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Chickpeas on the map of champions in the genome world: Challenges, rewards…...
Today, Nature Biotechnology published the first-ever draft genome sequence map for a chickpea variety (PDF). The map will help researchers and breeders the world over to – through molecular breeding...
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Making an indelible mark – Indonesia’s marathon Mother Nature, in science as...
Down memory lane with Masdiar Bustamam, from generation to generation Masdiar Bustamam In some circles, Masdiar Bustamam (pictured right) is a mother figure of molecular breeding in Indonesia. In a...
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Food for thought on video: a ‘rice-bowl of research’ spiced with flavours...
Steaming rice bowl What’s the latest from ‘GCP TV’? Plenty! With a world-favourite – rice – featuring high and hot on the menu. Now serving our latest news, to tease your taste-buds with a...
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Made in Bangladesh: 2-in-1 salt-and-water rice ‘sandwich’ with Filipino...
Two in one, in more ways than one Armin Bhuiya Armin Bhuiya (pictured) is a dynamic and lively young geneticist and plant breeder, who has made huge strides in tracking crucial genes in Bangladeshi...
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Inspiring change: GCP celebrates sisters in science on International Women’s Day
“Women can do advanced agricultural science, and do it well!” Elizabeth Parkes, cassava researcher, Ghana Being a woman scientist in today’s world (or at any time in history!) is no mean feat, science...
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Science enlists nature and collaboration to ‘neutralise’ acidic soils
DNA spiral Crop researchers including plant breeders across five continents are collaborating on several GCP projects to develop local varieties of sorghum, maize and rice, which can withstand...
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Decoding disease resistance in maize and rice
Crop disease costs farmers billions of dollars each year in lost yields and inputs. For farming communities in developing countries, such losses can mean deepening poverty, food insecurity, and the...
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Earth to MARS! On the way to breeding drought-resistant maize for Asia
Scouring the planet for breeding solutions Bindiganavile Vivek Bindiganavile Vivek (pictured) is a maize breeder working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), based in...
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Mission possible for ‘Generation Open’: open access and open attitudes for...
By Eloise Phipps Imagine the scene: it is the dead of night, and you are engaged on a dangerous mission. You are tense, alert for any noise. You must complete your task without being seen, or risk the...
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Jura’s ‘jurassic’ journeys of discovery to and from sorghum’s ‘seven seas sede’
Welcome to Brazil! Journey by road six hours northwest from Rio de Janeiro and you’ll arrive to Sete Lagoas, a city whose name means ‘Seven Lagoons’ in Portuguese. Although cloistered in farmlands,...
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