ICRISAT newsletter - Happenings, featured 2 stories from TL III workshops held in Nairobi, Kenya. 1. TL III Monitoring Learning and Evaluation workshop and TL III Genetic Gains - Program Improvement Plan. Read the happenings document for detailed deliberations and way forward from both the workshops.
Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone west and central africaTropical Legumes III
ICRISAT has been working with national breeding programs to develop climate resilient improved groundnut varieties. The Tropical Legumes project been instrumental in strengthening the breeding program in the regions and have distributed >1,000 advanced breeding lines to national programs. Farmer preferred variety selection (FPVS) was found very useful for fast track release and adoption of improved varieties. Twenty two high yielding (yield advantage of >20%) varieties resistance/tolerance to drought and major diseases have been released/registered across the region as a result of project efforts (4 in Ghana, 5 in Mali, 4 in Niger, 3 in Nigeria and 6 in Senegal).
Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone west and central africaTropical Legumes III
ICRISAT has been working with national breeding programs to develop climate resilient improved groundnut varieties. The Tropical Legumes project been instrumental in strengthening the breeding program in the regions and have distributed >1,000 advanced breeding lines to national programs. Farmer preferred variety selection (FPVS) was found very useful for fast track release and adoption of improved varieties. Twenty two high yielding (yield advantage of >20%) varieties resistance/tolerance to drought and major diseases have been released/registered across the region as a result of project efforts (4 in Ghana, 5 in Mali, 4 in Niger, 3 in Nigeria and 6 in Senegal).
ICRISAT Research Program West and Central Africa 2016 Highlights-Development ...ICRISAT
Groundnut’s major contribution to rural cash earnings in Mali and Nigeria is being cemented by efficient science delivery and enhanced genetic gains. Its importance made it a priority crop for ICRISAT’s crop improvement program that works with partners to scale up the transfer of improved groundnut production technologies, including improved varieties. These efforts also span technology demonstrations, capacity building and strengthening groundnut seed systems.
Research Program Genetic Gains (RPGG) Review Meeting 2021: Update on Global o...ICRISAT
Dr Rajeev K Varshney updated on the key points on Global open breeding informatics initiative project; Translating genomics information for crop improvement, Genomic resources and cost-effective genotyping platforms are made available with precise phenotyping, user friendly pipelines and decision support tools developed for use in Breeding programs.
Solutions for Impact in Emerging Markets: The role of biotechnologyICRISAT
To develop and deploy state-of-the-art infrastructure for conduct of transgenic research and to act as a clearinghouse for technology inputs, transgenic research leads/ prototypes with proof of concept derived from Indian research institutes, universities, and other likely sources.Also to evolve the technology to a point where a practical application can be demonstrated, and transfer this “evolved” technology for product development and distribution to appropriate agencies.
Tawanda Muzhingi presents an overview of Flagship Project 4 'Nutritious food and added value' of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), during the 18th Triennial Symposium of the International Society of Tropical Roots Crops (ISTRC) in October 2018.
Agriculture, climate change and green growth in Africa: What role for Brazil?futureagricultures
Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, FANRPAN
International Seminar: The role of South-South Cooperation in Agricultural Development in Africa - opportunities and challenges. 17 May 2012.
More info: http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/south-south-cooperation
Each “growing degree day” spent at a temperature above 30°C decreases yields by 1 percent under optimal (drought-free) rainfed conditions.Southern Africa faces the risk of more severe and protracted droughts and periods of extremely low and extremely high rainfall could become more common as temperatures increase from 2-4°C
ICRISAT Governing Board 2019 PC meeting : Innovations in chickpea breeding fo...ICRISAT
India is the major chickpea producing country (2/3rd of global production) where 53% of the indent of breeder seed in 2018-19 is for ICAR-CRISAT collaborative varieties. In southern states, it was 93% for Karnataka and 100% for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. During 2001 to 2018, 60 improved chickpea varieties were released in 8 countries from the breeding materials supplied by ICRISAT.
