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Research Project:
IMPACT OF AGRICHEMICALS ON IN SITU POTATO GENETIC DIVERSITY
Location: Vegetable Crops Research Unit
Project Number: 3655-21000-051-02
Project Type:
Specific Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 01, 2004
End Date: Aug 31, 2009
Objective:
Perform replicated tests in two environments to determine if common agrichemicals selectively reduce genetic diversity in wild potato populations.
Approach:
Both in Peru and U.S.: Identify and collect individuals from wild potato species growing away from cultivated fields. Propagate clonally in the genebanks. Test individual plants for effects of common agrichemicals: On individual plants themselves, on germination of their seeds, and on viability of their pollen. Exchange materials and retest under the cooperator's conditions.
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Last Modified: 11/07/2008
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