On 19 September CIMMYT-El Batán held the eighth annual Open House for 300 Mexican students from the states of Puebla, Querétaro, Michoacán, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, State of Mexico and Distrito Federal. Students visited CIMMYT field demonstration plots of Maize, Wheat and Conservation Agriculture, and visited the Wellhausen-Anderson Plant Genetic Resources Center and the biosciences complex (biotechnology, maize and wheat nutrition and quality labs).
Participating universities include:
- Universidad de Guadalajara
- Universidad AutĂłnoma del Estado de MĂ©xico
- Universidad de Querétaro
- Universidad AutĂłnoma de Chapingo
- Universidad TecnolĂłgica de San Miguel de Allende
- Centro de Bachillerato TecnolĂłgico (CBT)
- Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma
- Colegio de Postgraduados
- Universidad Tecnológica de Tehuacán
- Instituto TecnolĂłgico de Estudios Superiores Monterrey, Campus Morelia
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