James Legg presents an overview of Flagship Project 3 'Resilient crops' 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.

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Flagship Project 3:
Resilient Crops
Scientific Highlights
JAMES LEGG • ISTRC – CALI, COLOMBIA – OCTOBER 22-26

2. Flagship overview
Flagship project 3 (FP3) aims to close yield gaps
of RTB crops arising from biotic and abiotic
threats and to develop more resilient production
systems, thereby strengthening food security and
improving natural resource quality.

3. Clusters and Cluster Leaders
Dr Jan Kreuze
CC3.1 – Pest/diseases
management
Dr Eldad Karamura
BA3.3 – Banana fungal &
bacterial wilt (Foc/BXW)
Dr Stefan Hauser
CC3.2 – Crop Production Systems
Dr Lava Kumar
BA3.4 – Banana viral diseases/BBTV

4. Clusters and Cluster Leaders
Dr Wilmer Cuellar
CA3.5 – Cassava biological
constraints, Asia/Americas
Dr Morag Ferguson
CA3.6 – Cassava biological
threats, Africa

5. Key scientific achievements 2017-18

6. CC3.1 – Management of RTB-critical pests and diseases under changing
climates, through risk assessment, surveillance, enhanced modeling and
advanced IPM

7. Data management as part of “Agronomy @ Scale” principles.
It is crop independent and can be used for any crop and any
type of trial or survey
CC3.2 Cropping Systems: Data management principles as
part of Agronomy @ Scale can be used for any crop

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BA3.3 Banana Wilt Diseases: The March of Fusarium TR4
Zheng et al. (2018) Frontiers In Plant Science (fpls.2018.00457)

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Zhang et al (2018) Identification and evaluation of resistance to Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 in Musa acuminata Pahang. Euphytica
(DOI :10.1007/s10681-018-2185-4)

10. BA3.4 Banana Viral Diseases / BBTV
Improving the livelihoods of smallholder banana
producers in Asia and Africa through recovery
and containment of banana bunchy top disease
R4D Framework and Platform Anchoring BBTD Research Portfolio
www.bbtvalliance.org

11. BBTV surveillance and rapid reporting system
BA3.4 Cluster developed a field diagnostic tool for rapid detection of BBTV and a
real-time reporting system that can send alerts to quarantine authorities and other
relevant agencies for mitigation action
©Lava

12. CA3.5 Biotic Stresses Asia: Response to CMD in Southeast Asia
Local surveys of CMD in Central & Western Cambodia
q Visual inspection of CMD spread in
Western Cambodia with national
authorities (July 2018)
q Suspected 4 provinces with CMD
CMD diagnostics training at GDA (June 2018)
Sample collection (2 days) Diagnostics in the lab (3 days)
q Unplanned
deliverable for
sustainable domestic
CMD diagnostics

13. Strategic Regional Meeting on CMD in South-East Asia
(September 2018, Cambodia)
q Participants: expert scientists, national researchers and
extension officers from 4 countries, donors, and collaborators
q Production of a single regional control plan for next 5 years
q One day after posting
PR in the website, a
message reporting
an isolated CMD
occurrence from
another country’s
breeder arrived

14. CA3.6 Cassava Biotic Stresses Africa: Developing a Smartphone App “NuruAI”
Video
Tutorial

15. CGIAR-INSPIRE – DigiDiagnostics for RTB Crops
Scaling out Cassava app & adding other RTB crops

16. Thank you