Coordinated Research Projects

摘要

The new CRP D2.50.05 on Mutation Breeding for Resistance to Striga Parasitic Weeds in Cereals for Food Security has effectively started with eight research contracts from Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Sudan, and Turkey, two technical contacts from Japan and USA, and four agreement holders from FAO, Rome, Japan, the Netherlands, and USA. The main objective is to develop effective screening protocols to identify and advance resistant mutants. Screening packages will be optimized for laboratory, screen house and field to Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica. Allelism and mechanisms of resistance will be analyzed to classify different sourcse of resistance, which can be combined to produce durable resistance. Efficiency enhancing technologies of doubled haploid, genomics and molecular markers will be adapted (for more information, see Past Events in this issue).