| Geographical focus
:: Colombia, Ecuador |
Start date :: January
1, 1998 |
| Completion date :: |
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| Project Name :: |
Sustainable Integrated Management of Whiteflies
as Pests and Vectors of Plant Viruses in the Tropics Phase 2 - Network
Strengthening, Pest and Disease Dynamics and IPM Component Research |
| Project Leader :: |
Dr. Francisco Morales |
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| Subproject Name :: |
Sustainable integrated management of whiteflies
through host plant resistance |
| Subproject Description
:: |
The goal of this project is to reduce crop
losses due to whitefly feeding damage and whitefly-transmitted viruses,
and prevent further environmental degradation and food contamination
due to excessive pesticide use, leading to more productive and sustainable
agricultural systems.The specific objectives are:
- To identify and access exotic or novel genes and gene combinations
which can contribute to germplasm enhancement for whitefly resistance
in cassava.
- To study the genetics of resistance and to map genes for whitefly
resistance in cassava and develop molecular markers for their
incorporation into improved African, Latin American and Asian
germplasm.
- To develop crop management options for reducing whitefly populations,
and the transmission of whitefly-transmitted viruses.
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| Subproject Leaders
:: |
Dr. Anthony Bellotti / Centro Internacional
de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT |
| Donor Partner :: |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Dr. Keneti Faulalo |
Partner institutions
and collaborating professionals :: |
Colombia
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT
Dr. Joseph Tohme
Ms. Adriana Bohórquez
New Zealand
Crop and Food Research
Mr. Mike Dunbier
Ms. Gail Timmerman
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| Dissemination Outputs :: |
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| Keywords :: |
Cassava (Manihot esculenta); plant resistance;
Colombia, Ecuador |
