Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops


Program-Funded Research on Millet

Pearl millet improvement workshop

Grantee: Cornell University

Principal Investigator: Dr Rebecca Nelson

Country: New York

Amount:$ 30,000

To determine the potential value of pearl millet top-cross hybrids in West Africa by assessing levels of hybrid vigor across different growing environments during the 2004 growing season

Grantee: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Principal Investigator: Eva Weltizien Rattunde

Country:  India

Grant No: 2004 FS 049

Amount: $ 45,825

To identify the specific genes in the rice and pearl millet that are induced when cereals are exposed to the water deficits or drought conditions in collaboration with the university of Georgia

Grantee: University of Hyderabad

Country: Hyderabad, India

Grant No: 2003 FS 132

Amount: $23,625