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- Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: a list of publications in which national scientists have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT(CIMMYT, 2000) Woolston, J.E.Sustainable cereal production on farmers' fields: that is the ultimate measure of the impact of CIMMYT's research. Its achievement requires a combination of effective technologies and the most appropriate seeds. Over the years, much of the Center's effort has been devoted to breeding and selection, and CIMMYT can now claim that its germplasm is to be found in the genealogy of many - perhaps most - of the wheat and triticale cultivars that are offered by public and private seed suppliers throughout the world. CIMMYT germplasm is also widely represented in the maize that is grown in many countries, especially the tropical countries. However, the concept of a 'cultivar', which is well established for self-pollinating plants, needs a different interpretation when applied to outcrossing species. Within a few seasons, what is introduced intermingles with what is already there. While many authorities announce 'cultivars' and 'varieties' of maize, these are more likely to have numbers than names, and a mere listing would fall far short of representing the impact of CIMMYT's maize program. For maize, more sophisticated indicators are needed; thus this compilation deals only with the Triticeae. Normally, a cultivar is released or registered by a national authority for use in a particular country or jurisdiction. In many countries, the release or registration is the occasion for publishing an announcement and, while most announcements give the parentage of the cultivar, some also explain where and when the crosses were made and how the selection was carried out. Often such a publication gives the results of trials and the reasons for the adoption of the cultivar. Name a cultivar, and we should be able to find - and, when appropriate, to cite - the relevant national announcement; this is the authentic source for information about the characteristics of the cultivar. But tens of thousands of cultivars have been named in the Triticeae and, to be manageable, our list needed to have a precise scope: we are interested in those publications that contain a narrative, even if only a word or two, in which the authors link the development of their cultivars to the programs of CIMMYT. Similarly, and again to comprehend a national breeder's perspective, we are also interested in synoptic works - 'country reviews' - that take note of CIMMYT's contributions in the context of an evolving national breeding program.
Publication - A checklist of journal articles from CIMMYT and its collaborators 1966-1999(CIMMYT, 2000) Woolston, J.E.The scope of this Checklist is limited: it covers only journal articles - not conference papers, not newsletters, not theses, not CIMMYT imprints. Thus it represents only part of CIMMYT's published output. And the search for material went back only to 1966, the date of the official establishment of the Center; so the compilation omits the very important work done by CIMMYT's antecedent organizations. To avoid inconsistencies, we have adopted tight rules of admissibility and apply them rigorously: -Only articles resulting from CIMMIT's research program -Only articles that were subject to an independent peer review Part A lists articles resulting from research carried out within CIMMYT or in cooperation with advanced research institutions. Typically, there is an author who is a member of CIMMYT's staff; often, however, the Center's involvement is represented by a visiting scientist or graduate student who reports work carried out while on assignment at CIMMYT. In a few cases, the whole work has been done by other scientists in other institutions but, if it was partly or wholly financed by CIMMYT, or if it was identified as part of a collaborative project with CIMMYT, then the resulting article is included as a product of the Center's overall program. Excluded are those articles that were written after the authors joined CIMMYT's staff but to report work carried out in their previous employments (not. therefore, part of CIMMYT's program): the exclusion remains even when 'CIMMYT' is given as the author's affiliation. To balance this, we have tried to find and include those articles describing CIMMYT work that were written after the authors had moved elsewhere. CIMMYT's mission stresses its cooperation with NARS: resulting papers are listed separately in Part B. Typically, there is an explicit statement that the article describes cooperative work, but this fact can also be inferred when CIMMYT and NARS staff are named as co-authors. However, even when CIMMYT, or one of its staff, is named in a paper that reports work at a cooperating institution, the paper is excluded from either Part of the present list (a) when the Center's only contribution has been to provide seed, or (b) when the staff member's role is limited to that of a post facto reviewer (or asesor intelectual). Also, articles announcing the release or registration of germplasm on new cultivars are not listed here but in a separate compilation.
