News
Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
Innovations
Source: Science Codex (3 Sep 2020)
CIMMYT scientists use UAVs to more accurately measure plant health to select high-yielding wheat.
Building resistance in wheat: International collaboration fights Septoria tritici blotch disease
Capacity development
Tunisia-based Septoria phenotyping platform plays critical role in identifying sources of resistance to the disease.
Wheat researchers to gather for October virtual event
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: World Grain (27 Aug 2020)
Experts from around the world will meet to discuss the most pressing challenges facing global wheat security.
Alison Bentley to be new Global Wheat Program director
Capacity development
She will bring to CIMMYT many years of experience in wheat genetics, wheat genetic resources and wheat pre-breeding.
Heat and drought watch out. One-of-a-kind network launched in Berlin
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Seed Quest (6 Aug 2020)
Alliance will link with CIMMYT-coordinated Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC).
Plan to improve wheat output under works
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Dawn (6 Aug 2020)
Pakistan and CIMMYT discuss strategy to increase wheat productivity through promotion of high-yielding wheat varieties.
Historic wheat research station poised to host cutting-edge research
Innovations
CIMMYT’s historic Toluca station will host a new rapid generation advancement and speed breeding facility to accelerate genetic gains in wheat.
“Better, faster, equitable, sustainable” – wheat research community partners join to kick off new breeding project
Nutrition, health and food security
Collaboration, partnership and mutual learning with national partners key focus of new project to accelerate breeding and delivery of improved wheat varieties.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food security
The new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts.
New analysis to help in creating yellow rust resistant wheat
Innovations
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.
Could coronavirus drive farmers to adopt sustainable practices in India’s breadbasket?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Interest in farm machinery and crop diversification spike as farmers respond to COVID-19 labor shortages.
Mechanized harvesting fuels rural prosperity in Nepal
Innovations
The tractor-mounted reaper saves farmers time and money and offers new sources of income.
Annual Report 2019 launched
Innovations
CIMMYT’s work may begin with seeds, but our innovations support farmers at all stages of the value chain.
Improved heat-resistant wheat varieties are identified
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Phys.org (16 Jun 2020)
CIMMYT and University of Cordoba studied 54 kinds of wheat to analyze response to high temperatures.
Small but mighty
Capacity development
The introduction of mung bean has transformed rice-wheat food systems in Nepal and has been one of the major successes of the Agronomy and Seed Scaling project.
