PLAN GENETIC RESOURCES UNIT INTRODUCTION The collection , conservation , characterization , documentation and utilization of the germplasm resources of edible plants , their progenitors and other economically important plants are ...

Clone experiments were established for monilia control and for gene concentration under the shelter of mature cacao ... enabled the plant genetic resources unit to channel its efforts toward establishing groups of high priority crops .

cacao ( Theobroma cacao ) , tropical and subtropical fruits with high potential . Table 4. Inventory of annual and perennial species preserved at CATIE . Genetic Resources Unit , 1995 . ANNUALS Grains Amarantos ( Amaranthus spp . ) ...

This year the Plant Genetic Resources Unit placed emphasis on conservation , characterization and renewal of the collections of 776 accessions from 25 species . In order to preserve Musa , coffee , and cacao materials at the long term ...

Tree Improvement Project The Tree Improvement Project ( TIP ) , funded by the British Overseas Development Administration ( ODA ) , is part of CATIE's Forest Genetic Resources Unit , one of the constituent techni- cal units of the ...

... Andean Network for Phytogenetic Resources Central American Rural Agroindustry Network Collaborative Vegetable Research and Development Network for Central America Meso - American Network of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Unit for ...

Sources and yield of highest yielding Cassava varieties and local checks from an evaluation of 38 Cassava varieties . + Local varieties from San Carlos . Megagram = 103 kg ( SI unit ) * Collections from the Genetic Resources Unit at ...

... Genetic Resources Network Collaborative Vegetable Research and Development Network for Central America , Panama and the Dominican Republic Mesoamerican Network for Plant Genetic Resources Regional Technical Assistance Unit Central ...

... Caribbean Integration International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Research Institute for Development ( France ) ... Panama and Dominican Republic Mesoamerican Network for Plant Genetic Resources Regional Technical Assistance Unit ...

Some DRNA members have been incorporated into the group to strengthen activities on forest genetic resources along with a member of the Biometry Unit and an economist from DAAF , to support the group's activities in their specialized ...