Scientists in Nairobi have started to analyse the genetic makeup of 100 African crops in a mammoth project that will last five years.
The 250 scientists will work in different shifts at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Gigiri.
The scientists will sequence, assemble and annotate the genomes of these crops over the five years.
“This is a huge leap forward for the African Orphan Crops Consortium and the start of a very different future for Africa’s orphan crops,” said Howard-Yana Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer for America's giant snacks manufacturer Mars Incorporated and a senior fellow in the University of California (UC) Davis Department of Plant Sciences. Read the story here
Scientists in Nairobi have started to analyse the genetic makeup of 100 African crops in a mammoth project that will last five years.
The 250 scientists will work in different shifts at the World Agroforestry Centre (Icraf) in Gigiri.
They have now released the names of the plants they will study in a process followed closely by students, scientists and policy makers across the world.
The scientists will sequence, assemble and annotate the genomes of these crops over the five years.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-155698/major-project-st-udy-genes-100-crops-begins#sthash.gGYCKRai.dpufScientists in Nairobi have started to analyse the genetic makeup of 100 African crops in a mammoth project that will last five years.
The 250 scientists will work in different shifts at the World Agroforestry Centre (Icraf) in Gigiri.
They have now released the names of the plants they will study in a process followed closely by students, scientists and policy makers across the world.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-155698/major-project-st-udy-genes-100-crops-begins#sthash.gGYCKRai.dpuf
