Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)

Research Program on Rice

16 CGIAR Research Programs

1. Agriculture for Nutrition and Health 2. Aquatic Agricultural Systems 3. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) 4. Dryland Cereals 5. Dryland Systems 6. Forests, Trees and Agroforestry 7. Grain Legumes 8. Humidtropics 9. Livestock and Fish 10.Policies, Institutions and Markets 11.Maize 12.Rice (GRiSP) 13.Roots, Tubers and Bananas 14.Water, Land and Ecosystems 15.Wheat 16.Genebanks

GRiSP: a global response

• A global partnership led by IRRI

• Coordinating and founding partners: IRRI,

AfricaRice, CIAT, CIRAD, IRD, and JIRCAS

(international mandate)

• Shared vision, goals, objectives, R&D

• For a value of 100 M $/year (CGIAR only)

• Current phase: 2011-2015

GRiSP Objectives

To increase rice productivity through development of improved varieties and other technologies along the value chain To foster more sustainable rice-based production systems that use resources more efficiently To improve the efficiency and equity of the rice sector through better and more accessible information and strengthened delivery mechanisms

Six research themes

Genes Varieties Management

Value adding Assessment Last-mile delivery Policy

GRiSP research themes

1. Conserving genetic diversity; gene discovery

2. Development of improved varieties 3. Sustainable management practices 4. Value adding (post harvest, new products) 5. Technology targeting and policy 6. Partnerships for large-scale impact,

and capacity building

(GCP Agenda)

Schematic Impact Pathway

Product

Pilot site farmer adopters, and benefits seen

Large scale dissemination

Large numbers of farmers adopt

Increased productivity

SLO (food security, poverty, sustainability, H&N)

Collaborative partner adopters, and benefits seen

GRiSP

“Outside”

Research outcome – Intermediate and end user

Intermediate development Outcome (IDO)

>> 3 years

3-6 years

6-9 years

9-12 years

>> 12 years

100s

1000s

100,000s

1,000,000s

Farmers

Upscaling

Pilot scale

GRiSP: what’s new?

• First-time ever globally concerted action

• Well-defined Impact-Pathway

• Alignment of major R4AD international

institutions and their partners spanning

the ‘science-development’ continuum

• Weighty impact/policy influence

• Recognized importance of gender

What’s new?

• Global exchange of knowledge, information,

tools, germplasm, genes, methods, data,…

• Global collaborative efforts (e.g., global

phenotyping platform)

• Linking platforms, networks, consortia

Program special features

• Competitive New Frontier projects and new

initiatives

• Competitive Scholarships (GRISS)

• Global Rice Forum

• High-level Oversight Committee

• Partnership development fund

• Enhanced capacity building

Some highlights

Product Line: 1.2. Characterizing genetic diversity and creating novel gene pools

3,000 genomes re-sequenced (~15x) (BGI, CAAS, IRRI)

Plan to re-sequence 2,500 O. glaberrima (AA)

AfricaRice, IRD, CIRAD

Phylogenetic tree for 200K SNPs on 3k lines

Producing novel genetic resources

NAM populations (CIAT, AfricaRice)

MAGIC populations (IRRI)

x IR64

SSD

F7

Current status & perspectives on NAM • CIAT: 2,000 lines, 10 combinations, F7 harvested • AfricaRice: 2,000 lines, 10 combinations, F7 harvested • Seed exchange on going • Genotyping:

• Low resolution WGS / imputation (IRIGIN project)

• Genotyping By Sequencing (w S. Dellaporta, Yale Uty)

• Phenotyping: • GRiSP Phenotyping Network

• Tools for data analysis: MapDisto

IR64 x WAB638-1

F4 Plants M. Lorieux, CIAT/IRD

Theme 2: Accelerating Breeding

• Identification of QTLs conferring tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses – Lines showing higher tolerance to salinity, Fe-toxicity,

drought, enhanced anaerobic germination ability, and resistance to gall midge.

• Nomination of ARICA

– After 3 years evaluation under Breeding Task Force Trials, AfricaRice and NARS have named five breeding lines, 3 lowland and 2 upland as ARICA

T. Kumashiro, AfricaRice

Global phenotyping platform

CIRAD/IRRI/CIAT

GRiSP Partnership Development Project 1. Establishment of basket method setup at IRRI

2. Evaluation of IR64-dro1 NILs in the field at IRRI under lowland drought stress (ongoing)

Genotype sets screened: • drought QTL and pup1 NILs • aus panel • IR64 x Dular RIL population

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Aus panel basket study - % deep roots

NIAS-IRRI

H. Amelia, A. Kumar, Y. Uga, unpubl

GRiSP New Frontier research Project PLs Institutions

Genotyping and phenotyping of African rice species and their pathogens for strategic disease resistance breeding (MENERGEP)

1.2. 1.3. 2.2.

AfricaRice, IRD, JIRCAS, Cirad

Increasing the yield potential in rice using genomic and physiological approaches

2.4. IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT, Nagoya U.

Phenomics of key adaptation and yield potential traits - GRiSP Global Rice Phenotyping Network (PRAY)

1.2. IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT, Cirad, Embrapa, NIAES, U. Qsld., CAAS, PhilRice

Enhancing the sustainable use of phosphorus through the development of varieties with reduced grain P

2.3. JIRCAS, IRRI, AfricaRice, Southern Cross U., FOFIFA, Yara

Development of a cutting edge rice transformation platform for complex traits (TALENs)

1.3. 1.4. 2.2.

IRRI, CIAT, U. Minnesota

Global Rice Science Scholarship

Region Female Male Total Africa 3 6 9 Asia 9 8 17 Europe 1 1 South America 1 3 4 Grand Total 14 17 31

188 applicants from 40 countries 31 awarded for Themes 1-5

Perspectives GRiSP Theme 1 is very much aligned with GCP activities

conducted for the last 9 years

GCP Legacy • Genetic diversity—first SNP project • Novel genetic resources—MAGIC, NAM • Drought and trait packages for unfavourable

environments – Large-effect QTL for drought tolerance – P-uptake gene, salinity tolerance

Thanks to

Mathias Lorieux, CIAT/IRD Takashi Kumashiro, Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop, AfricaRice Yusaku Uga, NIAS, Japan Bas Bouman, GRiSP Director, IRRI Many colleagues involved in GRiSP