PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAMME PROPOSED PROJECTS

BACKGROUND  Initiated in 1982 for horticultural crops  Became a separate programme for all crops in 1995

OBJECTIVES  Conservation of local crop GRs  Enhancement of utilization  Raise awareness  Policy and legislation

ACHIEVEMENTS  Collection and conservation of accessions Sorghum, Pearl millet, Sesame….. Okra, Watermelon, Roselle, Banana..  Characterization of more than 7000 accessions  Splitting  Preliminary evaluation

INFRA-STRUCTURE  Central seed bank, Wad Medani  Regional seed bank, Elobeid

INFRA-STRUCTURE  Field genebank for banana, Kassala

INFRA-STRUCTURE  PGR Documentation System

THEMES & PROJECTS

THEMES: THRUSTS  Conservation  Utilization  Information management  Policy and legislation

Theme: CONSERVATION  Project: CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs. Germplasm collection Germplasm preservation On-farm conservation of germplasm Germplasm multiplication and regeneration Capacity building for ex-situ conservation

Theme: UTILIZATION  5 Projects: ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs 1.Cereals 2.Oil crops 3.Leguminous crops 4.Vegetables and medicinal & aromatic plants 5.Vegetative propagated fruit species,

Enhancement of utilization  Morpho-agronomic characterization  Molecular characterization  Evaluation for desirable traits  Germplasm splitting

Theme: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT  Project: DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO CROP GRs. Passport data Characterization data Evaluation data Management data Access to PGR information

Theme: POLICY & LEGISLATION  Project: DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PGR POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK National PGR policy and action plan National legislation on PGR. International related frameworks Awareness raising

PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES Five Years ( )

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Team leader: Dr. EL TAHIR IBRAHIM MOHAMED

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Team Members Awadelkarim Alamelhuda Ahmed Elsadig Ahmed Abdalla Ali Zakaria babiker Mashaer Obaed Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Omer Elsafi (Ass. Sci.)  Collaborators Tissue Culture Laboratory State Ministries of Agriculture

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Rationale: Collection GAPS

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Rationale: Gaps in the collection  Geographical: Darfur and South Sudan regions, other pockets  Species: date palm Need for high quality sufficient material for conservation and utilization Safety duplication Strengthening capacities

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Objectives: Germplasm gap filling Proper preservation of germplasm  Seed bank  Ex-situ conservation of vegetative propagated fruits  Safety back-up system

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Objectives: Production of high quality seeds with sufficient quantities for conservation and utilization Physical capacity building

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Collection of GRs of multi- crop species from Gezira state One year (2010) 5000 Collection of GRs of multi- crop species from Kordofan region 2 years ( ) 8000 Collection of GRs of multi- crop species from Kassala and Gedarif States. One year ( ) 5000

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Collection of GRs of multi-crop species from areas in Northern region One year (2011) 5000 Collection of GRs of Date palm from Northern region 3 years ( ) 15000

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Collection of GRs of multi-crop species from Darfur region 3 years ( ) Collection of GRs of multi-crop species from South Sudan 3 years ( ) 30000

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Establishment of banana in-vitro genebank 2 years ( ) Establishment of a field gene bank for Date palm genetic resources 4 years (

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Preservation of crop GRs5 years ( ) Monitoring seed viability in the seed bank 5 years ( ) 5000 Regeneration and multiplication of crop GRs 4 years ( ) 12000

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Strengthening capacity of the central gene bank unit, Wad Medani 5 years (2010– 2015) Strengthening the regional gene bank unit for western Sudan 2 years ( ) PGR activities Physical capacity building525000

CONSERVATION OF CROP GRs  Expected outputs: GRs of crops ex-situ conserved satisfactorily Banana GRs safety duplicated in-vitro Date palm GRs ex-situ conserved in field. Seeds of GRs conserved with high quality & sufficient quantities for utilization A GRs centre established with satisfactory capacities

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GENETIC RESOURCES  Team leader: Dr. AWADELKARIM ALAMELHUDA AHMED

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Team Members: Elsadig A. Abdalla  Collaborators: Breeder Soil & water researcher Molecular biologist Food quality scientist

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Rationale: Sudan as a region of origin and diversity Sorghum: 4745 accessions Pearl millet: 1603 accessions Maize: 269 accessions Rice: 10 accessions MOSTLY CHARACTERIZED

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Rationale: Main food and feed crops Yield potential limited  Drought  Pests Quality potential not well known  Industrial uses

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Rationale: Describing and assessing the diversity is a key step

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Objectives: Morpho-agronomic description of cereal GRs Development of core collections Promising germplasm for drought tolerance in sorghum Promising germplasm for production under specific farming systems Promising sorghum germplasm for industrial quality traits

