Improving drought tolerance in sorghum for Africa
Product Delivery Coordinator: Jean-François Rami
The Sorghum Research Initiative (RI) comprises two elements:
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The first element – Improving sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS – aims to demonstrate the value of MARS for sorghum breeding through a private–public partnership involving the local Mali national programme – L’Institut d’économie rurale (IER), Agropolis–CIRAD and Syngenta.
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The second element – Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach – aims to develop modified BCNAM populations to improve sorghum varieties by incorporating new well-characterised traits such as drought adaptation into local germplasm. It involves a collaboration between IER, ICRISAT–Mali and Agropolis–CIRAD.
Current projects in this RI are:
1. G4008.48: Improve sorghum productivity in semi-arid environments of Mali through integrated MARS
Lead institute and Principal Investigator
Agropolis−CIRAD, Jean-François Rami
Project partners
L’Institut d’économie rurale, Mali
Syngenta
2. G7010.05.01: Enhancing sorghum grain yield and quality for the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa using the backcross nested association mapping (BCNAM) approach
Co-Lead institutes and Co-Principal Investigators
L’Institut d’économie rurale, Mali, Niaba Témé
Agropolis–CIRAD, Michel Vaksmann
ICRISAT, Eva Weltzien
Collaborator
University of Georgia, USA
Events
Forthcoming events: TBC
Past events
- Sorghum CI Launch workshop, 14–15 May 2010, Eldoret, Kenya