Countries Botswana : CRSPs

Montshiwa, –

Country of Origin: Botswana

Start Date: 1984
End Date: N.D.
University: Colorado State University
Degree: MS

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Bean/Cowpea

Database: Training

Manthe, –

Country of Origin: Botswana

Start Date: 1984
End Date: N.D.
University: Colorado State University
Degree: MS

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Bean/Cowpea

Database: Training

Breeding Sorghum for Developing Countries

This project aims to use the variability created from crosses between two complementary germplasm groups–recently bred high yield tropical food quality sorghums and elite U.S. lines–in […]

Start Date: 1984
End Date: 1991
Project Code: NU-115
Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Development of Control Programs for Millet and Sorghum Diseases in Semiarid Southern Africa

This project did an evaluation of the cross pathogenicity and virulence of both Exserohilun turcicum and Ranumlispora soighi Macrophominaphaseolina collected from diverse hosts in Southern African […]

Start Date: 1984
End Date: 1991
Project Code: TAM-128
Lead University: Texas A&M University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Development and Evaluation of Systems for Controlling Insect Pests of Sorghum/Millet by Integration of Resistant Varieties, Cultural Manipulation and Biological Control

The goal of this project was to develop insect control strategies for sustainable sorghum/millet production, namely, plant resistance and biological control.

Start Date: 1984
End Date: 1991
Project Code: MSU-105
Lead University: Texas A&M University

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Breeding for Disease and Drought Resistance and Increased Genetic Diversity

The principal objectives of this project were to identity and develop disease resistant and drought resistant sorghum germplasm in diverse backgrounds for use by collaborating LDC […]