International germplasm development for multiple disease resistance
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Flavio Capettini, Kelly Turkington, Shipra Mittal, Seonghee Lee. (31/12/2005). International germplasm development for multiple disease resistance. Canada.
Abstract
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), with the
headquarters in Aleppo, Syria, is one of 15 centers strategically located all over the world and
supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). With its
main research station and offices based in Aleppo, Syria, ICARDA works through a network of
partnerships with national, regional and international institutions, universities, non-governmental
organizations and ministries in the developing world; and with advanced research institutes in
industrialized countries. ICARDA serves the entire developing world for the improvement of
barley, lentil, and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management of
water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and
rehabilitation and management of rangelands. The Global Barley Enhancement Program has its
headquarters in Syria, while the sub-program based in Latin America, targets the developing
countries in that region. The development of germplasm with resistance to the main biotic and
abiotic stresses has always had the highest priority in the program. Genetic resistance still is the
most environmentally-friendly and durable method of control of crop stresses, as well as the only
affordable method for low income farmers at different regions worldwide.
