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Approach can save breeders to time and money, cut waste and improve client-focused results.

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Source: India Science Wire (22 Sep 2020)

Approach combines farmers’ knowledge of resilient crops with ‘elite’ varieties identified by scientists.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Source: Trouw (28 Jun 2020)

Opinions differ on if world food production could be improved if annual crops, such as maize, rice, wheat and vegetables, could be turned into perennials.

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CIMMYT breeder applies new tools and technologies to accelerate genetic gains, make breeding more efficient, and keep up with the changing dynamics of biotic and abiotic stresses.

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Researchers in Kenya and Uganda are incorporating sensory preferences like taste, smell or texture into maize breeding.

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Technical coordination between research and development partners is key to breed maize varieties that respond to the diverse needs of small farmers.

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Researchers discuss how phenotyping can assist breeding and make the case for investing in new methodologies.

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Breeders are developing wheat varieties that have stable grain yield under low-water and high-temperature conditions.

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Modern phenotyping tools are crucial for crop improvement and breeders can profit much more from them.

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Piloting the system in will begin in 2020, with more advanced functions to follow in the next three years.

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Growing the right wheat varieties is necessary to nutritiously feed a growing population in the context of environmental stress.