Kansas State University

Environmental health and biodiversity
Features

The new farming methods can raise harvests, enrich soils, and capture and conserve moisture.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Publications

Researchers evaluate the use of genomic selection in wheat breeding against deadly fungal disease.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

Review proposes ways to accelerate climate resilience of staple crops, by integrating proven breeding methods with cutting-edge technologies.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Massive study of breeding lines across environments pinpoints genomic regions associated with yield potential and stress-resilience in bread wheat.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

Pakistan’s goal to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production just became more attainable with the release of five new wheat varieties.

Innovations
News

Study validates importance and uncovers new benefits of crucial wheat genome segment.

Capacity development
Blogs

First meetings of the AGG Science and Technical Steering Committees generate insights and recommendations for optimizing breeding schemes.

Innovations
In the media

Source: World Grain (15 Jul 2020)

CIMMYT scientists perform large genome-wide association study in India, Kenya and Mexico to understand yellow rust resistance in wheat.

Nutrition, health and food security
Videos

Entomologist and CIMMYT partner Mike Smith explains the importance of documenting the economic value of crop pest research.

Nutrition, health and food security
Explainers

Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades. It spreads through infected seeds, crop residues as well as by spores that can travel long distances in the air, posing a major threat to wheat production in tropical areas.