Posts Tagged ‘maize’
Cobs & Spikes: Jump-starting Haiti’s maize seed sector
February 6, 2019Haiti has the lowest maize yields in Latin America and the Caribbean, and around half of the population is undernourished. Five hurricanes in the past decade and a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 2010 hav …
New publications: Toxin-producing fungal strains can now be detected in maize field soils with a new technique
August 23, 2018A novel approach allows the detection of aflatoxin-producing fungi in maize fields. A new study explains the technique and how it was tested. “Detection of Aflatoxigenic and Atoxigenic Mexican Aspergi …
CIMMYT renames lab to honor Evangelina Villegas, World Food Prize laureate
June 7, 2017El BATAN, Mexico, (CIMMYT) – To celebrate and expand the legacy of the late Evangelina Villegas Moreno, a pioneering Mexican cereal chemist who won the 2000 World Food Prize for co-developing quality …