1. TL1
objective 3, workplan changes
Bodo Raatz, CIAT
Addis Ababa, May 2012
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2. Thanks to..
• DARS (Malawi)
• SARI (Ethiopia)
• DR&SS, (Zimbabwe)
• KARI (Kenya)
• ARI-Selian (Tanzania)
• CIAT (Malawi, Uganda)
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3. Activity 5, milestone 15:
Inter-genepool advanced backcross
population of 130 lines
• Andean X Meso BC populations BC2-F4
• Most lines badly adapted
• 2012: - few lines in breeding program
- QTL appropach abandoned
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4. Activity 5.2: Advanced backcross
Andean recurrent parent CAL 96 Mesoamerican donor SER 16
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5. MAGIC population in common bean
(mesoamerican gene pool)
SXB 412 INB 827 ALB 213 SEN 56 SCR 2 MIB 778 SCR 9 INB 841
79 F1 5 F1 38 F1 99 F1
323 F1
272 F1
728 F1
500 selected
499 F2
996 F3 families
996 F3.5 families
F5:7 families for drought phenotyping Genotype individuals
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6. Activity 5, milestone 18-20:
1 Mesoamerican multiple trait
population phenotyped as F3.5
• Decision to pursue MAGIC population
• Genotyping in F5
• Phenotyping F5:7
• Currently in F4
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7. Activity 5: milestone 12
MARS: Preliminary QTL analysis
performed
Sister lines SABs 626, CAL 143
628, 659, 686 – Released in 6
– Drought X countries in southern
Africa
• 192 lines genotyped since last week
• Results in analysis
• Further genotyping required
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8. Thank you for your attention!
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