Masiga - Enhanced Utilization of Biotechnology Research and Development Innov...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Cereals and pulses sustainable agri food systems under climate changeICARDA
Parallel oral thematic sessions II Cereals and pulses sustainable agri food systems under climate change (ICARDA session)
Organiser: Charles Kleinerman, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Contact: C.kleinermann(at)cgiar.org
Date: Thursday, 19.09.2019, 14:00 – 15:30 h
Main purpose of the Parallel oral thematic session:
Presentations in this session will show how current research conducted by ICARDA and its partners in the CWANA region can support a transition towards nutrition-sensitive and climate smart cereal-based agri-food systems under irrigated and rainfed conditions. We will show in particular how plant breeding, agronomy, livestock feeding and systems analysis can be combined to support this diversification and sustainable intensification of cereal-based agri-food systems.
Sixth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin features: Key highlights, achievements, lessons learnt during year 1 of project implementation and success stories from the field.
Harold Roy-Macauley's presentation on "Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): A CGIAR research center and pan-African association of member countries" to the World Bank delegation from Côte d'Ivoire led by Mr Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Togo based in Abidjan, visited AfricaRice headquarters on 15 July 2016. The other members of the delegation were Mr Abdoulaye Touré, Lead Agricultural Economist and Task Team Leader of WAAPP-World Bank (Africa Bureau); and Mr Taleb Ould Sid Ahmed, Senior Communications Officer. Mr Hiroshi Hiraoka, Senior Agriculture Economist, AFTA2, World Bank and member of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) Steering Committee also accompanied the delegation.
ICRISAT Research Program West and Central Africa 2016 Highlights-Development ...ICRISAT
Groundnut’s major contribution to rural cash earnings in Mali and Nigeria is being cemented by efficient science delivery and enhanced genetic gains. Its importance made it a priority crop for ICRISAT’s crop improvement program that works with partners to scale up the transfer of improved groundnut production technologies, including improved varieties. These efforts also span technology demonstrations, capacity building and strengthening groundnut seed systems.
Research Program Genetic Gains (RPGG) Review Meeting 2021: Update on Global o...ICRISAT
Dr Rajeev K Varshney updated on the key points on Global open breeding informatics initiative project; Translating genomics information for crop improvement, Genomic resources and cost-effective genotyping platforms are made available with precise phenotyping, user friendly pipelines and decision support tools developed for use in Breeding programs.
Solutions for Impact in Emerging Markets: The role of biotechnologyICRISAT
To develop and deploy state-of-the-art infrastructure for conduct of transgenic research and to act as a clearinghouse for technology inputs, transgenic research leads/ prototypes with proof of concept derived from Indian research institutes, universities, and other likely sources.Also to evolve the technology to a point where a practical application can be demonstrated, and transfer this “evolved” technology for product development and distribution to appropriate agencies.
Tawanda Muzhingi presents an overview of Flagship Project 4 'Nutritious food and added value' of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), during the 18th Triennial Symposium of the International Society of Tropical Roots Crops (ISTRC) in October 2018.
Agriculture, climate change and green growth in Africa: What role for Brazil?futureagricultures
Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, FANRPAN
International Seminar: The role of South-South Cooperation in Agricultural Development in Africa - opportunities and challenges. 17 May 2012.
More info: http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/south-south-cooperation
Each “growing degree day” spent at a temperature above 30°C decreases yields by 1 percent under optimal (drought-free) rainfed conditions.Southern Africa faces the risk of more severe and protracted droughts and periods of extremely low and extremely high rainfall could become more common as temperatures increase from 2-4°C
ICRISAT Governing Board 2019 PC meeting : Innovations in chickpea breeding fo...ICRISAT
India is the major chickpea producing country (2/3rd of global production) where 53% of the indent of breeder seed in 2018-19 is for ICAR-CRISAT collaborative varieties. In southern states, it was 93% for Karnataka and 100% for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. During 2001 to 2018, 60 improved chickpea varieties were released in 8 countries from the breeding materials supplied by ICRISAT.
Masiga - Enhanced Utilization of Biotechnology Research and Development Innov...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Cereals and pulses sustainable agri food systems under climate changeICARDA
Parallel oral thematic sessions II Cereals and pulses sustainable agri food systems under climate change (ICARDA session)
Organiser: Charles Kleinerman, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Contact: C.kleinermann(at)cgiar.org
Date: Thursday, 19.09.2019, 14:00 – 15:30 h
Main purpose of the Parallel oral thematic session:
Presentations in this session will show how current research conducted by ICARDA and its partners in the CWANA region can support a transition towards nutrition-sensitive and climate smart cereal-based agri-food systems under irrigated and rainfed conditions. We will show in particular how plant breeding, agronomy, livestock feeding and systems analysis can be combined to support this diversification and sustainable intensification of cereal-based agri-food systems.
