{"id":1547,"date":"2022-07-06T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/?page_id=1547"},"modified":"2023-10-04T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:51:35","slug":"genetic-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/genetic-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1547\" class=\"elementor elementor-1547\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fc80275 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4fc80275\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-148175f0\" data-id=\"148175f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961d83b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"961d83b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Genetic Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcb834a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcb834a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HIGHLIGHTS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60aab6e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60aab6e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6913f940\" data-id=\"6913f940\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-781354ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"781354ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3939d2e6\" data-id=\"3939d2e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222f030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"222f030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Collecting, conserving, and developing vital agrobiodiversity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c91e373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sina_title\" data-id=\"7c91e373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sina_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sina-title-subtitle\">ICARDA\u2019s Genetic Resources (GRS) team works in Lebanon and Morocco alongside global networks, including the CGIAR Genebank Platform, the Global Crop Diversity Trust, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the European Union (EU), and other development partners. Together, they collect, conserve, and develop the vital genetic resources needed to protect agrobiodiversity in dry regions. <\/h3>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-title-desc\">ICARDA\u2019s GRS team has started translating its standard operating procedures into Arabic and French for dissemination across Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA). An innovation in development, a subsetting tool under Genesys to mine genetic resources, was finalized in collaboration with CIAT. <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .sina-title -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3754c170 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3754c170\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-65572224\" data-id=\"65572224\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a72886 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"45a72886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1161\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1161\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Phenotyping <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1162\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1162\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Genebanks<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1163\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1163\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Agrobiodiversity<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1164\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1164\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAP<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1165\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1165\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Grass Pea<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1161\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Phenotyping <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1161\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1161\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><h4><strong>Improving high-throughput phenotyping \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4><p>In 2021, ICARDA and partners developed two exciting innovations that improve phenotyping (the accurate measuring and recording of plant genetic traits) and enhance food security across dry areas. The futuristically named \u2018PhysioTron\u2019 Machine vastly speeds up phenotyping and houses up to 750 crop research plots. Its fully automated control system can design a wide range of experiments. Meanwhile, the \u2018Phenobuggy\u2019 was developed as a smaller, tractor-mounted GPS-assisted multi-sensor head and can carry out rapid and accurate measuring of a range of phenotypic traits in standard research plots.\u00a0<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/Physiotron-AR-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1162\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Genebanks<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1162\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1162\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><strong>Our Genebanks\u2019 unique collections continue to grow<\/strong><\/h4><p>In 2021, the GRS team commenced regeneration of accessions (groups of plant genetic material) that were sent for safekeeping to institutions outside of the Svalbard vault in 2012 when the Syria Genebank was relocated to Lebanon and Morocco. \u00a0Last year, over 6,000 chickpea accessions were retrieved from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, and around 1,000 wild relatives were regenerated from accessions sent by the Millennium Seed Bank in the United Kingdom.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/GR_Genetic-Resources-9-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1163\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Agrobiodiversity<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1163\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1163\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><strong>Building up precious agrobiodiversity <\/strong><\/h4><p>ICARDA, through Dr. Filippo Bassi, continued its contributions to the EU-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/agent-project.eu\/\">Activated Genebank Network (AGENT)<\/a> project, which was launched in 2020 to transform genebanks from passive seed libraries into advanced bio-informatics resource centers. In 2021, ICARDA scientists helped devise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icarda.org\/media\/blog\/agent-eu-h2020-funded-project-delivers-universal-access-genebank-information\">more straightforward tools and procedures<\/a> for genomic work, and through AGENT, are working with partners to collect and standardize phenotype information from global genebank networks within a single database.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4934 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/AGENT-GRS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/AGENT-GRS.png 849w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/AGENT-GRS-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/AGENT-GRS-768x544.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1164\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAP<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1164\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1164\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><strong>Farming with alternative pollinators promotes transformative change in agriculture<\/strong><\/h4><p>ICARDA&#8217;s Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP), led by. Dr. Stefanie Christmann and funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, enhances agricultural land by marketable habitat enhancement plants (MHEP), nesting and water support. MHEP prolong the flowering times in the fields and attract higher diversity and abdundance of pollinator (enhancing productivity of many crops) and natural enemies (reducing pest abundance in the main crop and the need for chemicals). Both effects increase the net income gain to farmers significantly and substantially. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-97695-5\">A project in Morocco in four agro-ecosystems, with seven different main crops and more than 230 smallholder fields showed net income increase of 121% and a reduction of pest abundance in the main crop by 65%.<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/FAP-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1165\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Grass Pea<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1165\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1165\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><strong>Improved grass pea crops<\/strong><\/h4><p>In 2021, a project led by<a href=\"https:\/\/icarda.org\/about-us\/our-experts\/shiv-kumar-agrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Dr. Shiv Agrawal Kumar<\/a>, funded by the Global Crop Diversity Trust, regenerated grass pea lines from the first successful hybridization between cultivated grass pea and five wild relatives (Lathyrus) species. This resulted in a high number of hybrids which offer various useful traits such as resistance to parasitic weed (Orobanche), low plant toxin, tolerance to drought and heat and high biomass. Additionally, new interspecific crosses were performed for barley and wheat to target disease, insect resistance, and the production of micronutrients and beta-glucans (linked to lowered cholesterol and reduced heart disease).<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1701\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS.png 1701w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS-1024x252.png 1024w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS-768x189.png 768w, https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Grasspea-GRS-1536x377.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12473788 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"12473788\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/genetic-resources-in-detail\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Genetic Resources in Detail<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3050c021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3050c021\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39317a9d\" data-id=\"39317a9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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