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Plant Breeding & Genetics

  The Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture provides scientific and technical support for Technical Co-operation Projects managed by the IAEA's Department of Technical Co-operation and FAO's Technical Co-operation Department.


Active TC Projects of Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Country Project No. 1st
Year
Project Title Technical Officer
Ghana GHA/5/030 2001 Improved cocoa productivity through control of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease S. M.Jain, NAFA
Ghana GHA/5/031 2003 Enhancing cassava production through supplementary nutrient application Serraj, R / S.M. Jain, NAFA
Indonesia INS/5/030 2001 Sustainable agriculture development in Yogyakarta M. Jain, NAFA
Indonesia INS/5/031 2001 Mutation breeding of horticultural crops M. Jain, NAFA
Inter-regional INT/5/147 2003 Developing salt-tolerant crops for sustainable food and feed production in saline lands M. Jain, NAFA
Iraq IRQ/5/015 1999 Induction of mutations in crops through in vitro culture P. Jagoda, NAFA
Kenya KEN/5/024 2003 Crop improvement & management through application of nuclear & biotechnology techniques Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
Myanmar MYA/5/010 2001 Development of improved rice with tolerance to drought Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
Nigeria NIR/5/031 2003 Radiation-induced mutations for the development of cowpea varieties P. Lagoda, NAFA
Pakistan PAK/5/040 2001 Improvement of heat-tolerant semi-dwarf bread wheat P. Jagoda, NAFA
Pakistan PAK/5/042 2003 Induced Mutation to Improve Salt-tolerance in No-aromatic Rice Varieties P. Jagoda, NAFA
Peru PER/5/024 1997 Introduction of barley and other native crop mutant cultivars P. Jagoda, NAFA
Philippines PHI/5/029 2003 Enhancing agricultural productivity through radiation technology in Mindana S.M. Jain, NAFA
Algeria,
Morocco,
Tunisia
RAF/5/049 2001 Field evaluation of bayoud-resistant date palm mutants M. Jain, NAFA
Africa RAF/5/050 2001 Increasing production of nutritious food through mutation breeding and biotechnology Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
East Asia & Pacific RAS/5/040 2001 Enhancement of genetic diversity in food, pulses and oil crops and establishment of mutant germplasm network (RCA) Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
East Asia & Pacific RAS/5/014 2003 Monitoring of food fortification programmes using nuclear techniques Mokhtar, Najat (NAHU) / P. Lagoda, NAFA
Korea ROK/5/033 2001 Quality improvement of major crops and integrated plant nutrition management in the low-input agricultural system Moutonnet Pierre / P. Lagoda, NAFA
Sri Lanka SRL/5/034   Radiation-induced mutations for black pepper improvement M. Jain, NAFA
Sri Lanka SRL/5/036   Virus screening of improved banana mutants for large-scale dissemination M. Jain, NAFA
Sudan SUD/5/026 2001 Improvement of the productivity and sustainability of industrial crops Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
Vietnam VIE/5/014 1999 Rice mutant varieties for saline land Q.Y. Shu, NAFA
Yemen YEM/5/003 2001 Applying nuclear techniques for improvement of crop yield M. Jain, NAFA
Congo ZAI/6/009 2003 Mutation techniques for improving medicinal plants with a curative effect on human diseases M. Jain, NAFA
Zambia ZAM/5/022 2001 Crop improvement through in vitro mutation techniques Q.Y. Shu, NAFA



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