Seeds of Change: Enhancing availability of improved vegetable varieties in Tanzania
Seeds of Change: Enhancing availability of improved vegetable varieties in Tanzania
The One CGIAR Fruit and Vegetables for […]
Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium annual workshop
Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium annual workshop
The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) was established in 2018 as an […]
International Plant Phenotyping Symposium – ‘PhenoVeg 2023
International Plant Phenotyping Symposium – ‘PhenoVeg 2023
Overcoming the challenges of food insecurity […]
The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium and WorldVeg
The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium and WorldVeg
The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) is a partnership for research with a […]
APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium meets
Although they rather would have been out in the field evaluating crops, seed company representatives from around Asia gathered for a virtual annual workshop to advance shared priorities in vegetable research.
The benefits of good breeding
Seed companies use superior genetics from the World Vegetable Center to breed quality vegetable varieties for Asia’s small-scale producers.
Chili Leaf Curl Disease in Asia: Diversity and resistance
Breeding resistant cultivars to reduce the need for chemical pesticides.
Multi-location evaluation of chili lines carrying different combinations of pvr and Cvr genes for resistance to Chilli veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV)
Fostering rapid development of disease-resistant cultivars.
A field day without the field
They couldn’t meet in person, but that didn’t stop members of the APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium from gathering—virtually—to share progress and explore opportunities ahead for the vegetable seed sector in Asia.