APSA-WorldVeg Loofah Project

A special project entitled “Creating Sustainable Markets with Solid Loofah Genetics: WorldVeg's leaf curl virus and downy mildew disease-resistant lines of different market segments essential to develop breakthrough hybrids” is launched under the APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium with the following four deliverables:

  1. 200 new elite lines of ridge and sponge gourds of different market segments with resistance to Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) and downy mildew; 4-5 white seeded diversified genetic background sponge gourd lines.
  2. 40-50 WorldVeg’s experimental F1 hybrids demonstrated at field day each year for observation and selection.
  3. Information of the genetic diversity of WorldVeg ridge and sponge gourd lines and commercial checks based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) marker analysis.
  4. SNP markers associated with QTLs conferring resistance to ToLCNDV in ridge gourd provided for marker-assisted selection.

For detailed project activities, timeline and deliverables, please refer to the project full proposal, CLICK HERE

PROJECT DURATION

  • 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2026 (2 years)
PROJECT REGISTRATION PERIOD
  • 1 August – 30 September 2023

PROJECT FEES (USD)

  • Minimum of 20 companies at 15,250 USD per company
  • Maximum of 25 companies at 12,200 USD per company

* Each participating company will be provided 15 elite breeding lines free of charge every year.

AGREEMENT SIGNING

  • 1 October – 30 November 2023

PAYMENT PROCESS

  • 1 December 2023 – 28 February 2024

Please note that only the active members of the 2024 APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium are eligible to participate in this project, and all project partners undertake to share the project cost equally. The actual budget per participating company will be calculated based on the final number of registered companies.

If you are interested in joining the APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium Special Project on Creating sustainable markets with solid loofah genetics

Any questions related to this project, kindly contact Ms. Xiaofeng Li at xiaofeng@apsaseed.org or Ms. Mandy Lin at mandy.lin@worldveg.org.