2005-2007 Competitive Grants (Round 1)

The master list of competitive projects/budgets/partners can be found here. A zip file containing all competitive proposals can be found here.

1. Identifying Genes Responsible for Failure of Gran Formation in Rice and Wheat Under Drought (PI: Renee Lafitte, IRRI, r.lafitte@cgiar.org)

2. Revitalizing Marginal Lands: Discovery of Genes for Tolerance of Saline and Phosphorus Deficient Soils to Enhance and Sustain Productivity(PI: Abdelbagi Ismal, IRRI, a.ismail@cgiar.org)

3. Identifiying the Physiological and Genetic Traits That Make Cassava One of the Most Drought Tolerant Crops(PI: Alfredo Alves, Embrapa, a.alves@cgiar.org)

4. An eco-physiological-statistical framework for the analysis of GxE and QTLxE as occuring in abiotic stress trials (PI: Fred van Eeuwijk, WUR, fred.vaneeuwijk@wur.nl)

5. Unlocking the genetic diversity in peanut's wild relatives with genomic and genetic tools (PI: Jose Francisco Montenegro Valls, Embrapa, valls@cenargen.embrapa.br)

6. Marker Development and Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga Resistance in Cowpea (PI: Visvanathan Mahalaksmi, IITA, v.mahalakshmi@cgiar.org)

7. Measuring linkage disequilibirum across three genomic regions in rice (PI: Susan McCouch, Cornell, srm4@cornell.edu)

8. Targeted discovery of superior disease QTL, alleles in the maize and rice genomes (PI:Rebecca Nelson, Cornell, rjn7@cornell.edu)

9. Development of low-cost technologies for pyramiding useful genes from wold relatives of cassava into elite progenitors (PI: Anthony Bellotti, CIAT, a.bellotti@cgiar.org)

10. Exploring Natural Genetic Variation: Developing Genomic Resources and Introgression Lines for Four AA Genome Rice Relatives (PI: Joe Tohme, CIAT, j.tohme@cgiar.org)

11. Functional Genomics of cross-species resistance to fungal diseases in rice and wheat (CEREALIMMUNITY) (PI: Pietro Piffanelli, CIRAD, pietro.piffanelli@cirad.fr)

12. Drought Tolerant Rice Cultivars for North China and South/Southeast Asia by Highly Efficient Pyramiding of OTL's from Diverse Origins (PI: Zhi-Kang LI, CAAS, lizhk@caas.net.cn)

13. Development of informative DNA markers through association mapping in maize to improve drought tolerance in cereals (PI: Jean-Marcel Ribaut, CIMMYT, j.ribaut@cgiar.org)

14. Characterization of genetic diversity of maize populations: Documenting global maize migration from the center of origin (PI: Marilyn Warburton, CIMMYT, m.warburton@cgiar.org)
DNA Extraction Protocol (Coffee Grinder Method)

15. Determination of a common genetic basis for tissue growth rate under water-limited conditions across plant organs and genomes (PI: Mark Sawkins, CIMMYT, m.sawkins@cgiar.org)

16. Isolation and Characterization of Aluminum Tolerance Genes in the Cereals: An Integrated Functional Genomics, Molecular Genetic, and Physiological Analysis (PI: Leon Kochian, Cornell, lvk1@cornell.edu)

17. Allele Mining Based on Non-Coding Regulatory SNPs in Barley Germplasm (PI: Michael Baum, ICARDA, m.baum@cgiar.org)