International Cereals Nurseries 1986/87: List of Cooperators and Distribution of Nurseries

Abstract

The cereal improvement of ICARDA conducts crop improvement research on Barley, durum wheat, and bread wheat. Within the system of International Agricultural Centers, the consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) gives ICARDA the global mandate for barley improvement and a joint improvement with CIMMYT for wheat improvement in West Asia and North Africa.

The prime objective of the International Cereal Nursery system is to disseminate improved germplasm to national plant breeding programs in the ICARDA region and beyond.To enable this objective to be carried out effectively , the feedback of cooperators data to scientists of the national programs and of ICARDA is considered as an important component.

Basically the Cereal Improvement distributes 5 types of International Nurseries for the three crops: yield trials,observation nurseries,segregating populations,crossing blocks and special nurseries. Over the last few seasons ,much effort was spent on targetting the germplasm for different environmental areas.A full description of the set-up can be found in the booklet "An Introduction to the International Nurseries systems",which is available from the program.