CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDC
Overview: FP4-2.35 - Populations for drought developed using new sources of resistance; the exisiting populations advanced. Drought populations exist from F2 to PYT, these will be advanced. At the same time populations will be developed to feed into the pipeline
Leader:
Henry Fred Ojulong, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Coleader: Damaris Achieng Odeny, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Team
members: 5
Partner
organizations: 4
Budget 2025
USD :
0
Outputs: 1
Activity/Product Description
Drought is the most important abiotic stress in finger millet. Most of the varieties are susceptible; but a number of varieties have been screened and found to escape the drought (short duration varieties). these will be used as sources for resistance/escape to drought
Atlas
Outputs
| Code | Type | Output Name | Leader | Co-leader | Deliverables | Commodity | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP4-2.35.1 |
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Candidate short duration lines adapted to low rainfall and low altitudes developed | Henry Fred Ojulong | Damaris Achieng Odeny | 1 | Chickpea, Groundnut, Pigeonpea, Sorghum, Pearl millet, Finger millet, Soya bean |
Partners
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-ICRISAT
India, Hyderabad
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.icrisat.org
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.eiar.gov.et
Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Research and Development-MoA, DRD
Tanzania, Dodoma
Government
https://www.kilimo.go.tz/index.php/en
