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Sources of resistance in the existing breeding germplasm will be identified for incorporation in the elite cultivar/variety
In order to identify new sources of resistance to net blotch, a FIGS subset consisting of 96 barley accessions was screened with a mixture of 20-isolates of net blotch collected from different agro-climatic regions of ...
Improvement of dual purpose barley for forage and straw for livestock
A total of 660 barley accessions representing land races, advanced genotypes and cultivars from different regions of the world were screened for straw traits like dry matter, Ash content, organic matter, nitrogen, crude ...
Regular updating of the crossing block with new barley varieties for conducting the crossing program of winter barley for different breeding objectives
The new sources of abiotic and biotic stresses have also been identified after evaluation through collaboration with NARS for phenotyping at diverse environments. Crossing blocks (CB) of barley 480 germplasm for spring ...
Use of hotspots for screening of each disease / pest
A FIGS subset of yellow rust of 298 accessions was screened in the field in Durgapura, Jaipur (India) with artificial inoculation with an inoculum consisting of a mixture of 5-pathotypes. Based on the area under disease ...
Evaluation for Fe, zn and beta-glucan content, malting quality and starw quality with NIR and traditional means
Grain samples (more than 450 from high input program) were screened for hectoliter weight and the promising 73 lines were selected for micro malting analysis. Ten new barley genotypes with very good malting quality have ...
Barley for Africa and Asia - Multi-purpose barley production technologies for food, feed and fodder in the dry regions of Africa & Asia (Barley for Africa & Asia)
The decentralization budget to ICARDA provided under Dryland Cereals has been effectively utilized for establishing the State of Art malting quality laboratory at ICARDA Rabat, Morocco. This will provide an opportunity to ...
Pre-breeding using wild relatives of barley
A total of 100 accessions of H. sponteneum were evaluated for powdery mildew and yellow rust at Marchouch station in Morocco. More than 83% of these lines combine resistance to both diseases. These accessions are under ...
Development of agricultural productivity for the most important agricultural crops
The sustainable economic development considers as the most important goals sought by the society in the Arab Republic of Egypt, which contains all the strategies and plans adopted by the state. Those strategies depend on ...
Report on Innovation Platform Meetings in Tunisia
Two Innovation Platforms concerning Feed Resources in Central Tunisia are installed. IP trainings and meetings have taken place in 2016 and 2017. An IP chart has been developed and signed by stakehoders
Trip report on a mission to East Azerbaijan, Lorestan, Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces under the Iran-ICARDA food security project
Two training courses of two full-days each with extensive professional interaction in classrooms,
post-harvest seed facilities, innovation platforms and demos have been organized during the mission. A total
of 89 project ...