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Grant Title:

African Center for Crop Improvement (ACCI)


PI:

Prof. Mark Laing

Contact Details

Director, ACCI
University of Natal, PBag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa
Tel/Fax 27-33-260 5524 

Cell 082 3724 945
E-mail: laing@nu.ac.za  or  mdl@sai.co.za

Grantee:

University of Natal

Amount:

US $1,128,707

Duration:

Three Years

Expected Outcomes from the ACCI

  • 50 plant breeders, at a rate of about 10 per annum

  • improved crops bred from landraces in each country

  • development of technologies such as molecular marker assisted selection, dihaploids, rapid vegetative propagation, enhanced drought tolerance selection, male gametocides and downstream processing of commodity crops.

  • Improved crops bred in programmes operating in South Africa by ACCI staff, and tested in Africa with collaborating students and collaborating scientists


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