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Publication on SP4 Crop Ontology database available 
GCP is pleased to announce the availability of a new journal article describing the outcome of GCP’s Subprogramme 4 Project G4009.03: Development of data standards and community of practice enabling the capture of and access to GCP quality data sets. The article, entitled Multifunctional crop trait ontology...
June 30, 2010 6:00pm |
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5th World Cowpea Research Conference 
The 5th World Cowpea Research Conference will be held from 27th September to 1st October 2010 in Dakar, Senegal. The conference, organised by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in cooperation with the Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Programme (USA), Purdue University (USA) and the Institut...
June 30, 2010 6:00pm |
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Wheat variety more productive in saltier soils 
Wheat variety more productive in saltier soils Scientists have bred an improved variety of wheat that has proven to be 25% more productive in saline soils than its normal counterpart. To produce the improved durum wheat, which is set to be made freely available to the developing...
June 30, 2010 2:22pm |
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Rice CI Launch workshop materials online 
Following the recent announcement on the launch of the Rice Challenge Initiative, which took place from 13–15 April 2010 in Montpellier, France, we are pleased to share a full set of materials produced at the workshop, including meeting agenda, list of participants, presentations, and photos. To access the materials,...
June 29, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP Management change 
Bye Jean Christophe... Jean Christophe Glaszmann moved on from the GCP Management Team (MT) at the end of March, having diligently served as Subprogramme 1 (SP1) Leader since GCP’s inception. Over the six years he served as SP1 Leader, Jean Christophe (popularly known as JC) was on a joint...
June 29, 2010 6:00pm |
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Phase II of Tropical Legumes project approved 
GCP is delighted to announce the approval and commencement of Phase II of the ‘Tropical Legumes I’ project following the submission of a research proposal to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other funders earlier this year. Phase I of the project, which is formally known as...
June 29, 2010 6:00pm |
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Deadline extension for Post-doc position 
Following our recent announcement on an Agropolis–CIRAD post-doctoral vacancy for a Plant Geneticist to work on a GCP sorghum project, the original deadline for applications has been extended to 7th June 2010. More details on the vacancy and on how to apply....
May 18, 2010 6:00pm |
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Published journal article covers GCP NGS workshop 
Following a GCP Subprogramme 4/Subprogramme 2 workshop on Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology data analysis, held at ICRISAT in July 2009, a commentary on the workshop events and outcomes, entitled Challenges and Strategies for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Data Analysis and written by GCP collaborator Vivek Thakur and...
May 7, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP collaborators contribute to distinguished academic journal 
GCP’s collaborators have joined forces once again, this time in their multiple contribution to the April 2010 issue of highly esteemed and influential academic plant sciences journal Current Opinion in Plant Biology. Volume 13, Issue 2 of the journal is divided into two sub-sections on Genome...
May 5, 2010 6:00pm |
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New journal articles from GCP collaborators 
GCP research has received attention recently with three key articles resulting from GCP-funded research being published in highly steemed journals. Accessing genetic diversity for crop improvement was published in the online version of highly esteemed journal Current Opinion in Plant Biology in February 2010, and has...
April 26, 2010 6:00pm |
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Collaborators join forces for GCP’s Rice CI Launch meeting
The launch meeting of the Rice Challenge Initiative (CI) Improving drought tolerance in rice in Africa was held from 13–15 April 2010 at Agropolis–CIRAD in Montpellier, France. All collaborators, including AfricaRice and the national rice breeding programmes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, were represented at the meeting,...
April 26, 2010 6:00pm |
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New staff on board at GCP Headquarters 
GCP’s Headquarters has strengthened its capacity in recent months through the arrival of two new staff members. Fred Okono, of Kenyan nationality, came on board in early December 2009 as a Consultant for the recently renamed ‘Integrated Breeding Platform’ project (formerly 'Molecular Breeding Platform'). Fred has a background in...
April 26, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP’s Interactive Resource Centre and Helpdesk now on Facebook! 
For those who are yet to explore, or who are looking to rediscover, the Interactive Resource Centre and Helpdesk – a collaborative project from GCP and Cornell University’s Institute for Genomic Diversity (IGD) – we highly encourage you to do so via the user-friendly social media tool that...
April 21, 2010 6:00pm |
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Third International Conference on Plant Molecular Breeding 
Plant scientists from around the world with an interest in molecular breeding will come together in Beijing, China, fom 5–9 September 2010 for the Third International Conference on Plant Molecular Breeding (ICPMB). The scientific programme will include plenary sessions in the morning for four days and concurrent sessions/workshops and...
April 19, 2010 6:00pm |
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MBP rebranded: Welcome aboard the Integrated Breeding Platform! 
Platforms generally don’t move, but this one is decidedly different from the start. During the launch workshop of GCP’s Molecular Breeding Platform, which took place in February 2010 in Hyderabad, India, one key issue raised by the meeting’s participants was the need to craft a new name for...
April 14, 2010 6:00pm |
