At the opening session of the International Wheat Congress 2019 in Saskatoon, the director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Martin Kropff, told a gathering of 900 wheat scientists that, with CIMMYT support, Bangladesh developed blast resistant wheat in the quickest possible time. Read more here.
Int’l Wheat Congress: Bangladesh’s success sung in Saskatoon
With CIMMYT support, Bangladesh developed blast resistant wheat in the quickest possible time.
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