Legg, J.P.

Legg, James P.

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Flagship Project 3RESILIENT RTB CROPS JAMES LEGG• RTB ISC F2F MEETINGDAR ES SALAAM, TZ SEPTEMBER 06, 2017Outline1. Flagship overview2. Key scientific achievements 20173. Looking ahead: opportunities and challengesFlagship overviewClosing yield gaps arising from biotic & abiotic stresses and developing more resilient production systems Cluster OrganizationCross-cuttingCC3.1Pest/Disease ManagementCC3.2Crop Production SystemsCrop/Pest/Disease SpecificBA3.3Banana Fungal & Bacterial WiltBA3.4Banana Viral DiseasesCA3.5Cassava Biological Constraints: Asia/AmericasCA3.6Cassava Biological Threats: AfricaFP3 – Lead and Linked Products – CC3.11. Validated methods, models and tools for enhanced pest risk assessment, more accurate prediction of out-breaks, and improved pre-emptive and integrated pest and disease management in RTB2. Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), diagnostic and surveillance strategies 3. Predictions of risks of pathogen population evolution4. Predictions of pest and pathogen distribution, outbreaks and risks to RTB crops5. IPM strategies to manage pests under increased globalization, intensification and future climatesCluster Organization1  Cluster5  Products19  Outputs287  DeliverablesProduct 3.1.2“Pest Risk Analysis (PRA)”Output 3.1.2.1“PRAs for invasive insectPests improve preparednessIn managing biotic threats”Deliverable 3.1.2.1.1“PRA for the bud midgeProdiplosis longifila forSSA countries”2017Earmarked Funded Projects in FP3Cluster Short Title Type Lead Centre Budget ($)CC3.1 Pest/disease management 2 CIP 670,000CC3.1 Pest/disease management/gender 3 CIP 128,196CC3.2 Crop production systems 1 IITA 100,000BA3.3 Banana fungal and bacterial wilt 2 Bioversity 180,000BA3.4 Banana viral diseases/BBTV 2 IITA 380,000Key Scientific AchievementsCC3.1 – Management of RTB-critical pests and diseasesPest distribution and risk atlas published online https://cipotato.org/riskatlasforafrica/(potato, sweetpotato, vegetables & maize)CC3.2 – Sustainable RTB Crop Production SystemsScaling Cassava Agronomy (ACAI)• Field trials. 1000s on-farm in each target country• GIS modelling. Using soil and other environmental data• Crop modelling. Combining variables to predict performance• Decision support tool. Target to produce a farmer-friendly app• Scaling. Through videos, awareness campaigns and grassroots training eventsBA3.3 – Banana Fungal & Bacterial WiltEx-ante analysis of losses to Fusarium Tropical Race 4Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc or Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4) highly destructive with a long residence time in the soilBA3.4 – Banana Viral Diseases3.4.4.1 Performance of at least 50 Musa hybrids against BBTV and banana aphid documentedOn-farm evaluation of Musa cultivars for BBTV and banana aphid resistance, and selection of promising genotypes for 2018 testing in endemic areas for BBTD controlBBTV Awareness and Training NAQS inspectors on use of CDS tool for BBTV reporting and surveillance; 23 Aug 2017, Nigeria   BBTV Awareness RaisingCA3.5 – Cassava Biological Constraints: Asia/Americas3.5.1.2 Multi-country mitigation plan for CMDin the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS)CA3.6 – Cassava Biological Threats: AfricaDigital PhotosGoogle Deep Learning Model  classify cassava leaves into one of four categories (healthy, CMD, CBSD and fungal infected). Spectral ImagesInfra-red imagingof cassava leaves: healthy, CMD and CBSD. > 90% accurateIITA, Penn State Uni. and GoogleLooking ahead: opportunities and challengesOpportunities• New RTB scaling fund• DfID Global Challenges Research Fund (links with Imperial College CABI, RTB and NARS partners)• Icipe-CABI-IITA plan for an African Invasive Pest Initiative. High-level workshop planned for October 30-31• CGIAR-INSPIRE. Proposal submitted for harnessing BigData to monitoring pests and diseases of RTB cropsChallenges• Funding? Surprisingly not. Stronger donor support in 2017• FP structure. Two changes in Cluster Leadership in 2017A game-changing vision of the future of pest and disease management in RTB crops ?Proof of Concept for Digital Diagnosticshttps://youtu.be/479p-PEubZkTHANKS

Flagship project 3: Resilient RTB crops.

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Flagship project 3: Resilient RTB crops.

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