New online portal offers information to curb maize lethal necrosis in Africa
July 24, 2017The new maize lethal necrosis online portal provides up-to-date information and surveillance tools to help researchers control and stop the spread of the deadly disease.
Changing the pace of maize breeding in Africa through doubled-haploid technology
October 16, 2015Two words – accelerated breeding – are synonymous to doubled-haploid (DH) based maize breeding. This was the core message shared with 56 maize breeders from 10 African countries who recently participa …
16 new CIMMYT maize lines released
October 2, 2015CIMMYT is pleased to announce the release of a set of 16 new CIMMYT maize lines (CMLs). These CMLs were developed at various breeding locations of the CIMMYT Global Maize Program by multi-disciplinary …
CIMMYT, Limagrain and Seed Co Limited teams discuss partnership for tackling maize lethal necrosis
August 21, 2014Research managers and scientists from CIMMYT, Limagrain and Seed Co Limited held a discussion at CIMMYT-Nairobi on 4 July to forge a partnership to effectively tackle the maize lethal necrosis (MLN) d …
Partnership on maize lethal necrosis in Africa makes significant progress
August 19, 2014Partners of the Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) project in Africa, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), came together to review and dis …
CIMMYT Maize Program scientists assist African plant breeding academy training program in Kenya
July 17, 2014By B.M. Prasanna and Rita Mumm/CIMMYT The first group to take part in the African Plant Breeding Academy training program included 24 scientists from 11 countries in Africa. The African Plant Breeding …