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PI:
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Prof. Mark Laing
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Contact Details
Director, ACCI
University of KwaZulu-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
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Grantee:
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University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Amount:
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US $1,128,707
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Duration:
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Three Years |
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Expected
Outcomes from the ACCI
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Improved
crops bred from landraces in each country
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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.
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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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