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Morpho-ogranomic characterization of pearl millet GRs 3 years ( ) 6000 Morpho-ogranomic characterization of cereal GRs 4 years ( ) 8000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of sorghum for post- flowering drought tolerance One year ( ) 3000 Evaluation of sorghum for stay green (drought tolerance) 2 years ( ) 10000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of sorghum for pre-flowering drought tolerance 2 years (2013–2015) 6000 Evaluation of sorghum for winter production Evaluation of sorghum industrial quality

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Preliminary evaluation of sorghum GRs in Gash Delta 2 years ( ) 4000 Preliminary evaluation of pearl millet GRs in Gash/Toker Delta 2 years ( ) 4000 Total41000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Expected outputs: Cereal GRs standard described and documented Core collections developed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Expected outputs: Sorghum germplasm with potential for drought tolerance identified  Post-flowering  Stay green  Pre-flowering Sorghum germplasm adapted to winter identified

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF CEREAL GRs  Expected outputs: Sorghum and pearl millet germplasm with promising potential for Gash/Toker Delta identified Sorghum germplasm with potential for industrial uses identified

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Team leader: ALI ZAKARIA BABIKER

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Collaborators: Entomologist Molecular biologist Food quality scientist Breeder

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Rationale: Sesame: 315 accessions (cultivated and wild) Groundnut: 98 accessions Cultivated material mostly characterized Need for characterization of wild material Molecular characterization needed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Rationale: Problems of insect pests in sesame Leaf roller and capsule borer (Mashatta) Yield potential Industrial quality traits in sesame Protein and oil content

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Objectives Standard characterization Morphological Molecular Development of core collections

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Objectives Identification of promising germplasm Yield potential Oil and protein contents Tolerance to insect pests in sesame

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Characterization of wild sesame GRs One year ( ) 1000 Characterization of oil crops GRs 4 years ( ) 6000 Molecular characterization of sesame GRs One year ( ) 5000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of sesame GRs for resistance against pod borer One year ( ) 2000 Evaluation of sesame GRs for industrial uses 2 years ( ) 4000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of groundnut GRs for yield potential 2 years ( ) 3000 Total21000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Expected outputs Oil crops GRs standard described and documented Core collections developed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF OIL CROPS GRs  Expected outputs Promising sesame and groundnut GRs identified  Yield potential  Industrial uses  Resistance/tolerance against pod borer in sesame

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Team leader: ALI ZAKARIA BABIKER  Team member: El sadig A. Abdalla  Collaborators: Entomologist Molecular biologist Breeder

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Rationale: Cowpea: 276 accessions Faba bean:120 accessions Kidney bean: 74 accessions Pigeon pea: 63 accessions Hyacinth bean: 39 accessions Chickpea: 35 accessions  Mostly morphologically characterized  Molecular characterization needed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Rationale: Cowpea sensitivity to the store pest infestation Drought problem in rain-fed areas for cowpea Yield potentials not studied

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Objectives Standard characterization Morphological Molecular Development of core collections

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Objectives Identification of promising cowpea GRs Yield potential Store pest resistance Drought tolerance Tolerance to insect pests in sesame Identification of promising Leg. GRs collected from Eastern Sudan

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Characterization of leg. GRs 4 years ( ) 4000 Molecular characterization One year ( ) 5000 Preliminary evaluation of Leg. GRs of eastern Sudan 2 years ( ) 3000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of cowpea GRs for yield potential One year ( ) 1000 Evaluation of cowpea GRs for resistance against store pests One year ( ) 1000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of cowpea GRs for drought tolerance 2 years ( ) 4000 Total18000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Expected outputs Leguminous crops GRs standard described and documented Core collections developed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GRs  Expected outputs Promising cowpea GRs identified  Yield potential  Resistance against store pests  Drought tolerance Promising Leg. GRs identified  Eastern Sudan (Gash Delta..etc.)