Sixth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin features: Key highlights, achievements, lessons learnt during year 1 of project implementation and success stories from the field.
Harold Roy-Macauley's presentation on "Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): A CGIAR research center and pan-African association of member countries" to the World Bank delegation from Côte d'Ivoire led by Mr Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Togo based in Abidjan, visited AfricaRice headquarters on 15 July 2016. The other members of the delegation were Mr Abdoulaye Touré, Lead Agricultural Economist and Task Team Leader of WAAPP-World Bank (Africa Bureau); and Mr Taleb Ould Sid Ahmed, Senior Communications Officer. Mr Hiroshi Hiraoka, Senior Agriculture Economist, AFTA2, World Bank and member of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) Steering Committee also accompanied the delegation.
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offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.
My PubCon 2015 presentation on how to dominate the competition with 5 simple strategies. I specifically cover image quality, the path to conversion, the difference and values between search vs. shopping campaigns, and how to keep ahead of the evolving SERPs.
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019:CGIAR Research Program Grain Legumes and...ICRISAT
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-food Systems (CRP GLDC) focused on increasing the productivity, profitability, resilience and marketability of critical and nutritious grain legume and cereal crops grown in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Highlights on 2019 research outputs and outcomesICARDA
18-20/11/2019. ICARDA Board of Trustees. The Program Committee of the first day was open to all staff. It included:
Highlights of recent research breakthroughs and strategic questions presented by Strategic Research Priorities (CRPs) and Cross Cutting Themes (CCTs).
The climate-smart village : a model developed by CCAFS program to improve the adaptive capacity of communities
Presented by Dr Jules Bayala, World Agroforestry Centre at Africa Agriculture Science Week 6, 15 July 2013, Accra, Ghana. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/15/jul/2013/africa-agriculture-science-week-2013
Livestock management in Ghana 2019/2020africa-rising
Presented by Augustine Ayantunde (ILRI), Sadat Salifu (CSIR-SARI), and Franklin Avornyo (CSIR-SARI) at Africa RISING Ghana Country Planning Meeting, Tamale, Ghana, and Virtual, 24 - 25 June 2020.
Capacity building of farmers, extension staffs and agro-dealers on legume technologies through on-farm demos and adaptation trials.
Facilitation of Private Public Partnership (PPP) towards supply of knowledge, rhizobia inoculants, fertilizers and legume seeds.
Established business clusters around legume market and value addition.
Deliver variety x inoculants x nutrient management recommendations to target legume production areas based on yield gap analysis.
Deliver labor-saving pre- and post harvest legume tools to women famers.
Deliver legume product-enriched food baskets for small families.
Develop an ICT system for input and out put market demand to facilitate linkages with producer groups.
Integrating crops and livestock for improved food security and livelihoods in...ILRI
Poster prepared by G.J. Manyawu, S. Moyo, I. Nyagumbo, A. van Rooyen, S. Homann, G. Tesfahan, P. Masikate, W. Mupangwa, J. Nyamangara, D. Rodriguez, N. Macleod, I. Chakoma, E. Mutsamba, S.Mugwara, T. Dube and J. Mataruse for the ILRI APM 2013, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2013
Priorities for DAR-ICRISAT Research Collaborations by Dr Pooran Gaur ICRISAT
Predict the most promising interventions to be made at the farming system level to optimize returns at the economic and ecosystem level and broadening genetic base of breeding populations (enhanced use of germplasm, novel crossing methods to enhance genetic recombination), improving selection efficiency (precision in phenotyping, marker-assisted selection, use of efficient experimental designs).
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Eleventh bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL II...Tropical Legumes III
This edition highlights the progress made under Chickpea in Ethiopia. Chickpea in Ethiopia is gaining commercial success with an aggressive promotion and marketing of high yielding Kabuli varieties like Shasho, Arerti and Habru through the Tropical Legumes (TL) project.
Tenth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III) ...Tropical Legumes III
This edition highlights the progress made under Objective 3 of the project: To enhance cowpea productivity and production in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Objective
6: Sustainable and impact-oriented legume seed delivery systems for smallholders – Cowpea seed system
during 2 years of the project.
