISAT | Jul-09 | Jul-14 |
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