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS GRs  Team leader: MASHAER OBAED YOUSIF

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Team members: El Tahir Ibrahim Mohamed Elsadig Ahmed Abdalla  Collaborators: Vegetable breeder Entomologist Molecular biologist

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Rationale: More than 2700 accessions Okra, tomato, hot peepper, watermelon, melons..etc Roselle, dill, senna senna..etc Vegetables mostly characterized M & A plants mostly uncharacterized Molecular characterization needed

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Rationale: Splitting into pure lines initiated okra, watermelon and hot pepper Produced pure lines to be evaluated Yield and quality potential Resistance to stresses such as insects

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Objectives: Study the diversity Morphological Molecular

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Objectives: Development of pure line sub- accessions for utilization Identification of promising vegetables GRs Resistance to insect pests Yield and quality potentials Off-season production

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Characterization of newly collected vegetable GRs 4 years ( ) 6000 Characterization of cucurbit GRs 5 years ( ) 8000 Characterization of Solanceous GRs 5 years (2010–2015) 5000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Characterization of root and leafy vegetable GRs 2 years (2011–2013) 2000 Characterization of spice and medicinal plants GRs 3 years ( ) 5000 Molecular characterization of vegetable GRs 4 years ( ) 20000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Splitting of watermelon GRs 4 years ( ) 6000 Splitting of pumpkin GRs 5 years start

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Splitting of okra GRs5 years (2010–2015) 8000 Splitting of hot pepper GRs 4 years (2010–2014) 6000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Multiplication of split watermelon sub- accessions One year ( ) 2000 Multiplication of split okra sub-accessions One year ( ) 2000 Multiplication of split hot pepper sub- accessions One year ( ) 2000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of watermelon split sub-accessions for yield and quality 2 years ( ) 4000 Evaluation of okra sub-accessions for yield and quality Two years ( ) 4000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of okra sub-accessions for resistance against insect pests 2 years ( ) 4000 Evaluation of okra sub-accessions for off-season production during winter 2 years ( ) 5000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Evaluation of hot pepper sub-accessions for yield and quality 2 years ( ) 4000 Evaluation of hot pepper sub-accessions for resistance against insect pests 2 years (2013– 2015) 4000 Total99000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Expected outputs: Vegetable genetic diversity described and documented Core collections developed for further evaluation and utilization Spice and medicinal plants GRs standard described and documented

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Expected outputs: Pure lines developed for evaluation and utilization

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLES AND MED. & AR. PLANTS GRs  Expected outputs: Promising vegetable GRs identified and recommended Yield Off –season production (Okra) Quality Resistance to insect pests

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Team leader: ELSADIG AHMED ABDALLA

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Team members Mohamed Ahmed Omer Elsafi  Collaborators Nematologist Pomologists

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Rationale: Banana: 359 accessions in Kassala field genebank 301 accessions morphologically characterized Partially being molecularly characterized Preliminary evaluated for yield and quality Radopholus similes (Burway) nematode is major pest of banana

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Rationale: Date palm GRs are targeted for collection Date palm field genebank

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Objectives: Complete banana characterization Identification of promising banana GRs yield and quality Resistance to Nematode

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Objectives: Study of date palm GRs Present status on farm Threats Diversity

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Characterization of banana in the field gene bank One year ( ) 3000 Preliminary evaluation of banana GRs for yield and quality One year ( ) 3000 Evaluation of banana GRs against nematodes 4 Years (2011–2015) 10000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES ActivityDurationBudget (SDG) Study of on-farm diversity of date palm GRs in northern region One year ( ) Morpho-agronomic characterization of date palm GRs 2 years ( ) 8000 Total34000

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Expected outputs: Banana GRs fully described, documented Promising banana GRs identified Yield and quality potential Resistance against nematode

ENHANCEMENT OF UTILIZATION OF GRs OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED FRUIT SPECIES  Expected outputs: Present status of date palm GRs documented Diversity in date palm GRs studied and documented

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Team leader: ALI ZAKARIA BABIKER  Team members Mashaer obaed Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Omer Elsafi

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Rationale: Passport data on more than accessions Characterization data on 60% Management data Need for proper documentation Access and retrieval:  Management  Utilization

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Objectives Improvement of germplasm management operations. Facilitation of access to PGR information for utilization purposes

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Activities Documentation of PGR data  Passport data  Characterization and evaluation data  Management data

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Expected outputs Conserved germplasm properly managed Gaps in collections identified Information gaps identified Access to PGR information facilitated and, hence, utilization enhanced

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Activities Documentation SESTO system Ex cel Facilitation of access to GRs information Networks Publication of GRs catalogues

DOCUMENTATION AND EXCHANGE OF CROP GRs INFORMATION  Duration: 5 years ( )  Budget: SDG 30000

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PGR POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKs  Collaboration with concerned authorities Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Environment Ministry of Justice

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PGR POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKs  Rationale PGR part of natural resources Sovereign rights International conventions Lack of policies and legislations

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PGR POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKs  Objectives – Activities Development and endorsement of national PGR policy and action plan Development and endorsement of national legislation on PGR Implementation of international related frameworks Awareness raising

THE PROCESS

OUTLINES OF PROPOSED PROJECTS THEMEPROJECTsACTIVITIES Conservation Utilization Information management Policy and legislation

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