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What is wheat blast?
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.
The end of an era: Alexey Morgunov retires after a 28-year career
CIMMYT scientist contributed to the development and adoption of more than 70 wheat varieties in Central and West Asia.
Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya in January 2020
Interested organizations are invited to send maize germplasm for screening.
Nurture soil as our food and climate insurance
Soil conservation means food security for farmers in Malawi.
US Under Secretary of Agriculture ready for further cooperation with CIMMYT
Ted McKinney and representatives from state agriculture departments learn about relevant maize and wheat research during visit to global headquarters in Mexico.
Do smallholders get the right seed and inputs from their agrodealer?
A new agrodealer survey explores smallholder’s access to improved maize seed and fertilizer in Tanzania and Uganda.
How a disease without borders was contained
Experts reflect on the successful efforts to limit the spread of maize lethal necrosis across eastern and southern Africa.
Breaking Ground: Pieter Rutsaert looks to better marketing for faster adoption of climate-smart maize in Africa
Markets and value chains expert studies seed demand and distribution, with the aim to help agro-dealers and seed businesses better market improved seed.
Stress-resilient maize, a big relief for Indian farmers
Smallholders in India’s Karnataka state get higher yields from drought- and heat-tolerant maize.
CIMMYT is ready to support Ethiopia’s move toward — and beyond — wheat self-sufficiency
Meeting with Ethiopian researchers and policymakers outlines path forward for cooperation.
Kenya: Maize contamination
Source: France 24 (19 Nov 2019)
B.M. Prasanna, Director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program, speaks on CIMMYT’s work to help farmers in the context of the aflatoxin crisis in Kenya.
CIMMYT wheat scientists receive top honors from US agricultural scientists
Hans-Joachim Braun and Alexey Morgunov receive awards and fellowships at annual meeting of crop science peers.
Breakthrough in genetic research to improve SNB resistance in new wheat varieties
Source: The Avon Valley and Wheat Belt Advocate (13 Nov 2019)
Four wheat lines from CIMMYT and ICARDA showed good resistance to fungal disease stagonospora nodorum blotch in assessment.