While research to refine the predictive power of FIGS is ongoing it is routinely deployed in the hunt for previously undiscovered traits and for genetic variation of current traits required by the plant breeding community. The following table details some of the discoveries that have been reported back to the genebank by researchers supplied with relatively small subsets of ICARDA germplasm:
Trait variation discovered using FIGS
| Crop | Trait |
|---|---|
| Barley | Barley yellow dwarf virus |
| Barley | Powdery mildew |
| Barley | Net Blotch – net form |
| Barley | Net blotch – spot form |
| Barley | Russian wheat aphid |
| Wheat | Russian wheat aphid |
| Wheat | Sunn pest |
| Wheat | Powdery mildew |
| Wheat | Stem rust |
| Wheat | Yellow rust |
| Wheat | Salinity |
| Wheat | Boron |
| Chickpea, Lentil | Beet western yellows virus |
| Chickpea, Lentil | Chickpea chlorotic stunt virus |
| Chickpea, Lentil | Alfalfa mosaic virus |
| Chickpea, lentil | Beet yellow mosaic virus |
| Chickpea | Leaf miner |
| Lentil | Heat tolerance |
| Faba bean | Drought tolerance |
Note: for specific confirmed accessions refer to the downloadable EXCEL file
Has FIGS actually help find valuable trait sources?
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