{"id":224,"date":"2014-04-21T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/136.145.216.237\/bean\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:01:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:01:43","slug":"project-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/?page_id=224","title":{"rendered":"Project Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main goal of the project is to increase common bean production in Sub-Saharan Africa, through the development of germplasm resources, molecular tools, and scientific knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/countries.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/countries.png\" alt=\"Feed the Future Countries\" width=\"946\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/countries.png 946w, http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/countries-300x191.png 300w, http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/countries-469x300.png 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Sub-objectives include:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Develop an Andean Diversity Panel (ADP) comprised of 300-500 dry bean lines for genetic characterization of targeted traits and identification of breeding materials.<a href=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-202\" src=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1-1024x702.png\" alt=\"Andean Diversity Panel - 434 entries\" width=\"584\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1-1024x702.png 1024w, http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1-300x205.png 300w, http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1-437x300.png 437w, http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Figure1.png 1171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Identify and develop Andean germplasm with improved biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and improved production on degraded low input soils.<\/li>\n<li>Improve tolerance to abiotic stresses-drought and heat.<\/li>\n<li>Identify Andean common bean cultivars with disease resistance genes for the control of the most widespread and yield-reducing diseases in target countries.<\/li>\n<li>Determine the phenotypic variation of seed phytic acid , flavonoids, and cooking time.<\/li>\n<li>Determine the phenotypic variation and genetic control of seed mineral concentrations, pod mineral partitioning, and pod dry matter partitioning in Andean beans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main goal of the project is to increase common bean production in Sub-Saharan Africa, through the development of germplasm resources, molecular tools, and scientific knowledge. Sub-objectives include: Develop an Andean Diversity Panel (ADP) comprised of 300-500 dry bean lines &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/?page_id=224\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/arsftfbean.uprm.edu\/bean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}