Posts Tagged ‘breeding’
New CIMMYT pre-commercial maize hybrids available from eastern and southern Africa breeding programs
February 21, 2019The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners in eastern and southern Africa and similar agro-ecological zones, to scale up …
Breaking Ground: Fernando H. Toledo researches new models of analysis under simulated scenarios
February 14, 2019Genomics is a wide theme of interest for geneticists. As part of the efforts to advance on this subject, Fernando H. Toledo, associated scientist in agricultural statistics at the International Maize …
Call for interest: Development trait prioritization as part of a sub-Saharan African crop variety replacement strategy
January 31, 2019The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) is looking to provide matching funding (up to US$ 35,000) for two projects with AbacusBio to characterize the users of new crop varieties and identify a …
Breeders find strength in diversity at EiB contributor meeting
December 10, 2018Participants of the Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) Contributor’s meeting pose for a group photograph. (Photo: Sam Storr/CIMMYT) Around 115 members of the CGIAR breeding community, plus others r …
CIMMYT releases 26 new maize lines
October 4, 2018The new lines are specifically adapted to tropical/subtropical maize production environments in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and are freely available to both public and private sector breeders wo …
A tribute to the late Abraham Blum, plant physiologist and CIMMYT partner
August 24, 2018Abraham Blum, 1934-2018. (Photo: Courtesy of Arnon Blum) Long-time CIMMYT partner and plant physiologist Abraham Blum passed away on March 10, 2018, at the age of 84, after having dedicated his career …
