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KU Leuven PhD thesis highlights 3 “Bs”: Bananas, Belgium, and Brazil

KU Leuven PhD thesis highlights 3 “Bs”: Bananas, Belgium, and Brazil

Brazil’s Suzana Garcia recently defended her PhD thesis in Bioscience Engineering at KU Leuven University on the study of ABA-responsive ...
RTB annual planning and review meeting: Coming up as a team

RTB annual planning and review meeting: Coming up as a team

CGIAR research programs all share the challenge of having team members from different backgrounds and centers working in many countries ...
Gender Implications for Next Generation Breeding: Seminar by Graham Thiele at Cornell University

Gender Implications for Next Generation Breeding: Seminar by Graham Thiele at Cornell University

Graham Thiele, RTB Director, visited Cornell University in October at the invitation of Hale Tufan, Project Manager for the NEXTGEN ...
Including women’s preferences to enhance cassava breeding programs - conversing with Bill Gates

Including women’s preferences to enhance cassava breeding programs – conversing with Bill Gates

Graduate student Paula Iragaba uncovered a major disconnect in the course of her research: While plant breeders in her native ...
Fera visit: throwing light on LAMP

Fera visit: throwing light on LAMP

 By Graham Thiele, RTB Director  The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) is the primary provider of plant health advice ...
Bioinformatics alliance with Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research to boost yields in roots, tubers and bananas

Bioinformatics alliance with Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research to boost yields in roots, tubers and bananas

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) is partnering with CGIAR  and its associate centers to create a shared database and bioinformatics platform ...
Partnerships and prompt response, key to prevent the spread of banana Fusarium wilt (‘Panama disease’)

Partnerships and prompt response, key to prevent the spread of banana Fusarium wilt (‘Panama disease’)

In the first part of the 20th century, Fusarium Wilt Race 1 (popularly known as ‘Panama disease’) wiped out the ...
CGIAR, RTB recognized by Computerworld for innovative use of big data analytics

CGIAR, RTB recognized by Computerworld for innovative use of big data analytics

RTBMaps - an online mapping resource from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) - was selected ...
Unravelling the banana's genomic potential: ISHS/ProMusa held symposium in Brisbane, Australia

Unravelling the banana’s genomic potential: ISHS/ProMusa held symposium in Brisbane, Australia

The International Society for Horticultural sciences (ISHS)/ProMusa symposium entitled “Unravelling the banana's genomic potential”, was held from 18-20 August 2014 ...
Lima meetings gather RTB members with new Program Advisory Committee

Lima meetings gather RTB members with new Program Advisory Committee

RTB’s new Program Advisory Committee (PAC) met in person for the first time last week in Lima, Peru, where the ...
RTB GIS initiative promotes open data

RTB GIS initiative promotes open data

By Glenn Hyman - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Far too often our research and development activities remain hidden in ...
RTB published 2013 Annual Report

RTB published 2013 Annual Report

RTB proudly presents its 2013 Annual Report, Expanding Collaboration, Catalyzing Innovation. The report shows how the CGIAR Research Program grew ...