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Research Report
The global wheat improvement system: prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Through the global analysis and country-level case studies, this report analyzes the efficiency of investments in wheat improvement research at a disaggregated level and explores a range of options for restructuring research ...
Conference Proceedings
Helminthosporium blights of wheat: spot blotch and tan spot. Proceedings of an international workshop held at CIMMYT
(UCL; BADC; CIMMYT, 1998)
Over the last 30 ye~rs, in developing countries, the outstanding advances in wheat productivity attained by CIMMYT and its partners have contributed greatly to the well-being of millions of people. As growing numbers of ...
Report
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)
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 ...
Research Report
Identification and characterization of resistance to the Russian wheat aphid in small-grain cereals: investigations at CIMMYT, 1990-92
(CIMMYT, 1994)
It is only recently that the Russian wheat aphid [Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko)] has become a serious pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) outside its primary range of the mountains of ...
Book
International collaboration in crop improvement research: current status and future prospects
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Investments over the past 35 years have created s system of national and international research centers that has revolutionized the supply of improved cereal varieties to developing country farmers. The newly created ...
Book
Semidwarf bread wheats: names, parentages, pedigrees, and origins
(CIMMYT, 1997)
One of CIMMYT's primary functions is to produce germplasm for use by cooperating national crop improvement programs. In the development of wheat germplasm, emphasis is given to producing advanced materials that can be ...
Conference Proceedings
Wheat breeding at CIMMYT: commemorating 50 years of research in Mexico for global wheat improvement
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary (1944-94) of wheat breeding at CIMMYT and its predecessor organization (Rockefeller Foundation/Office of Special Studies). Within a span of 50 years, wheat breeding has evolved ...
Book
CIMMYT World wheat facts and trends: supplement 1995 ongoing research at CIMMYT: understanding wheat genetic diversity and international flows of genetic resources
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This supplement to the CIMJvfYT World Wheat Facts and Trends series summarizes objectives and preliminary results of a study of wheat genetic diversity and international flows of genetic resources (final results will appear ...
Report
Epidemiology of Karnal bunt of wheat incited by neovossia indica and an attempt to develop a disease prediction system
(CIMMYT, 1991)
Karnal bunt, is a disease of the wheat grain caused by a fungus and is said to have evolved in South Asia. It has come under concern in both India and Mexico over the last few years. In the present treatise, an attempt has ...
Book
Fusarium head scab of wheat (Fusarium graminearum Schwabe)
(CIMMYT, 1994)
Scab or head blight of wheat, caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum Schwabe, was first described in 1891 by Arthur in the United States (2); it was later reported in Japan in 1902. In Mexico the disease was detected ...