At the Multi-Crop Transformation Lab we’ve conducted almost 250 experiments over 25 crops and 39 genotypes collaborated with approximately 30 principal investigators.
Ongoing projects in the lab include sorghum. Cotton, sugarcane, coffee, tobacco, wheat, potatoes, onions, rice, peanuts, melons, spinach, tomatoes, and roses.
Ongoing Projects
Potato
Potatoes are the world’s fourth-largest food crop, with more than 5,000 varieties worldwide.
Sorghum
With 25 different species, sorghum is an important crop worldwide for food and animal fodder.
Wheat
Wheat, an important source of carbohydrates, is the crop grown on more land area worldwide.
Other Projects
Onions
Onions, cultivated and used around the world, are prone to attack by a number of pests and diseases.
Turf Grass
Turf grass is a grass species that that can tolerate traffic and low mowing heights.
Peanuts
The peanut is grown mainly for its edible seeds, mainly in the tropics and subtropics, with a world production close to the 50 millions of tons worldwide annually.
Melons
Melons, among the earliest plants to be domesticated in both the Old and New Worlds, are a food rich in vitamins and minerals.
Rice
Rice is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world’s human population, with a worldwide annual production above the 700 tons.
Sugarcane
Sugarcane’s fructose is used as raw material in the food industry, and also fermented to produce ethanol, with a worldwide annual production close to the 2 billions tons.
