Wheat rust poses food security risk for global poor, says DFID’s Priti Patel
December 5, 2016Wheat rust monitoring efforts are not only keeping the fast-spreading disease in check, but are deployed to manage other crop diseases, said a scientist at a scientific meeting in London.
Keeping virulent wheat diseases in check amid pressures of climate change
April 1, 2016Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat is a new project that aims to mitigate climate change threats to wheat and develop disease-resistant and heat-tolerant varieties, writes Cornell’s Ronnie Coffman.
Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat
March 28, 2016Climate-change-induced heat stress and disease pathogens migrating across borders threaten the world’s wheat supply and food security in Africa and the Middle East. Building on the Durable Rust Resist …
Scientists share strategy at conference to halt migratory wheat disease
February 8, 2016Wheat scientists visit Washington to receive honor, detail research successes at American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
CIMMYT scientist David Hodson to speak on pathogen surveillance systems in Washington
January 26, 2016David Hodson delivers presentation at the International Wheat Conference in Sydney, Australia, September 2015. CORNELL/Christopher Knight MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: David Hodson, senior scientist with the I …
CIMMYT scientist Ravi Singh in Washington, D.C. to receive AAAS honor
January 20, 2016CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist Ravi Singh. CIMMYT/Alfonso Cortes MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Distinguished Scientist and Head of Bread Wheat Improvement at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente …
Martin Kropff, new CIMMYT Director General, embraces science for impact
June 3, 2015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EL BATAN, Mexico (CIMMYT) – Martin Kropff, who takes the helm as director general at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) this week, considers science th …