Publication - Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: a list of publications in which national cereal breeders have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT(CIMMYT, 1997) Woolston, J.E.Sustainable cereal production on farmers' fields: that is the ultimate measure of the impact of CIMMYT's research. Its achievement requires a combination of effective technologies and the most appropriate seeds. Over the years, much of the Center's effort has been devoted to breeding and selection, and CIMMYT can now claim that its gennplasm is to be found in the genealogy of many - perhaps most - of the wheat and triticale cultivars that are offered by public and private seed suppliers throughout the world. CIMMYT gennplasm is also widely represented in the maize that is grown in many countries, especially the tropical countries. However, the concept of a 'cultivar', which is well established for self-pollinating plants, needs a different interpretation when applied to out-crossing species. Within a few seasons, what is introduced intenningles with what is already there. While many authorities announce 'cultivars' and 'varieties' of maize, these are more likely to have numbers than names, and a mere listing ould fall far short of representing the impact of CIMMYT's maize program. For maize, more sophisticated indicators are needed; thus this compilation deals only with the Triticeae. Nonnally, a cultivar is released or registered by a national authority for use in a particular country or jurisdiction. In many countries, the release or registration is the occasion for publishing an announcement and, while most announcements give the parentage of the cultivar, some also explain where and when the crosses were made and how the selection was carried out. Often such a publication gives the results of trials and the reasons for the adoption of the cultivar. Name a cultivar, and we should be able to find - and, when appropriate, to cite the relevant national announcement; this is the authentic source for infonnation about the characteristics of the cultivar. But tens of thousands of cultivars have been named in the Triticeae and, to be manageable, our list needed to have a precise scope: we are interested in those pu lications that contain a narrative, even if only a word or two, in which the authors link the development of their cultivars to the programs of CIMMYT. Similarly, and again to comprehend a national breeder's perspective, we are also interested in synoptic works - 'country reviews' - that take note of CIMMYT's contributions in the context of an evolving national breeding program. Finally, because this compilation focuses on publications, it does not provide a complete list of the cultivars produced from CIMMYT germplasm. If there was no national publication to announce a cultivar, there is no entry in the following pages. Indeed, even when there is a publication announcing a cultivar that has CIMMYT germplasm in its genealogy, it is listed here only if national scientists have seen the role of CIMMYT as significant enough to require a mention in the announcement itself or in a country review.
Publication - A thousand peer-reviewed journal articles from CIMMYT and its collaborators 1966-2002(CIMMYT, 2004) Woolston, J.E.The scope of this publication is limited: it covers only journal articles - not conference papers, not book chapters, not newsletters, not theses, not CIMMYT imprints. Thus it represents only part of CIMMYT's published output. And the search for material went back only to 1966, the date of the official establishment of the Center; so the compilation omits the very important work done by CIMMYT's antecedent organizations. To avoid inconsistencies, we have adopted tight rules of admissibility and apply them rigorously: -Only articles resulting from CIMMYT's research program -Only articles that were subject to an independent peer review Part A lists articles resulting from research carried out within CIMMYT or in cooperation with advanced research institutions. Typically, there is an author who is a member of CIMMYT's staff; often, however, the Center's involvement is represented by a visiting scientist or graduate student who reports work carried out while on assignment at CIMMYT. In a few cases, the whole work has been done by other scientists in other institutions but, if it was partly or wholly financed by CIMMYT, or if it was identified as part of a collaborative project with CIMMYT, then the resulting article is included as a product of the Center's overall program. Excluded are those articles that were written after the authors joined CIMMYT's staff but to report work carried out in their previous employments (not, therefore, part of CIMMYT's program): the exclusion remains even when 'CIMMYT' is given as the author's affiliation. To balance this, we have tried to find and include those articles describing CIMMYT work that were written after the authors had moved elsewhere. CIMMYT's mission stresses its cooperation with NARS: resulting papers are listed separately in Part B. Typically, there is an explicit statement that the article describes cooperative work, but this fact can also be inferred when CIMMYT and NARS staff are named as co-authors. However, even when CIMMYT, or one of its staff, is named in a paper that reports work at a cooperating institution, the paper is excluded from either Part of the present list (a) when the Center's only contribution has been to provide seed, or (b) when the staff member's role is limited to that of a post facto reviewer (or asesor intelectual). Also, articles announcing the release or registration of germplasm or new cultivars are not listed here but in a separate compilation. By applying the rule requiring independent peer review, we are able to include the refereed 'articles' that have been published, starting 1994, in Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter as well as the 'research articles', starting 1990, in Wheat Information Service; on the other hand, we omit articles from journals that did not use external reviewers, such as Development Policy Review, Plant Disease Reporter (before 1975) and Rachis. More importantly, the rule requires the exclusion of the conference papers that journals publish in special sections for which the editors waive the usual peer reviews _ for example, the annual "proceedings" issue (No. 5) of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. However, a conference paper is included if there is evidence that it has been subject to independent review, as when there are separate dates for 'received' and 'accepted'. To conserve space in this compilation, the names of countries are reduced to the codes recommended by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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