BOTANY DEPARTMENT

Aim of the project

The main objective of the project is to develop maize genotypes with increased resistance to Fusarium moniliforme, by means of traditional breeding as well as with introduction of antifungal genes. Technology transfer and training will be used to establish a core regional expertise in both the pathogen and host plant in Zambia and South Africa.

Partners

David K. Berger, University of Pretoria, South Africa Email: dberger@postino.up.ac.za
Olga Scholten, Plant Reserch International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Irene Nawa, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Dean Oelofse, ARC-Roodeplat, Pretoria, South Africa
Maureen Louw and Maretha O'Kennedy, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
Felice Cervone and Giulia De Lorenzo, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
subcontr. Elisabetta Lupotto, Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Bergamo, Italy

This project has been approved with financial support from the Commission of the European Communities. It does not necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates the Commission's future policy in this area.