ICRISAT’s Seed Systems Models and Lessons Learned booklet explains the rationale of ICRISAT’s work on seed systems in the drylands, the different approaches and their impact on the ground. Improving farmers’ access to improved seeds in the drylands is seen as a cost-effective strategy to improve farm productivity and food security. Different models of seed systems are tested and developed by ICRISAT and its development partners in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia depending on the local context. It includes small seed packets, groundnut seed revolving fund in Malawi, support to community-based systems, farmer seed organizations or local seed ventures, and public private seed partnerships like the Hybrid Parents Research Consortium for pearl millet and sorghum in India. ICRISAT’s vision on seed systems is demand-driven, holistic and working in partnership, along the crop value chain.
Phenotypic variability of drought avoidance shoot and root phenesTropical Legumes III
Research results suggests it is important to design an integrated strategy combining plant phenomics, genomics, agronomy and modeling to maximize crop productivity in a given environment or stress scenario and to develop guidelines for farming options in the face of climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa.
Innovative approach on common bean based technology generation and promotion ...Tropical Legumes III
Higher production of Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L), is constrained with several biotic and abiotic factors and the common bean research program in Ethiopia aims at contributing to the improvement of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through generation and promotion of improved varieties which are demand driven, climate-smart, and tolerant to biotic and abiotic constraint.
Development of high yielding medium duration groundnut tolerant to early leaf...Tropical Legumes III
Early Leaf Spots (ELS) is one of the major fungal foliar diseases in Mali negatively affecting agronomic performance of groundnut where yield reduction can exceed 30%. It is important to develop new varieties that combine yield potential and tolerance to ELS, scientist under the umbrella of TL III aimed to develop highly yielding medium duration groundnut tolerant to ELS which is discussed in the poster presentation.
In Uganda, groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) the second most important legume after beans and is cultivated on nearly 260,000 ha, representing 24.6% of the total arable land. A combined approach including Marker Assisted Selection, agro-ecological testing using Breeding Management Systems (BMS) software shows some promising perspectives and efficacy to resolve the current constraints challenging the crop performance, read more in the poster.
Assessment of common bean genotypes for farmers’ preferencesTropical Legumes III
Commonbean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plays a principal role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Tanzania. It is estimated that over 75% of rural households in Tanzania depend on beans for daily subsistence. In order to ensure preferences and acceptance of developed bean varieties, farmers are involved in variety selection procedures through participatory research approach. Involvement of farmers confirms awareness, acceptance, adoption and spatial diffusion of the developed bean varieties.
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ssaTropical Legumes III
#DYK the benefits of legumes: It intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; Provide ‘free’ nitrogen to soils through atmospheric nitrogen fixation; Act as break crops for disease and pest cycles; Increase and diversify smallholder farmers’ incomes and Increase household diet quality with plant proteins and micronutrients.
Advances in groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) breeding for resilient cropping s...Tropical Legumes III
Smallholder farmers’ who follow recommended practices including optimal crop density and planting time benefit with yield improvement. The study held under TL III on “Advances in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) breeding for resilient cropping systems in Burkina Faso” substantiates the above statement.
Advances in chickpea crop improvement for improved productivity and resilient...Tropical Legumes III
#DYK National production of Chickpea in Ethiopia have doubled (1.9 ton ha-1) compared to what it was a decade ago. However, the country’s share in the global chickpea export market is only about 4%, study conducted under TL III suggests some future directions to address this: crop improvement to meet quality requirements, drought and heat tolerant varieties, mechanized farming, strengthen seed system to satisfy the increasing demand, enhance technology dissemination and market linkage, strengthened small-pack approach and push chickpea to non-traditional potential areas.
Eighth bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III)...Tropical Legumes III
This edition of the bulletin focusses on the progress made under Objective 6: “Developing Sustainable and Impact- Oriented Legume Seed Systems for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”, during year 1 of the project implementation.
Seventh bulletin of the quarterly publication of Tropical Legumes III (TL III...Tropical Legumes III
This bulletin focusses on the progress made under objective four: enhancing common bean productivity and production in focus geographies of sub-Saharan Africa, during year one of
phase III implementation.
