Crops to End Hunger Case Studies in Africa and Beyond: Supporting CGIAR Partners through Genotyping Services
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Date
04.08.23 > 31.01.24
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Time
05:00 pm > 06:00 pm UTC+03:00
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Registration
Check your inbox for an invitation, or join the Zoom link below just before scheduled sessions.
Date: August 14, 2023 to May 31, 2024
This seminar series presents an in-depth overview of Crops to End Hunger breeding modernization projects and its significant role in supporting all CGIAR partners through genotyping services from 2021 to 2023. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the projects that our partners are currently working on, how the allocated funds were utilized, and future plans and possibilities.
Join us in this informative and enriching series to gain insights into the impactful projects undertaken by our CGIAR partners, understand the efficient utilization of resources, discuss lessons learned, and explore the path ahead for further advancements. Together, we can create a brighter future and make a significant difference in global agriculture and food security.
- To join: Check your inbox for an invitation, or join the Zoom meeting links in the table below
- Presenter/s: Various CGIAR partners, genotyping experts, leaders
- Target audiences: CGIAR/NARES crop breeding staff and experts and other interested parties
- Date/time/duration: Weekly or biweekly at 5pm (Nairobi Time). Approx 45 minutes per session
Objectives:
The webinar will help participants understand or be able to do the following:
- Provide an overview of CtEH projects and how they support or impact particular crops
- Understand how technologies such as genotyping are being employed in crop breeding, and supporting breeding decisions, particularly in Africa
- Increase engagement within CGIAR partnerships and improve understanding on how CGIAR genotyping services can contribute
- Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing, within a platform that explores innovative strategies and best practices in achieving our common goal of ending hunger
More info: a.oliveira@cgiar.org
Schedule: (Details may change. Please check back for adjustments.)
2024 WEBINAR SERIES:
| # | Timing | Date | Title | Presenters & Speakers | Crop(s) | Institute | Country |
| 9 | 1st Week of February 2024 | 1st | Seminar 9 | Intro: Moez Amri | Various | UMP6 | Morocco |
| Presentation | Recording | Impact of low and mid-density markers genotyping on CIMMYT’s tropical maize breeding | Manje Gowda, Sudha Nair, XueCai Zhang | Maize | CIMMYT | Kenya, India, Mexico | |
| 10 | 3rd Week of February 2024 | 15th | Seminar 10 | Godfrey Asea | Various | NARO/NACRII | Uganda |
| Presentation | Recording | Development and validation of KASP markers associated with cooking time and canning quality traits in Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) | Eunice Kesiime | Common bean | NACRII | Uganda | |
| 11 | 5th Week of February 2024 | 29th | Seminar 11 | Jurandir Magalhaes | Sorghum | EMBRAPA | Brazil |
| Presentation | Recording | Introgression of QTLs for Drought Tolerance into Farmers’ Preferred Sorghum Varieties | Andekelile Mwamahonje | Sorghum | TARI | Tanzania | |
| 12 | 3rd Week of March 2024 | 14th | Seminar 12 | Kelly Eversole | Wheat | Eversole Ass. | USA |
| Presentation | Recording | Integration of the CGIAR consolidated genotyping services into the CIMMYT Global Wheat Program | Susanne Dreisigacker
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Wheat
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CIMMYT | Mexico
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| 13 | 1st Week of April 2024 | 11th | Seminar 13 | Vijaya Chaikam | Maize | CIMMYT | Kenya |
| Presentation | Recording | Genetic diversity and identification of QTLs for low Nitrogen tolerance in doubled haploid maize lines through mid-density genotyping | Georgina Ehemba | Maize | ISRA | Senegal | |
| 14 | 3rd Week of April 2024 | 18th | Seminar 14 | David De Koeyer | Potato | AAFC | Canada |
| Presentation | Recording | Sweet Potato Low and mid-density panels: Practical Implications on Breeding in Africa | Reuben Ssali & Goodwill Makunde | Sweet potato | CIP | Uganda/MZ | |
| 15 | 2nd Week of May 2024 | 9th | Seminar 15 | Rodomiro Ortiz | Various | SLU | Sweden |
| Presentation | Recording | Implementation of EiB mid-density genotyping for unlocking the genetic diversity of an Argentinean public temperate maize collection | Maria L. Federico | Maize | CONICET-INTA | Argentina |
2023 WEBINAR SERIES:
| # | Timing
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Date | Title | Presenters & Speakers | Crop(s) | Institute | Country |
| 0 | 2nd week of August
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10th | Overall Introduction | Eng Hwa | CIMMYT | ||
| 1 | 2nd week of August | 10th | Seminar 1
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Intro: Hugo Campos | Potato/ Sweetpotato | CIP | Peru |
| Presentation | Using KASP markers for QC in potato and sweet potato, lessons learned and perspectives
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Kante Moctar
Guilherme da Silva |
Potato/ Sweetpotato | CIP/
UMG |
Peru/ Brazil | ||
| 2 | 4th week of August | 24th | Seminar 2 | Intro: Robert Asiedu | Yam | IITA | Nigeria |
| Harnessing the potential of highly informative KASP and middle density SNP markers panel for yam breeding
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Agre Paterne | Yam | IITA | Nigeria | |||
| 3 | 1st week of September | 7th
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Seminar 3 | Intro: Joaquim Mutaliano | Sorghum | IIAM | Mozambique |
| Presentation | Understanding drought tolerance and validating Stay-green KASP markers in sorghum
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Damaris Odeny | Sorghum | ICRISAT | Kenya | ||
| 4 | 3rd week of September | 21st | Seminar 4 | Intro: Melaku Gedil | Maize | IITA | Nigeria |
| Presentation | Genetic and morphological characterization of maize landraces for heat tolerance
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Charles Nelimor | Maize | CSRI | Ghana | ||
| 5 | 1st Week of October | 5th | Seminar 5 | Intro: Lennin Musundire | Various | CIMMYT | Kenya |
| Presentation | Accelerating Genetic Gains through Genomics-Led Breeding in Potato
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Salej Sood | Potato | ICAR | India | ||
| 6 | 3rd week of October | 19th | Seminar 6 | Intro: Timothy Close | Cowpea | UC Riverside | USA |
| Presentation | Usage of cowpea low and mid-density panels
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Patrick Ongom | Cowpea | IITA | Nigeria | ||
| 7 | 2st Week of November | 9th
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Seminar 7 | Intro: Claudia Teixeira | Maize | EMBRAPA | Brazil |
| Presentation | Advances in breeding climate-resilient maize varieties for West Africa and Central Africa a review of current tools available to plant breeders
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Gloria Adu | Maize | CSRI | Ghana | ||
| 8 | 2nd week of December | 12th | Seminar 9 | Intro: Allan Brown | Musa | IITA | Tanzania |
| Presentation | KASP markers for efficiency in Musa improvement | Brigitte Uwimana | Banana/plantain | IITA | Uganda |