Project
Improvement of Bean Production in Honduras Through Breeding for Multiple Disease Resistance
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
1981
End Date:
1988
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Countries:
Honduras
Participants
Lead University:
University of Puerto Rico
Other Partners:
Collaborating Scientists' Institutions: Escuela Agricola Panamerica (Honduras); University of Nebraska (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
James Beaver (US); Juan Carlos Rosas (Honduras)
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Rodrigo Echaves-Bade; Luis Ernestinevra (Puerto Rico); Monty Miles; James R. Steadman (US); Roberto Young (Honduras)
Overview
To increase the production of beans through improved varieties resistant to major diseases and pests. Research in the U.S. will include identification of additional sources of resistance to
the most important diseases in Honduras and development of red-seeded bean populations with a greater frequency of major and minor genes for disease resistance. In the H.C., research
will aim to develop the local breeding program; to measure effectiveness of different sources of disease resistance and monitor the frequency and severity of bean diseases; to
screenpromising germplasm for resistance and to determine how multiple disease resistant germplasm can be most effectively utilized by small farmers.
Objectives
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Outcomes
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