Welfare impacts of improved chickpea adoption a pathway for rural development...Tropical Legumes III
Study on impact of improved chickpea adoption on welfare in Ethiopia using three rounds of panel data. The study found that increasing access to improved chickpea appears a promising pathway for rural development in Ethiopia’s chickpea growing regions. Published by Elsevier
Ltd. Open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Setting and facilitation of functional innovation platform: Training of TL III project support teams in groundnut and common bean seed systems in Tanzania and Uganda
Comparing Evolved Extractive Text Summary Scores of Bidirectional Encoder Rep...University of Maribor
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11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Track: Artificial Intelligence
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Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
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Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
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(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
Intravital microscopy (IVM) is a powerful tool utilized to study cellular behavior over time and space in vivo. Much of our understanding of cell biology has been accomplished using various in vitro and ex vivo methods; however, these studies do not necessarily reflect the natural dynamics of biological processes. Unlike traditional cell culture or fixed tissue imaging, IVM allows for the ultra-fast high-resolution imaging of cellular processes over time and space and were studied in its natural environment. Real-time visualization of biological processes in the context of an intact organism helps maintain physiological relevance and provide insights into the progression of disease, response to treatments or developmental processes.
In this webinar we give an overview of advanced applications of the IVM system in preclinical research. IVIM technology is a provider of all-in-one intravital microscopy systems and solutions optimized for in vivo imaging of live animal models at sub-micron resolution. The system’s unique features and user-friendly software enables researchers to probe fast dynamic biological processes such as immune cell tracking, cell-cell interaction as well as vascularization and tumor metastasis with exceptional detail. This webinar will also give an overview of IVM being utilized in drug development, offering a view into the intricate interaction between drugs/nanoparticles and tissues in vivo and allows for the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in a variety of tissues and organs. This interdisciplinary collaboration continues to drive the advancements of novel therapeutic strategies.
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Breeding tool plays a key role in program planning.
1. 1ICRISAT Happenings October 2016 1734
NewsletterHappenings
October 2016, No. 1734
Feature Stories
New pearl millet varieties and hybrids capture farmers
and seed producers’ interest in Niger
National Agricultural Research System partners and farmers attend a field day at Sadore, Niger.
The newly developed open pollinated varieties and
hybrids of pearl millet were showcased during a field
day in farmers’ fields near Yuri in Niger and also at the
ICRISAT research center at Sadore.
As part of the program, a farmer participatory varietal
selection was conducted during the field day. Farmers, seed
companies and NGOs were asked to select the new varieties
and hybrids based on their interest. This exercise helped to
better understand the requirements of the farmers in
different regions of Niger. The selected varieties and hybrids
will be produced in the next season to showcase these
varieties and hybrids in the farmers’ fields in coming days.
The newly developed ICRISAT-bred pearl millet varieties
with high grain Fe content were planted in farmers’ field
and also in Sadore for demonstrations. The new varieties
are ICTP 8203, GB 8735, ICMV 221 Wbr, ICRI- Tabi and Jira
Ni along with hybrids ICMH IS 14002, ICMH IS 14003, ICMH
IS 14009, ICMH IS 14011, ICMH IS 15012, ICMH IS 16265
and ICMH IS 16266.
Varieties selected by participants based on their regions’
need included ICTP 8203 and ICMV 221 Wbr and hybrids
such as ICMH IS 14002, ICMH IS 14003, ICMH IS 14009,
ICMH IS 14011, ICMH IS 16012 and ICMH IS 16265.
During the field visit, the seed kits of 250 g of ICTP 8203
seeds were distributed to each farmer for sowing in their
fields next year. After the visit the AINOMA seed company
expressed interest for training in hybrid seeds production.
An AINOMA technician will come to ICRISAT as an intern
for field training during the off-season trials. This work was
carried out in partnership with HarvestPlus.
The Indian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr RS Malhotra
inaugurated the field day and visited the pearl millet
demonstrations in Sadore research station and in farmers’
field at Yuri. He also visited ICRISAT research facilities such
as abiotic stress studies platform, genebank and
micronutrient soil analytical laboratory. He appreciated the
research being conducted at Sadore and the ICRISAT
facilities at Niger.
Photo: ICRISAT
2. 2 ICRISAT Happenings October 2016 1734
Around one hundred participants representing national
partners, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
du Niger (INRAN), farm unions, various NGOs, Ministry of
Agriculture and seed companies (AINOMA seed company)
across Niger witnessed the field day and appreciated the
newly developed varieties and hybrids. g
L to R: Dr Malick Ba, ICRISAT Country Representative, Niger, His
Excellency Mr RS Malhotra, Indian ambassador in Niger, his wife
and Dr Prakash Gangashetty, Scientist - Pearl millet breeding.
