The BecA Hub provides a common biosciences research platform, research services and capacity building opportunities to eastern and central Africa, and beyond. A poster prepared for the BecA Opening, Nairobi, 5 November 2010.

1. The BecA Hub provides a common biosciences research platform, research services
Th B A H b id bi i h l tf h i
and capacity building opportunities to eastern and central Africa, and beyond.
Partners
CGIAR
Traits‐Examples Crops
Cassava, Yam, Banana, Maize, Cowpea, Chickpea, Pigeon pea, Groundnut,
Maize, Wheat Potato, Sweet potato
Soybean Millets, Sorghum
Diseases, drought, yield Disease, drought, parasitic weeds Drought, Insect pests (stem borer, Disease, Insect pests
large grain borer)
Cassava diversity and reference set
Striga and midge tolerance (Sorghum)
development; mapping cassava brown Diversity, Drought Tolerant Maize for
ts
Insect resistance (Bt Pigeon pea)
resistance (Bt Pigeon pea),
Project
streak disease resistance QTLs; Linkage Africa (DTMA), Water Efficient Maize Late blight resistant potato,
Drought tolerance (Sorghum)
maps (Cassava, Banana); banana, yam for Africa (WEMA), Insect Resistant Weevil resistant sweetpotato
Gene flow studies (Sorghum)
and cassava transformation for disease Maize for Africa (IRMA), BREAD
Diversity (Sorghum/finger millet)
resistance
BMGF, Howard G. Buffet USAID, Rockefeller
Donors
BMGF, GCP, Rockefeller Foundation, ASARECA, BMZ, Rockefeller Foundation,
Foundation, SFSA, US National Foundation, Bill & Melinda
BecA, AGRA BMGF, BecANet, GCP, Irish Aid, CIRAD
Science Foundation Gates Foundation
ers
KEN, TAN, UGA, ETH, SUD, ERITREA, KEN, MOZ, TAN, UGA, ETH, ANG,
KEN, UGA, RWA, USA, BEL,
KEN UGA RWA USA BEL
Partne
KEN, CIAT, NRCRI, TAN, UGA, MOZ, NIG MALI, MALAWI, NIG, RWA, BUR, MAL, MALI, RSA, GHA, NIG, ZAM,
ESP, PER
GERMANY, FRA, USA, UK ZIM, IITA, AATF, MONSANTO
AATF (African Agricultural Technology Foundation); ANG (Angola); BEL (Belgium); BEN (Benin); BUR (Burundi); CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture); ESP (Spain); ETH (Ethiopia); FRA (France); GHA (Ghana); IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture); KEN (Kenya); MAL (Malawi); MOZ (Mozambique); NIG (Nigeria); NRCRI (National Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria); PER (Peru); RSA (Republic of South Africa); RWA (Rwanda); SUD (Sudan); TAN (Tanzania); UGA (Uganda); ZAM (Zambia); ZIM (Zimbabwe)
Molecular breeding pipeline
Trait variation DNA variation Gene/QTL mapping Marker Assisted Breeding
Cowpea
DNA Polymorphism
Maize
Marker‐assisted
Marker assisted
Illimina SNP genotyping
recurrent selection
Linkage‐based QTL mapping
Sorghum Marker assisted
Genetic structure backcrossing
Germplasm fingerprinting with Markers associated with interesting
Collection and characterization of germplasm for molecular markers e.g. Identifying molecular markers trait are used speed up the breeding
important traits e.g. Reaction to drought, disease, Microsatellites, SNPs .
ll associated with trait of interest (QTL, process.
pests and yield... Statistical analysis (diversity, genetic Association mapping) Further studies to isolate causative
clustering) gene and mechanism carried out.