Publications
New publications: Germplasm bank accessions add value to elite wheat lines
Nutrition, health and food security
For the first time ever, a research team of more than 40 scientists has genetically characterized values of exotics in hexaploid wheat.
New publications: Toxin-producing fungal strains can now be detected in maize field soils with a new technique
Environmental health and biodiversity
New Publications: Increasing food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan African maize-based food systems, a technological perspective
Nutrition, health and food security
New Publications: Precision agriculture for smallholder farmers
A new study tests a stepping-stone for small-scale precision agriculture fertilizer application.
New publications: The importance of wheat in the global food supply to a growing population
A new publication discusses the importance of wheat in the global food supply and meeting future demand from a growing population.
New Publications: Storage of maize products results in vitamin loss
Nutrition, health and food security
New Publications: Goat grass gives wheat breeders an edge
Innovations
A new commentary published today in Nature Plants highlights the importance of an ancient grass species for wheat breeding.
New Publications: Mitigating climate change effects on food security
Nutrition, health and food security
A new study on climate change patterns indicates that climate change could reduce total crop production 23 percent by 2050
New publications: How climate-smart is conservation agriculture?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A new study shows that while CA is well suited to helping farmers adapt to, and even increase profits in changing climates, there is considerable uncertainty about how much CA contributes to the mitigation aspect.
