APSA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for a 3-year collaborative project title “Breeding for Chilli Leaf Curl Disease (ChiLVD) and South East Asian Thrips (Thrips parvispinus) resistance in Chilli” with ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
SUB-PROJECT I: Breeding for Chilli Leaf Curl Disease (ChiLVD) resistance in Chilli
Objectives:
- Survey & identification of major begomoviruses and their recombinants prevalent in major chilli growing areas
- Screening pooled germplasm at selected hot spots to identify stable sources of resistance against major begomoviruses identified
- Development of RxS segregating populations to identify resistance loci against major begomoviruses
- Identification of QTLs, Meta-QTLs and candidate genes associated with resistance loci and development & validation of SNP based markers
- Pyramiding of resistance loci through MAS
Deliverables:
- Stable resistant sources for multiple begamoviruses will be identified
- Better understanding of Genotype x Pathogen x Environment on resistance of ChLCD
- QTLs associated with multiple begamoviruses will be identified
- Meta QTLs (if any) conferring resistance against multiple begamoviruses
- SNP marker assays associated with multiple begamoviruses resistance
- Advanced stable resistant lines (with pooled resistant loci) will be developed
SUB-PROJECT II: Breeding for South East Asian Thrips (Thrips parvispinus) resistance in Chilli
Objectives:
- Screening chilli accessions for thrips resistance
- Metabolite profiling of selected chilli accessions
- Identification of rQTLs (resistant QTLs) and mQTLs (metabolite QTLs) in chilli conferring resistance against thrips
- Incorporation of resistance loci into desirable background through MAS
Deliverables:
- Resistant accessions against south east Asian thrips
- Understanding of mechanism of south east Asian thrips resistance
- Genetic mechanism of south east Asian thrips resistance
- QTLs conferring resistance and associated markers for MAS
- Advanced breeding lines with thrips resistance
TOTAL COST FOR 3-YEARS:
210,000 USD. The participating companies will share equal funds to the project (for example if 10 APSA member companies join this project, each company will pay 21,000 USD over 3 years (USD 7000/ year approximately) to participate in the project.
**The participating companies shall be Indian companies or multinational companies having subsidiary in India to get utmost benefits of the project since the germplasm cannot be shipped outside of India.**
| TIMELINE |
ACTION |
| March - April 30 |
The Registration is Closed |
| April 10 |
Project Q&A Session |
| April 30 at 11:59 pm ICT |
Registration close / finalize number of confirmed companies |
| May |
APSA to inform the final number of participating companies |
To view Complete Project Details
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If you are interested in joining this project
THE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
For more information, please contact Ms Kunaporn Phuntunil at kuna@apsaseed.org