Partners: INRAN, AINOMA seed company, farm unions
(Made bane, Fuma Gaskiya and Hareyben), Ministry of
Agriculture, National Seeds Certification Agency and NGOs
CGIAR Research Program: A4NH
Photo: ICRISATThis work contributes to
UN Sustainable
Development Goal
Breeding tool plays a key role in program planning
Region-wise Program Improvement Plans for target
crops – groundnut, chickpea, cowpea and common
bean – were presented at a recent Tropical Legumes (TL) III
Genetic Gains workshop. The workshop used the results of
the Breeding Program Assessment Tool (BPAT) as a
resource to help guide breeding programs in improving
their targeting, speed, scale, efficiency, quality (control,
precision, and accuracy) according to each partner’s
unique characteristics and resources.
The workshop was attended by key breeding programs of
CGIAR centers and select National Agricultural Research
System (NARS) partners from eight participating countries.
The discussions resulted in partners agreeing on the
following:
▪▪ Extensive use of Breeding Management System (BMS)
▪▪ Adoption of more mechanized practices
▪▪ Leveraging capacities of partners
▪▪ Exploring capacities to harness forward breeding
▪▪ Building modern foundation seed stores.
Key traits identified for development included early
maturity, foliar fungal disease resistance, drought
tolerance, groundnut rosette disease resistance,
P-efficiency, tolerance to aflatoxin contamination and
nutrient-use efficiency to meet the needs of poor soil
fertility in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Uganda.
Partners realized the most immediate improvement they
can make in their breeding program is increasing the
cropping cycle by at least one cycle per year to translate
the enhanced breeding efficiency. Materials received from
ICRISAT for foliar fungal disease resistance were useful and
a few adapted lines were selected and promoted to
advanced trials. It was also noted that an internal
mechanism in CGIAR centers is required to
incentivize breeders for sharing of breeding
lines with NARS partners. NARS partners
were encouraged to engage and invite
objective leaders of TL III to their annual
work-planning meetings which may provide
guidance on collaborative activities to be
carried out.
The common objective presented across the
countries was to develop market preferred
varieties with drought tolerance, pest and
disease resistance and improved nutrition.
To achieve this it was recommended to
increase number of nurseries, number of
crosses, breeding trials and sites. Partners
were of the view that to improve quality,
higher precision phenotyping is required.
There is a need for measurement of geneticDr Clare Mukankusi from CIAT presenting PIP for Common Bean - ESA.
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Dr BB Singh ADG (O&P) ICAR, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare, Government of India, at the workshop.
gain, better data capture and seed storage facilities. NARS
partners presented the program improvement plan for
each legume in a crop by country combination – chickpea
in Ethiopia and India; common bean in Ethiopia, Tanzania
and Uganda; groundnut and common beans in Tanzania
and Uganda; groundnut and cowpea in Burkina Faso,
Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.
Program Improvement Plans at
African Hubs
Groundnut
Traits of focus are drought resistance, leaf
diseases, aflatoxin and rosette. The objective of
the Program Improvement Plan is to improve
genetic gains, increase genetic effects and
minimize environmental error. Prior to BPAT the West and
Central Africa (WCA) program relied mostly on Malawi and
India programs for
crossing and segregating populations. The actual crossing
program started in 2009 with only nine crosses per year.
The proposed area of improvement following BPAT for both
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and WCA hubs are as
follows:
▪▪ Increase the crossing capability of the program (up to
250 crosses per year per site) and widening the genetic
pool through introductions from the genebank in India
▪▪ Optimization of the selection strategies through Single
Seed Descent (SSD), pedigree modification and early
generation selection from F2 and F3 generations
•• Testing strategies to optimize target and testing
environments including number of test sites in each
environment
•• Number of replications and number of years for on-
station and on-farm testing
•• Make use of advanced statistical tools (mixed models,
spatial analysis) to optimize selection precision
▪▪ Use of marker technologies (currently focus on traits for
late leaf spot and rust)
▪▪ Strategic partnerships for winter nurseries at
government stations in Malawi (early leaf spot and
groundnut rosette disease), Naliendele Agricultural
Research Institute (NARI) Tanzania for rust or shuttle
breeding between WCA and ESA to speed up generation
advance.
Cowpea
The program has been in existence for more than
50 years and Program Improvement Plans for
immediate follow-up include:
▪▪ Recruitment of an additional breeder and postdoctoral
researchers for molecular breeding and host plant
resistance entomologist, etc.
