Welcome to IRRI's Generation Challenge Program Web Portal

Most of our Generation Challenge Programme (rice) data may be found in the International Rice Information System (IRIS). For example, genotype data will eventually be published here. More specific Year 1 (and eventually, Year 2) data links may be found below.

SP1: Genetic Diversity of Global Genetic Resources

At the core of the Challenge Programme is the extensive characterization at the structural and functional level of the vast genetic resources (including wild relatives, landraces, breeding lines, cultivars, mapping populations... read more.

• Rice Germplasm Core Set
• Structural Markers
• Genotyping

SP2: Comparative Genomics for Gene Discovery

The second Subprogramme of the Challenge Programme focuses on the tools, technologies, and approaches to achieve an understanding of gene systems across many species of importance to developing country agriculture... read more.

• Universal Markers Catalog
• Comparative Gene Catalog
• Gene Expression Data Set
• Related link:
  IRRI Drought Page

SP3: Trait Capture for Crop Improvement

The ultimate development goal is to provide new crop varieties that are selected and adopted by the target communities and farmers in resource-limited regions. Through Subprogrammes 1 and 2, this Challenge Programme will identify new germplasm... read more

SP4: Bioinformatics

Clearly, the Challenge Programme will involve the capture, storage, integration, analysis, and dynamic dissemination of substantial volumes of diverse and dispersed genomic, genetic resource, and crop improvement... read more

• Ontology Viewer
• Platform and Network Design

SP5: Capacity Building

Capacity-building is a major goal of this Challenge Programme, and it is appropriate to dedicate considerable resources to capacity-building. The platform developed in this Programme provides the materials and technology for application to research and applied plant breeding... read more