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Research Networks Coordinated by ICARDA

International & Regional Networks - SubRegional Networks

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SubRegional Networks

Networks operating under the Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP):

Title: Control of Wheat Rusts:Sources of Primary Inoculums and Resistance to Yellow,Stem and Leaf Rusts of Wheat.
Objectives/Activities: Monitoring the physiologic races of rusts (stem, leaf and yellow rusts), their composition, frequency and virulence. Identifying the effective genes that condition resistance against the prevailing and newly developed rust races. yielding genotypes. Studying through forecasting studies the factors responsible for rust epiphytotics in each country. Demonstration on farmers' fields of improved wheat cultivars with resistance to different rust races.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Management of Wilt and Root Rot Diseases of Cool Season Food Legumes
Objectives/Activities: Identification of races of Fusarium wilt pathogens at national levels and their geographical contribution at the regional level. Development of integrated disease management measures, Demonstration of available control measures for wilt and root-rot diseases in legumes crops. Identification of sources of resistance to wilt and root-rots at national and regional levels.
Coordinator:EARO, Ethiopia.
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, ICARDA, ICRISAT.
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Integrated Control of Aphids and Major Virus Diseases in Cool Season Food Legumes and Cereals.
Objectives/Activities: Creation of data bases on the temporal and spatial population dynamics of iruliferous virus vectoring aphids. Identification of germplasm resistant to specific viruses. Development of integrated management practices that will decrease aphid populations and the incidence of the viral infections that they transmit to wheat, barley and faba bean.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Integrated Management of Chocolate Spot Disease of Faba Bean.
Objectives/Activities: Studies of integrated management of chocolate spot, using resistant cultivars and cultural practices. Evaluation on farmers' fields in Egypt and Ethiopia, of available IPM practices identified in on-station research and verification of their performance. Collection and characterization of isolates of Botrytis spp. at national and regional levels.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved:Egypt, Ethiopia, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Thermotolerance in Wheat and Maintenance of Yield Stability in Hot Environments.
Objectives/Activities: Identification of physiological and morphological traits for improving wheat adaptation to heat. Development of heat tolerant high yielding cultivars and selection of the best for commercial production after demonstration of their yield potential on farmers' fields with the participation of farmers and extension workers.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Drought And Water Use Efficiency in Cereals and Food Legumes.
Objectives/Activities: Development and identification of high yielding wheat, barley, lentil and chickpea cultivars that require less water, tolerate moisture stress in irrigated areas and drought in rainfed areas. Development of improved production packages comprising moisture stress tolerant cultivars, effective irrigation regimes/moisture conservation systems and appropriate cultural practices to utilize water more efficiently.
Coordinator:ARC, Sudan.
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD

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Title: Socio-Economic Studies
Objectives/Activities:Identification of production constraints for target crops in target environments in a participatory approach. Quantification of the impact and distribution of benefits from the use of improved technology at the farm level. Incorporation of socioeconomic research results in the technology generation process to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural research and the technology transfer process.
Coordinator:ARC, Sudan.
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD