What is the range of tools and technologies the Generation Challenge Programme uses in its work?
The GCP uses molecular biology, genetics, comparative and functional genomics, molecular breeding, physiology and bioinformatics to explore crop diversity for genes of interest and develop a new generation of crops that better withstand the agricultural constraints that more and more resource-poor farmers face. When important genes that control such traits as pest and disease resistance or drought tolerance cannot be bred into crop cultivars using marker-assisted selection or wide-crosses, the GCP will employ genetic engineering approaches.
