Wheat

Features

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New hub will ensure that cutting-edge discoveries are rapidly available to the global wheat breeding community.

Features

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We need to make sure our food systems grow a variety of food to nourish a growing population and sustain the planet.

News

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Alison Bentley introduces herself and CIMMYT’s innovative wheat research at the BGRI Technical Workshop.

News

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The award honors four individuals who have been integral to the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative.

In the media

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Source: Rural 21 (9 Oct 2020)

Wheat blast poses a serious threat to rain-fed wheat production in Zambia and raises the alarm for surrounding regions and countries on the African continent with similar environmental conditions.

News

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Genomic-wide association study evaluated samples from Bolivia and Bangladesh for blast-resistant genes.

Features

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CIMMYT puts forward integrated systems, healthy diets and One CGIAR agronomic innovation at first-ever virtual edition of the African Green Revolution Forum.

Press releases

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Researchers in Zambia confirm the arrival of this devastating fungal disease to the African continent.

Features

External review confirms the impact and achievements of the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat and its vital partnerships.

Publications

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A new quantitative genetics study makes a strong case for the yield testing strategies CIMMYT uses in its wheat breeding program.

Blogs

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The status quo anchors our minds to the past. Good change management can shake this up. Here are four ways plant breeding programs can ready themselves for the big changes we need to make.

Features

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Experts from Ethiopia and Kenya join CIMMYT and other partners to renew a long-standing collaboration under the auspices of the new AGG project.

Annual reports

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In its seventh year, WHEAT helped farmers grow nutritious, resilient and high-yielding wheat, through cutting-edge research and 50 new CGIAR-derived varieties.

Features

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Tremendous impact is arising from the longstanding cooperation between CIMMYT’s maize and wheat programs and national programs in countries where CIMMYT works.

Press releases

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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.