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Another Green Revolution needed for wheat, says report
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Dawn (9 Feb 2020)
Climate change threatens wheat yields in South Asia.
Growers issued yellow rust warning
Environmental health and biodiversity
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
Climate adaptation and mitigation
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
Innovations
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
Nutrition, health and food security
China-based CIMMYT-JAAS screening station aims for global impact in the fight against deadly Fusarium head blight.
Breaking Ground: Mandeep Randhawa fights wheat diseases using genetic resistance tools
Capacity development
CIMMYT wheat scientist explores new sources of rust resistance to create new rust-resistant wheat varieties.
New publications: Durum wheat selection under zero tillage increases early vigor and is neutral to yield
Innovations
Researchers demonstrate that CIMMYT’s durum wheat lines can be grown, bred, and selected under zero tillage or conventional tillage conditions without negatively affecting yield.
What is wheat blast?
Nutrition, health and food security
Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades. It spreads through infected seeds, crop residues as well as by spores that can travel long distances in the air, posing a major threat to wheat production in tropical areas.
Harnessing research for climate-resilient wheat
Capacity development
A new video highlights the work of the Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC) to create new climate-resilient wheat varieties.
The end of an era: Alexey Morgunov retires after a 28-year career
Capacity development
CIMMYT scientist contributed to the development and adoption of more than 70 wheat varieties in Central and West Asia.
Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Science offers opportunity to curb greenhouse gas emissions related to agriculture and meet climate goals.
Ethiopia, great mobilization against wheat rust
Innovations
Source: Donne del Food (28 Nov 2019)
Rapid alert system has been developed to predict the spread of wheat rust.
A step towards food security: German and Mexican researchers working jointly on the wheat of tomorrow
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Kooperation International (25 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT and the Julius KĂĽhn Institute signed a Declaration of Intent to intensify joint research on disease-resistant and stress-tolerant wheat.
Healthy diets feature both whole- and refined-grain foods, new study shows
Nutrition, health and food security
Review indicates positive health impacts from diverse diets that include not more than 50% carbohydrates and the right mix of grain-based foods.
Four CIMMYT scientists among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations
Innovations
Recognized for most-cited works worldwide on Web of Science Group’s list of Highly Cited Researchers.
