Grant Contract External Actions of the European Community 2010/247-871
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Grant Contract External Actions of the European Community 2010/247-871 Improving Capacity and Speed of Sugar Cane Breeding in the Caribbean by Investing in State-of-the-Art Laboratory Equipment Principal Investigator: Dr Anthony Kennedy Geneticist West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station Groves, St George Barbados West Indies Tel: (246) 433 1308 Fax: (246) 433 5568 E-mail: [email protected]
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Grant ContractExternal Actions of the European Community
2010/247-871
Improving Capacity and Speed of Sugar Cane Breeding in the Caribbean by Investing in State-of-the-Art Laboratory
Equipment
Principal Investigator:
Dr Anthony KennedyGeneticist
West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding StationGroves, St George
BarbadosWest Indies
Tel: (246) 433 1308Fax: (246) 433 5568
E-mail: [email protected]
Main objectives:
Provision of high speed whole cane analyser to Variety SelectionProgrammes in Guyana, Jamaica and Belize
Increase in efficiency of selection, particularlyin the area of Multi-purpose Cane varieties
Secondary objectveUpgrade of suplemental aspects of sugar labs (HPLC etc)
Expected output:
New cane varieties with enhanced sugar and fibreTo sustain changing needs of small sugar producersparticularly with respect to biofuel and energy production.
Data from all stages of selection will allow effectiveSelection pressures for all quality parameter;Brix, pol and fibre.
Data from seedling populations will make FamilySelection more effective for quality and fibre.Breeding values for parental populations will be more precise.
Actions to date
December 2010:Contract signed
February 2011:Funds transferred from SAC to WICSCBS
March – June 2011:Calls for tender to construct buildingsTenders assessed and contracts awardedEstablish that single supplier of Spectracane
June – July:Construction works startedRequest for waiver of Rules of Origin
October 2011:Spectracane training WorkshopWICSCBSattendees 2 each from Guyana, Jamaica and Belize
December 2011:Waiver of Rules of Origin approved
Firm order placed for Spectracanes
January 2012:Buildings to house Spectracane completed
Spectracane initial payments made to start the building of the machines
February 2012:
Dual wavelength polarimerter shipped to BelizeFirm order for the 3 Dedini cane shredders
Completed Building SIRI JAMAICA
Completed Building BSIL BelizeExterior
Completed building BSIL BelizeInterior 1
Completed Building BSIL BelizeInterior 2