▪▪ Upgradation of facilities for aphid infestation and
drought. Improve irrigation systems and screen houses
▪▪ Optimization of breeding workflow to reduce cycle time
and increased use of molecular tools in collaboration
with University of California Riverside (UCR)
▪▪ Ensure genetic purity and integrity at all stages of the
pipeline
▪▪ Farm/plot mechanization.
Common Bean
The common bean program intends to address
three pipelines:
Photo: ICRISAT
▪▪ Drought, low phosphorus (P) and low
nitrogen (N) tolerance
▪▪ High mineral iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) lines
▪▪ Insect pests bean stem maggot and bruchids, and
disease resistance (angular leaf spot, common bacterial
blight and bean common mosaic virus)
The other key traits include cooking time and yield.
Program Improvement Plans for immediate follow-up
includes
▪▪ Speed – aiming at four generations per year in Uganda
– SSD for fast generation advance, plot mechanization
including planters and harvesters
▪▪ Increase number of crosses to 100 per year; handle up to
5,000 – 10,000 lines per year; use BMS and molecular tools
▪▪ Quality phenotyping
•• Uniformity of fields
▪▪ DNA marker technology
•• Use the CGIAR common genotyping facility at ICRISAT
or Intertek genotyping platform
•• Better use of data in decision making
▪▪ Improve irrigation facility (solar powered)
▪▪ Already using electronic data capture tools; increase use
of automated data collection.
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Chickpea
For chickpea, key challenges include Fusarium
wilt, ascochyta and pod borers. The program in
Ethiopia has a target to increase production by
50% by 2020. Researchers will focus on working
with partners to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for the
meeting the challenges mentioned above. Program
Improvement Plans to address these constraints include
the following:
▪▪ Increase the crossing capability of the program (up to
50 crosses per year) and widening the genetic pool by
requesting new germplasm from the genebank in India
▪▪ Use SSD for fast generation advance, aim at 2-3
generations per year
▪▪ Use BMS and molecular tools
▪▪ Quality phenotyping
•• Uniformity of fields
▪▪ Use electronic data capture tools; increase use of
automated data collection.
Way forward
All partners expressed satisfaction that the BPAT exercise
added value to their programs. Dr Jeff Ehlers, Senior
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
commented that BPAT can be used in an advocacy role:
pushing national programs and CGIAR centers to deliver
more efficiently.
Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, ICRISAT, said that
BPAT assessment should be extended to other locations as
well. Dr Moses Siambi, Regional Director- ESA, emphasized
on the need to increase production and productivity of the
four key legumes under TL III in order to meet the high
Project: Tropical Legumes III
Investor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Partners: CIAT, IITA, and NARS partners from sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia.
CGIAR Research Program: Grain Legumes
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demand in project focus geographies. “With our integrated
efforts we not only need to enable smallholders to move
from subsistence farming to marketable surplus production
but also ensure better nutrition and health,” he said.
Dr Ehlers commended the partners’ effort for bringing in a
real change in mindset and thinking of NARS and other
partners and he also appreciated the visible efforts of
incorporating the outcomes of the BPAT for improving the
breeding programs. He also suggested the need to have
the benchmark studies and document the reports on the
genetic gains in key breeding programs.
Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director - Genetic
Gains, ICRISAT, encouraged the partners to utilize the
ICRISAT genotyping platform/high throughput phenotyping
and genotyping facility. He urged the Crop Improvement
Breeding and Genetic Gains units of ICRISAT to work closely
for better integration of the breeding activities and genomics.
The workshop on ‘Increasing the Genetic Gains of Project
Partner Breeding Programs’ was held from 1-2 September
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Participants grouped objective-wise to fill the MLE forms and data collection
tools at the TL III MLE workshop.
MLE work plan to document roadmap to achieving TL III
project objective
AMonitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE)
work plan to document the roadmap to
achieving the Tropical Legumes (TL) III project
aim was prepared by participants attending a
workshop in Kenya. The TL III project aims at
releasing 50 high-yielding, stress resistant,
market preferred varieties with superior cooking
and nutritional qualities of groundnut, cowpea,
common bean and chickpea by 2019.
