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A three-day assignment to document the regeneration of crop wild relatives seeds by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas in Terbol, Lebanon. May 2018.

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Seed from some crops like "Medicago" have to be painstakingly collected by hand in the field. Amina Jomaa collecting "Medicago" seed in regeneration plots. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Jostelle Al Beyrouthy. Collecting Medicago seed in regeneration plots of ICARDA Terbol. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Curator of Forages and Range Species Dr. Ali Shehadeh in an isolation cage. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Fawzi Sweid (right) sharing his experience in characterization learned over 30 years at ICARDA with Bachir Al-Awar (left) at the seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut’s AREC station near ICARDA’s Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Collecting wild wheat seed from regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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2018. Dr. Ahmed Amri, Head of the Genetic Resources Unit, reviews seed regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut’s AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Dr. Mariana Yazbek, Genebank Manager, Lebanon in the seed regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA’s Terbol station in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Wheat. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Lentils. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Chickpea. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Joud Kayyali, research technician. Seed regeneration plots at ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Joud Kayyali began working at ICARDA 13 years ago in Syria. She re-joined ICARDA in Lebanon to continue her work as a research technician in forage legume and range species crops. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Mariana Yazbek in active collection of ICARDA's genebank at Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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2018. Mariana Yazbek and Ahmed Amri in the active collection of ICARDA's genebank at Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. A new genebank was opened in Terbol in 2016. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Filippo Bassi, durum wheat breeder at ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Filippo Bassi, durum wheat breeder at ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Lentil breeder, at ICARDA plots at Terbol Station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Durum wheat breeding project. ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Durum wheat breeding project. ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Fatmeh Moussa. ICARDA Terbol genebank. Preparation for seed viability testing. Photo: Michael Major/Crop TrustPhoto: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Mariam Fayad- Eng Aline Abou Zeidan – Maymona Sabra. Weighing seed and dividing for storage in active and base collections and at Svalbard. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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