A new approach to mining agricultural gene banks – to speed the pace of research innovation for food security
Published Date
May 09, 2013
Type
Report
Authors:
Abdallah Bari, Kenneth Street, Michael Devlin
‘FIGS’: A more precise approach to mining agricultural gene banks.
This report presents the possibilities of ‘FIGS’, a new technique for searching agricultural genebanks, that helps crop breeders and their managers achieve faster and better targeted pinpointing of improved crops for the future. This approach helps genebank managers, crop breeders, development agencies and donors to improve the effectiveness of crop improvement programs.
Citation:
Richard Sanders, Abdallah Bari, Kenneth Street, Michael Devlin. (9/5/2013). A new approach to mining agricultural gene banks – to speed the pace of research innovation for food security. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Keywords:
gene bank mining
plant traits
crop diversity
focused identification of germplasm strategy
climate change
crop improvement
plant breeding
figs