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New or improved traits through allele mining and gene discovery to best use global crop biodiversity Crop genetic resources are the founding asset of the CGIAR and the basic raw material for the international breeding programs of CIMMYT. Our emerging area of comparative advantage is to develop and apply bioscience-assisted methodologies to efficiently identify the genetic variation underlying target, value-added traits. Our goal is to enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses, yield stability under biotic stress, nutritional quality for human and animal consumption, and profitability of maize and wheat varieties. This includes producing value-added international public goods such as structured and well-characterized germplasm subsets; internet-based information management and decision-support systems; generation and analysis of trait-specific genetic stocks, introgression lines, enhanced gene pools, genetic mapping populations, and mutant stocks; and methodologies for allele and gene mining of global germplasm collections. These value-added public goods will be fully integrated into CIMMYT’s commodity improvement efforts.
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Stress tolerant maize for enhanced food security and crop diversification Improved tools and methologies for genetic improvement Bio-fortified maize for improved nutrition and health Opportunities for income generation from special trait maize Wheat with enhanced water productivity and appropriate quality profiles Resource conservation technologies for maize and wheat cropping systems Capacity building in national agricultural research system breeding programs |
