Wheat
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world
Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable.
New publications: Breeders can benefit much more from phenotyping tools
Researchers discuss how phenotyping can assist breeding and make the case for investing in new methodologies.
Systems thinking at work in South Asia’s food production
New blog published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs argues that balancing food security, rural livelihoods, water for agriculture and air quality need not be a zero-sum game.
One-minute science: Suchismita Mondal on breeding resilient wheat
Breeders are developing wheat varieties that have stable grain yield under low-water and high-temperature conditions.
Breeder friendly phenotyping
Modern phenotyping tools are crucial for crop improvement and breeders can profit much more from them.
Another Green Revolution needed for wheat, says report
Source: Dawn (9 Feb 2020)
Climate change threatens wheat yields in South Asia.
Growers issued yellow rust warning
Source: Dawn (6 Feb 2020)
CIMMYT warns wheat-growing farmers in Pakistan to watch for yellow rust disease.
New publications: Optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates for rice and wheat in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
The results of the study will allow farmers to get the best crop yields while saving money and reducing harmful nitrous oxide emissions.
One-minute science: Carolina Rivera explains wheat physiology
Growing the right wheat varieties is necessary to nutritiously feed a growing population in the context of environmental stress.
New international partnership to identify and develop resistance to dangerous wheat disease
China-based CIMMYT-JAAS screening station aims for global impact in the fight against deadly Fusarium head blight.
