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Genetic, Physiological, and Molecular Approaches to Improve Heat and Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tomato
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| Name (native language): | Genetic, Physiological, and Molecular Approaches to Improve Heat and Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tomato |
| Coordinating organisation: | The World Vegetable Center |
| Description: | Goal: To contribute to stable and increased production of tomato through development of heat and drought tolerant varieties Purpose: Development of heat and drought tolerant tomato breeding lines through molecular genetics and genomics, and effective identification and utilization of genetic resources Outputs: - Screening methods development for drought and heat tolerance and tolerant germplasm identified - Head and drought tolerance characterized and QTLs identified in tomato - Candidate genes for abiotic stress tolerance mapped onto tomato genetic map - Primary QTLs identified and candidate genes validated for heat and drought tolerance through comparative and composite analysis - Breeding lines and linked molecular markers developed for drought and heat tolerance - Increased NARES/ commercial seed companies/academic institutions´ capacity to screen for drought and heat tolerance and apply molecular markers in breeding |
| Budget (in &euro): | 999890 |
| Start: | 2008-01-01 |
| End: | 2010-12-31 |
| Species: | tomato |
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| ARD-theme: | plant breeding |
| Target country: | India Taiwan Tanzania |
| Commodity: | vegetables |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 5 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2008-03-18 13:54:03 |