{"id":6791,"date":"2026-03-13T08:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/?post_type=project&p=6791"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:22:17","slug":"reviving-taro-production-in-western-africa-high-throughput-phenotyping-and-omics-approaches-to-study-taro-diseases","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/project\/reviving-taro-production-in-western-africa-high-throughput-phenotyping-and-omics-approaches-to-study-taro-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Revitalisation de la production du taro en Afrique de l'Ouest : ph\u00e9notypage \u00e0 haut d\u00e9bit et approches omiques pour \u00e9tudier les maladies du taro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Objectif du projet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'objectif principal de ce projet est de d\u00e9velopper des outils innovants pour relancer la production de taro en Afrique de l'Ouest en am\u00e9liorant la d\u00e9tection des maladies, la surveillance, la s\u00e9lection pour la r\u00e9sistance et les strat\u00e9gies de lutte contre les maladies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00e9sultats attendus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Connaissances scientifiques avanc\u00e9es sur les maladies du taro, en particulier au B\u00e9nin et au Nigeria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Catalogue de l'aire d'h\u00f4tes (y compris les h\u00f4tes alternatifs) de\u00a0P. colocasiae<\/em>\u00a0en Afrique de l'Ouest, avec des implications pour d'autres r\u00e9gions productrices de taro dans le monde.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Relance de la production de taros au B\u00e9nin et au Nigeria, abordant les impacts de la maladie du fl\u00e9trissement du taro.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Formation d'un doctorant au B\u00e9nin, responsable du transfert des r\u00e9sultats de recherche aux programmes locaux d'am\u00e9lioration du taro.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Formation de 20 \u00e0 30 agriculteurs locaux dans le cadre des \u00c9coles de Champs d'Agriculteurs (FSA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Identification des d\u00e9terminants de pathog\u00e9nicit\u00e9 dans les interactions Taro-pathog\u00e8ne.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Mise en \u0153uvre de m\u00e9thodes de surveillance des maladies de pointe pour le taro.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Publication d'au moins 4 articles scientifiques de haut niveau \u00e9valu\u00e9s par des pairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Publication de rapports de maladies pertinents \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle locale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Am\u00e9lioration de la d\u00e9tection pr\u00e9coce des maladies et des pratiques d'att\u00e9nuation chez les agriculteurs form\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la ph\u00e9notypage par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone mobile et aux FFS.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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