LAC1-A1: Assessment of Constraints to Expanding Bean Supply
in Central America
Objective 1: Assessing the profitability
of bean production in El Salvador.
Objective 2: Strengthening bean seed supply and
distribution in Honduras.
Objective 3: Characterizing the dispersion of abiotic
and biotic constraints in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and North
America.
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LAC1-A2: Enhancement of the Sustainability of Bean Production
Systems Through Technology and Policies that Improve Production Management
Objective 1: Access available technology
adoption data in Nicaragua.
Objective 2: Characterize the bean pests and pest
management systems in the zones of Moroceli and Guinope, Honduras.
Objective 3: Health effects of alternative bean
pest management systems.
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LAC1-A3: Enhancement of Demand and Market Opportunities
for Beans and Value-Added Products from Central America and the U.S.
Objective 1: Study the structure of the
bean subsector in Central America and opportunities to increase demand
for value-added products.
Objective 2: Assessing the demand for value-added
dry bean products from Central America in U.S. ethnic markets.
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LAC2-A1: Enhanced Bean Utilization in the U.S. and Central
America
Objective 1: Create an inventory of bean-based
ingredients and processed products commercially available in LAC and the
U.S.
Objective 2: Identify opportunities for development
of bean-based ingredients and products.
Objective 3: Conduct appropriate research using
various processing technologies to facilitate their development.
Objective 4: Assess consumer acceptance, nutritional
value, physical properties and economic potential of bean ingredients and
products.
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LAC3-A1: Increasing Knowledge on the Nutritional and Health
Benefits of Beans and Cowpeas as Related to Reducing the Incidences of
Cancers and Chronic Diseases
Objective 1: Determine if bean and cowpea
crude extracts contain phytonutrients that contribute to the inhibition
of colon cancer.
Objective 2: Survey food markets for bean/cowpea ingredients
and products in Jamaica and identify opportunities/needs for new bean/cowpea
ingredients and products.
Objective 3: Pilot test research instruments for
the prostate cancer case-control study.
Objective 4: Develop effective approaches to educate
school children and care givers about the importance of eating beans.
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LAC-CC1-A2: Gender and Participatory Research in the Improvement
of Bean Varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Seed Production Systems
in the Andean Highlands of Ecuador
Objective 1: Participatory evaluation with
women and ethnic minority groups of lines and varieties of bush and climbing
beans with genetic resistance to biotic and abiotic factors.
Objective 2: Improve the artesian local seed production
and distribution system for quality bush and climbing bean seeds in the
area of the project.
Objective 3: Identify and document best practices
and other experiences of participatory research and evaluation working
with men and women of marginalized communities.
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LAC4-A1: Genetic Improvement of Bean Adaptation to Low
Fertility Soil
Objective 1: Identify bean genotypes capable
of yielding more than traditional varieties in low P soils.
Objective 2: Identify, validate, and genetically
map phenotypic traits conferring phosphorus acquisition efficiency in bean.
Objective 3: Evaluate bean breeding lines for Mn
tolerance.
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LAC5-A1: Develop Improved Bean Cultivars for the Lowland
Production Regions of Central America and the Caribbean
Objective 1: Develop and release bean cultivars
with improved adaptation to the biotic and abiotic conditions of lowland
agro-ecological zones in Central America, the Caribbean and the U.S.
Objective 2: Increase web blight, rust, and BGMV
resistance in bean using modern approaches for genetic improvement (e.g.,
interspecific crosses, marker-assisted selection, etc.).
Objective 3: Increase genetic tolerance to terminal
drought in bean lines for rainfed bean growing areas in Central America.
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LAC5-A2: Develop Sustainable Disease Management Strategies
for Bean Rust, Web Blight and Bean Golden Yellow Mosaic
Objective 1: Develop resistance gene deployment
strategies for BGYM, rust, and web blight compatible with integrated disease
management systems.
Objective 2: Develop molecular markers for disease resistance
genes in beans to permit marker-assisted selection and develop molecular
markers for bean pathogens to study virulence patterns and co-evolution
of the host and pathogen.
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LAC6-A1: Development of Improved Bean Cultivars for Highland
Production Regions
Objective 1: Redirect emphasis on bean
breeding in Ecuador by establishing field screening nurseries to evaluate
performance, adaptation, disease resistance and consumer markets through
stronger collaborative ties with CIAT and Mexico.
Objective 2: Broaden the genetic base of the Regional
Drought Screening Nursery and evaluate the nursery at sites in Ecuador
and Mexico.
Objective 3: Initiate the introgression of new resistance
sources into local germplasm.
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LAC6-A2: Identification and Deployment of Resistance Genes
for Anthracnose, Rust and Drought in Beans for the Highlands using Modern
Molecular Genetics Tools
Objective 1: Initiate the collection of
isolates of anthracnose, rust and root rot pathogens in Ecuador.
Objective 2: Initiate the characterization of pathogenic
variability of anthracnose, rust and root rot isolates collected in Ecuador.
Objective 3: Develop drought tolerant recombinant
inbred lines (RIL) populations for testing in Ecuador, Central America
and East Africa.
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