Breeding and Cultural Practices for the Caribbean

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Details

Project Code:
GA/BCP

Start Date:
1982

End Date:
1987

CRSP Phase:
Phase 1

Budget:
$438,400

Countries:
, ,

Participants

Lead University:

Other Partners:
Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute

Principal Investigator(s):
None

Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Craig Kvien, Corley Holbrook, Alex Csinos, Bill Branch (US); Brian Cooper, B.K. Rai, Joe Suah, Syed Haque (Trinidad)

Overview

Research efforts have been directed toward identifying production constraints and testing genetic and cultural methods to overcome these constraints.

Outcomes

Both Belize and Jamaica have identified superior (to the local cultivar) peanut genotypes and are planning to release these genotypes within one year. Antigua and Trinidad are not yet to the cultivar release state and will need to continue genotype testing during the 1987 season.

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