Characterization of maize and bean diversity in Central Europe
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TextPublication details: 2007Description: p. 44Summary: Two projects have been initiated to characterize the Hungarian germplasm in the context of global germplasm diversity. Collaborations between the Institutes of Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Institute for Agrobotany and Agricultural Biotechnology Center) and GCP affiliated Institutes (CIMMYT and CIAT) have been planned to compare the allelic diversity of Hungarian maize and bean collections with the diversity present in GCP's reference sets. Two collections (Active Collection with 73.968 samples and Base Collection with 11.042 samples), from a total of 1.538 collection sites all over Hungary in the last 50 years, have been set for medium and long-term conservation by Institute for Agrobotany. These collections can supply initial material for breeding programs as well as for botanical, biochemical, cytological and genetic research. Seed samples are distributed together with relevant information to users in Hungary and world-wide.Using the SSR microsatellite kits developed by GCP, 100-100 maize and bean accessions will be characterized, representing most of the variations in the Hungarian collections. The allelic diversity obtained for both the Hungarian material and the GCP reference set will be compared. The projects also support the training of Hungarian scientist on molecular characterization, high-throughput molecular screening techniques, developed to rapidly genotype the collections, and different strategies for marker-assisted selection.
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Two projects have been initiated to characterize the Hungarian germplasm in the context of global germplasm diversity. Collaborations between the Institutes of Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Institute for Agrobotany and Agricultural Biotechnology Center) and GCP affiliated Institutes (CIMMYT and CIAT) have been planned to compare the allelic diversity of Hungarian maize and bean collections with the diversity present in GCP's reference sets. Two collections (Active Collection with 73.968 samples and Base Collection with 11.042 samples), from a total of 1.538 collection sites all over Hungary in the last 50 years, have been set for medium and long-term conservation by Institute for Agrobotany. These collections can supply initial material for breeding programs as well as for botanical, biochemical, cytological and genetic research. Seed samples are distributed together with relevant information to users in Hungary and world-wide.Using the SSR microsatellite kits developed by GCP, 100-100 maize and bean accessions will be characterized, representing most of the variations in the Hungarian collections. The allelic diversity obtained for both the Hungarian material and the GCP reference set will be compared. The projects also support the training of Hungarian scientist on molecular characterization, high-throughput molecular screening techniques, developed to rapidly genotype the collections, and different strategies for marker-assisted selection.
Generation Challenge Program
English
Lucia Segura
INT1991
CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection
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