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7th INTERNATIONAL
TRITICALE SYMPOSIUM
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement
Center
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
March 23rd – 26th, 2009
Dear Colleague,
The International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the International
Triticale Association (ITA) have the pleasure to
announce the 7th International Triticale Symposium to be held
in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, during March 23rd
– 26th, 2009.
Ciudad Obregón, the site of CIMMYT’s
largest wheat and triticale research station, is one of cradles
of the “green revolution” for wheat and has been
a critical site for the evolution of spring triticale into
a commercial crop worldwide. It is there, in the early 1960s,
that Dr. Norman Borlaug and his team introduced primary triticale
from different parts of the world and started crossing them
with the newly developed semi-dwarf, photoperiod-insensitive
wheats of the green revolution. This work laid the basis for
the triticale breeding project started officially under the
leadership of Dr. Franck Zillinsky in 1964, which allowed
CIMMYT, during the following decades, to contribute most of
the spring triticale cultivars sown worldwide.
The main objective of this symposium is
to bring together all researchers and industrial end users
of triticale to exchange the latest results and experiences
related to this crop. It is being held a year ahead of the
normal “every 4th year” schedule to avoid conflict
with the International Wheat Symposium scheduled in 2010.
In addition, given the slowing down in growth of triticale
area and research/promotion activities in developing countries,
we felt that it was urgent to gather the triticale community
in an attempt to counteract this negative trend. Consequently,
we regard this symposium as an opportunity to assess the current
status of triticale worldwide and its contribution to agricultural
development and sustainability, and possibly provide a forum
to re-energize triticale research and adoption activities
in developing countries.
We are looking forward to seeing you in
Ciudad Obregón.
With best regards,
Hans Joachim Braun
Director Global Wheat Program,
Chair of the Organizing Committee |
Karim Ammar
Head Durum Wheat & Triticale Breeding
Executive Chair of the Organizing Committee |
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