Appendix 1
Summaries of the 20 Case Studies
The summaries of the 20 case studies are presented below. The detailed analysis of each project appears in the Evaluation Compendium available for further reading on BARD's website.
Case Study 1: Magical Nebula: A New Sweet Snack Tomato
Case Study 2: Brix Quantitative Trait Loci for Processing Tomatoes
Case Study 3: Power Wheat: Genes for Improvement of Modern Wheat
Case Study 4: Improved Feed Efficiency in Chickens
Case Study 5: Increased Prolificacy in Domestic Sheep
Case Study 6: Genetic Improvement of Economic Traits in Dairy Cattle
Case Study 7: Full Life-Cycle Hatchery-Based Aquaculture
Case Study 8: In-Ovo Feeding: Jumpstarting the Development of the Chick
Case Study 9: Monosex Prawns: Exploiting Androgenic Gland Function for Sex Reversal
Case Study 10: Tilapia Lake Virus: A Threat to the Global Tilapia Industry
Case Study 11: Prolonging the Quality of Ornamental Foliage Plants
Case Study 12: Biocontrol Agents for Pre and Post-Harvest
Case Study 13: Mango Treatment: Extending Shelf Life Using Less Chemicals
Case Study 14: Trichoderma: A Potent Fungus as a Biological Control Agent
Case Study 15: Bumblebees for Crop Pollination: Social Behavior
Case Study 16: Creation of a Transient Expression Vector for Citrus: An Effective Immunity against Citrus Greening
Case Study 17: Basil Lines Highly Resistant to Downy Mildew
Case Study 18: GOSSYM Cotton Model
Case Study 19: Marine Aquaculture Solid Waste Treatment
Case study 20: Integrated Robotic System for Stress Detection in Greenhouses