Research has taken place in the US at the Auburn University and at the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) in Uganda; the CIP biotechnology lab in Peru; Makerere University in Uganda;  BecA and Kenyatta University in Kenya, and lately at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in the US. Work is also going on at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in the US. The University of Valencia and the Gent University have been partners from the very start.