Urging participants to embrace and adopt the
approved MLE work plan, Dr Emmanuel Monyo,
Project coordinator TL III, said, “Quoting release
of varieties per se is not enough but emphasis
needs to be put on the genetic gains of those
varieties and the available seed systems for their
dissemination.” He said there needs to be a
better way of documenting project
achievements. A properly designed MLE plan
will help the team to achieve this.
Dr Jeff Ehlers, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation applauded the efforts of all the TL III partners
and stressed that at the donor level, the Foundation sees
the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) as key
implementers for the third phase of the project. He also
reminded the need for return on investments (ROI) for
funds, but above all, synchronizing the work being done
with national strategies in order to have bigger impact. He
was happy to point out the investments in national
institutions like the Ethiopian Institute of Agriculture (EIAR)
were bearing fruit. “We need to continue documenting
adoption of improved varieties and technologies
developed as part of this project. We need to avail
indicators of successful return on investments: what has
been achieved and how confident we are on what has
been reported. The Foundation is interested in knowing
what NARS is doing, their capabilities and how we can
measure these successes better while adopting the MLE
plan,” he said.
Addressing the participants Dr David Bergvinson, Director
General, ICRISAT, highlighted the need to develop market-
driven varieties and define the research agenda to answer
the concerns along the production chains like: what are the
market requirements? Who are the partners needed for its
delivery? Who are the actors involved throughout the
chain? He emphasized on role of engaging with policy
makers and urged the CGIAR leaders to be ambassadors to
strive for policy reforms. He urged the project partners to
synchronize the plans to the country strategies; look for
avenues to unlock markets, and document the constraints,
enabling policies and partnership environments needed to
unlock markets.
During the two-day deliberations MLE consultant
Dr Yvonne Pinto, Director of Agricultural Learning and
Impacts Network (ALINe), Firetail, sensitized project
partners on TL III MLE principles, highlighted the detailed
functioning of MLE, reiterated the objectives, theory of
change, elaborated MLE framework and the significance of
MLE to TL III project. Mr Amos Kioko, Project Officer – MLE,
facilitated and educated the participants on filling of MLE
data collection tools and forms. Objective-wise groups
were formed to have better integration and synergy while
filling the MLE forms and reporting on the project
development.
Project indicator reference sheet was discussed to provide
guidance on definition of terms, calculations, type of
indicator, level of aggregation, data disaggregation, method
of data collection, data sources, frequency of data
collection, persons responsible, etc. Percentage of women
using improved technologies, percentage change in gender
yield gap along with number of improved legumes varieties
developed and released, number of improved legumes
varieties available for national testing, number of farmer-
preferred varieties released in the national system, number
of participants reached/ awareness created were some of
the important indicators discussed as part of the MLE
indicators.
The Breeding Management System was also discussed as a
tool for data management and reporting. It was suggested
to track the average age of variety in a particular country to
understand the genetic gains in farmers’ fields.
Dr Stanley Nkalubo, Scientist from National Crop Resources
Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda, urged NARS to look at
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the country strategies and what works are
being done to improve the nutrition and food
security in the country. He cited the example
of how iron-rich beans released under this
project are helping in the fight against anemia
in Uganda.
MLE is a way of learning for all and we need to
learn and define the impact using the available
facilities and resources, said Dr Clare
Mukankusi, who represented International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Dr
Christian Fatokun, International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (IITA), emphasized on the
need to work with industries in the private
sector and mentioned about their work with
Monsanto for developing improved cowpea
technologies. He reminded the team that
Tropical Legumes project is a ten-year vision
currently in its eighth year and there is need for ex-post
assessment of the success achieved and project the future
of legumes when the project ends in 2019. There is a need
to plan on how to attract youth to replace the ageing
generation of farmers. The way farming should be
practiced must reflect the changing environment to
encourage more youth to join agriculture, he said.
Underlining the importance of efficient data management
and use of Breeding Management System (BMS)
discussions were facilitated by Dr Rajeev Varshney,
Research Program Director - Genetic Gains, ICRISAT and
Principal Investigator, TL III, with NARS partners to finalize
the target locations per country and identify the country
focal points. It was decided that assessment of existing
capacities on data management and BMS of NARS partners
Participants from CG and NARS institutes discuss on refining the MLE forms.
will be done and accordingly plans for trainings and
implementation of BMS and data management strategy
will be developed as follow-up activity.
The workshop was held on 30-31 August and was attended
by more than 60 participants from CIAT, IITA, the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, ICRISAT and NARS partners
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