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  • Mali develops, releases early maturing hybrid maize - Africa Science News Service

    Mali develops, releases early maturing hybrid maizeAfrica Science News Service... that brought improved germplasm to the country. The new varieties were developed with funds from the DTMA project, which is being implemented by CIMMYT, IITA, and national agricultural research systems across 13 countries of sub Saharan Africa.

  • Dust off the rust

    IT IS time to gear up against an old enemy that is back with a vengeance after half a century of complacence. A series of resistant wheat varieties developed in the mid-20th century kept stem rust, a devastating fungal infection, at bay for the last 50 years. But the disease has now resurfaced in a relatively new, virulent form and threatens wheat supplies in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

  • Wheat from wild grass offers increased yields - Darlington and Stockton Times

    Darlington and Stockton TimesWheat from wild grass offers increased yieldsDarlington and Stockton TimesThe original synthetic hexaploid wheats (SHW) were generated at CIMMYT, the international wheat and maize improvement centre based in Mexico, which ran an extensive development programme in the 1980s. CIMMYT carries out a host of important wheat ...

  • Metal Silo Technology: Will It Boost Food Storage, Security? - AllAfrica.com

    Metal Silo Technology: Will It Boost Food Storage, Security?AllAfrica.com"It is, therefore, crucial to minimise post-harvest food loses which help conserve resources and improve human well-being," Dr Tefera who is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) EGSP project coordinator said. He said that the ...

  • Parasite-resistant maize developed by Kenyan scientist

    [NAIROBI] Two new varieties of hybrid maize that are resistant to the deadly parasitic Striga weed have been developed by a Kenyan scientist.