| On February 25 to March 1 , 2002
, the Project Formulation Meeting was held in Indonesia on “Drought Tolerance
in Sorghum , Soybean and Sugarcane” as Multilateral Research Program (MRP)
under the framework of FNCA Agriculture Project (Mutation Breeding). Project
Leaders and specialists from China , Indonesia , the Philippines , Vietnam
and Japan attended the Meeting , and discussed how to organize the research
work effectively.
During the Meeting , two kinds of crop species , i.e.
sorghum and soybean have finally been selected as targets for indication
of drought tolerance variety. After presenting the report on current status
of breeding for drought tolerant varieties from each country , it was
agreed that China and Indonesia would mainly take part in breeding sorghum
, while the Philippines and Vietnam were in soybean.
Exchange of breeding materials was agreed among the participating
countries , which necessarily intended only for breeding purposes. For
this , all participating countries have agreed to exchange breeding materials
of sorghum and soybean in the first year (FY2002). Time schedule for the
next four years starting April 2002 has been decided as shown in the attached
table , and Mid-term Report of the work will be presented in FY2004 FNCA
Workshop.
# Theme of MRP: Drought Tolerance
# Participating Country: China , Indonesia , the Philippines , Vietnam
# Objective Crop Spices: Sorghum , Soybean
# Working Periods: FY2002 FY2005 |
