Plant Pathogen RFLP Mapping
This project is attempting to find RFLP or RAPD markers associated with traits conditioning disease resistance in sorghum. Most of our work to date has been […]
- Start Date: 1992
- End Date: 1997
- Project Code: TAM-124A
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Disease Control Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Through collaboration with ICRISAT through a joint internatioal Anthracnose Virulence Nursery this project sought to address the spread of anthracnose in more humid sorghum growing areas […]
- Start Date: 1992
- End Date: 1997
- Project Code: TAM-124
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Global
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Role of Polyphenols in Sustainable Production and Utilization of Sorghum and Millet
This project addresses some of the most important worldwide constraints to sorghum and millet production and to sorghum utilization. These include grain-eating birds and the parasitic […]
- Start Date: 1992
- End Date: 1997
- Project Code: PRF-104B; PRF-104C
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Low Input Ecologically Defined Management Strategies for Insect Pests on Sorghum
This research emphasized biological investigations involving relationships between insects and plants to develop an ecological framework for understanding the structure of organisms in different sorghum cropping […]
- Start Date: 1992
- End Date: 1997
- Project Code: MSU-105
- Lead University: Mississippi State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Agroecology and Biotechnology in Stalk Rot Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet
This project focused on identifying diverse fungal strains that attack sorghum and millet in Africa.
- Start Date: 1992
- End Date: 1997
- Project Code: KSU-108
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding for Productivity in Sorghum
The principal objective of this project was to bring together in a deliberately focused manner all those traits which cause the production of higher yielding sorghums […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: TAM-121
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Botswana Agronomic Research
This projects’ goals include: Improve and stabilize rainfed sorghum and millet crop yields by studies of sustainable systems for improving rain and soil-water use efficiency through […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-107
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Sorghum Varieties and Hybrids with Improved Grain Quality, Drought Resistance and Striga Resistance
To strengthen sorghum research capabilities of collaborating scientists in less developed countries, thereby accelerating the rate at which the production and utilization of sorghum is enhanced. […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-107
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Development of Agronomically Superior Germplasm Including Varieties, Hybrids and Populations Which Have Improved Nutritional Value and Good “Evident” Grain Quality for Utilization in Developing Countries
The major focus of this project is to develop high yielding sorghum varieties with acceptable food quality and good nutritional value for utilization in developing countries.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-103A
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Pearl Millet for Developing Countries
The principal objectives of this project are to supply collaborating scientists at LDC locations with both useful genetic material and information on how best to select […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-118
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
