breeding
Improved metrics for better decisions
National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains.
Building networks and capacity
AGG partners meet to launch regional networks for eastern and southern Africa and assess capacity development needs.
CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades — they need change management
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.
East Africa partners welcome “new era” in wheat breeding collaboration
Experts from Ethiopia and Kenya join CIMMYT and other partners to renew a long-standing collaboration under the auspices of the new AGG project.
Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement
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.
In the best possible taste
Researchers in Kenya and Uganda are incorporating sensory preferences like taste, smell or texture into maize breeding.
Breaking Ground: Aparna Das leads efficient and demand-driven maize research
Technical coordination between research and development partners is key to breed maize varieties that respond to the diverse needs of small farmers.
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.
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.
Development of the Enterprise Breeding System well underway
Piloting the system in will begin in 2020, with more advanced functions to follow in the next three years.
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.
First steps taken to unify breeding software
Experts work together at hackathon to develop Enterprise Breeding System that can serve CGIAR organizations and national agricultural research programs.
New publications: Special collection on wheat genetics and breeding
Researchers present highlights from 40 years of collaboration on wheat genomics, breeding for disease resistance and quality improvement.
Breaking Ground: Velu Govindan is mainstreaming zinc to combat hidden hunger
CIMMYT wheat breeder supports smallholder farmers without access to a diversified diet by improving nutritional quality in wheat.
