A global wheat conference originally scheduled to be held in June in Norwich, United Kingdom, now will take place virtually on Oct. 7-9.
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative’s (BGRI) virtual technical workshop was postponed earlier this year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Read more here: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/14150-wheat-researchers-to-gather-for-october-virtual-event
Innovations
Growing the right wheat varieties is necessary to nutritiously feed a growing population in the context of environmental stress.
Capacity development
She will bring to CIMMYT many years of experience in wheat genetics, wheat genetic resources and wheat pre-breeding.
Environmental health and biodiversity
A team of scientists has completed one of the largest genetic analyses ever done of any agricultural crop to find desirable traits in wheat’s extensive and unexplored diversity.
