PROPOSAL:
ICA4-2000-30002
ACRONYM
BAMFOOD
AREA:
FP5 - INCO2, 5/ unknown KeyAction
Call number / date:
-
PROJECT TYPE:
Shared Cost
EU CONTRIBUTION:
810,306
STARTING DATE:
2000-10-01
DURATION:
36 months
Coordinator: Dr. D. Robertson, University of Nottingham, Agriculture And Horticulture Division, Sutton Bonington Campus, UK -LE12 5RD, Loughborough, United Kingdom, Email: Douglas.Robertson@Nottingham.Ac.Uk
Project Description:
Bambara groundnut is an important African legume for which there has been no breeding strategy or attempt to match existing landraces to specific environments. This project combines farmers knowledge, experiments and molecular techniques Within a bambara groundnut improvement programme. A growers survey will definedesirable traits of local bambara groundnut genotypes. Genetic and agronomicstudies on contrasting landraces will link with farmers knowledge to produce assimilation model to define ideotypes for contrasting environments. The project will establish cost-effective molecular techniques and kits for use in African laboratories. These techniques will characterise genetic composition of bambara groundnut landraces. Techniques to facilitate crossbreeding to produce new varieties will be developed alongside methods to match the suitability of existing landraces to particular environmnents.
Project URL: http://www.weihenstephan.de/pbpz/pbau/bambara/bamfood_en.html
Consortium:
Co-ordinator:
Contact Person: Robertson, Douglas (Dr)
Department: School Of Biological Science Agriculture And Horticulture Division
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
LE12 5RD LOUGHBOROUGH
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44-1159-515671
Fax: +44-1159-515351
Douglas.Robertson@Nottingham.Ac.Uk
Participants
Contact Person: BERGER, Albert (Professor)
Department: CHAIR OF AGRONOMY AND PLANT BREEDING
Organisation: Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Alte Akademie, 12
85350 FREISING
GERMANY
Contact Person: SHIVUTE, Vainho (Dr)
Department: MAHANENE RESEARCH STATION
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development
NAMIBIA
Contact Person: DLAMINI, Barnabas M. (Professor)
Department: DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Organisation: University of Swaziland
P/B 4
SWAZILAND
Contact Person: KEMSLEY, Edward (Mr)
Department: CROP SCIENCE AND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Organisation: Botswana College of Agriculture
Private Bag 0027, Content Farms, Sebele
BOTSWANA
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