Integrated Breeding Platform

  • The scientists in East and Southern Africa involved in breeding groundnut in the PMIL met Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and 30, at the Ufulu Gardens Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi. The participants included Amade Muitia (IIAM, Nampula, Mozambique); Justus Chintu (DARS, Chitedze, Malawi); Patrick Okori, Anitha Seetha and Harvey Charlie (ICRISAT, Lilongwe, Malawi); Lutangu Makweti…

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  • International crop breeders visit University of Georgia for bioinformatics training Published on Georgia FACES March 12, 2015 Author Christy Fricks, PMIL Communications Specialist When breeding a new crop variety, plant breeders often have to collect data from dozens or hundreds of seedlings to determine which plants have the traits they are looking for. Crunching all…

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  • IBP Training Brings Crop Breeders to University of Georgia February 26, 2015 Writer: Christy Fricks, christyfricks@uga.edu Contact: Dave Hoisington, davehois@uga.edu On February 24-26th the Integrated Breeding Platform held a training workshop for the Breeding Management System (BMS) at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The training was hosted by the Feed…

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