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Enhancement of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in the Southeastern U.S. Germplasm

Objective

1) increased acreage planted to varieties with improved FHB resistance and low DON, 2) Increased efficiency of Coordinated Project breeding programs to develop FHB resistant varieties, and 3) Develop new breeding technologies to further enhance short term and long term improvement of FHB resistance and to efficiently introgress effective resistance genes into breeding germplasm.

Investigators
Costa J
Institution
North Carolina State University
Start date
2014
End date
2016
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
0500-00053-003-91G
Accession number
426879
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