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Program Grants
and Outputs for Year 2003
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Grant
Title:
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Breeding Maize
Varieties Resistant to Gray Leaf Spot and Northern Leaf Blight in the Low
and Intermediate Altitude Areas of Tanzania |
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PI:
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Dr. Catherine Kuwite |
Contact Details
Selian
Agricultural Research Institute,
P.O. Box 6024, Arusha Tanzania
E-mail:
ckuwite@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:
255 27 2505675
Mobile: 255 0787152150 |
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Grantee:
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Ministry of Agriculture,
Selian Agricultural Research Institute,
Tanzania |
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Grant No:
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2003 FS 130 |
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Amount:
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US $34,342 |
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Duration
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Three Years
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Collaborators:
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Mr. F. Ngulu, Mr. K.
Kitenge,
Zubeda O. Mduruma
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Project Activities
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Work
Plan
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following activities are planned for the present and year 2006:
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Planting the best performing OPVs and inbred
lines for seed increase in December 2005
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Harvesting of test crosses in January
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Evaluating the three-way hybrids in selected
locations during the main cropping season
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Culturing and making GLS inoculations to
inbred lines in the screen house
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The best performing OPVs will be evaluated
in several locations. The locations will include Selian, Madiira,
Arusha Foundation Seed Farm, Karatu, Weruweru, Maruku (Bukoba) and
Tumbi (all in intermediate altitude areas) and Mbulu and Lushoto (both
in High altitude areas)
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Best performing lines from 2005 tested
material will be crossed with selected testers
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Best performing populations will be
increased and lines will be extracted from them by selfing.
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Top crosses will be made between selected
OPVs.
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20-30 best performing lines will be used to
make synthetics (balanced bulk population)
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Report writing
It
is hoped that at the end of the third year, potential material for
release and/or near release would have been developed and/or identified.
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