Short term training• Two weeks intensive training

at AfricaRice

• Short term trainees:– 41 NARS scientists from

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and Mali

– 1 technician– 1 Research Assistant – 2 PhD students

Long term training:6 PhD students

Mr Guindo Brema (Mali)

Dr Soungalo Sara (Mali)Mr Mon Seraphin (Guinea)

Dr Drissa Hema (Burkina Faso)

• Practical exercise on data analyses and interpretation– Marker assisted selection

Capacity Building

Training of a total of 29 NARS scientists

(breeders), lab technicians,

research assistants and students from

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali,

The Gambia

Guinea

The Gambia

Mali

Burkina-Faso

Capacity Building4 molecular biology labs created in 4 countries

FKR28 parental lines FKR28-NIL 16 + rymv1-2 gene

Field screening of Near isogenic Lines (NILs) derived from FRK28 in a RYMV hotspot at Edhozigi

(Nigeria)

IR64 parental linesIR64-NIL 130+ rymv1-2 gene

Field screening of Near isogenic Lines (NILs) derived from IR64 in a RYMV hotspot at

Edhozigi (Nigeria)

NILs derived from the RYMV MAS project and 7 parents

42 lines are virus free

Background of donors parents genome is being check

- 4 resistant lines were tested in 7 NARS for resistance, yield and related traits for release (Project CORAF-AfricaRice)- 33 others sisters lines are available for selection

- Symptoms scored from 1 to 9 at 14, 21, 28, and 42 DAI - Plant Height and SPAD at 28 and 42 DAI- Virus content determined by ELISA

Foreground of lines is being check to further confirm the presence of

rymv1-2

MAS: NILs lab and in country evaluations

Seeds distributed to NARS for in country evaluation