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Sanidad de semillas: reglas y normas para el desplazamiento seguro de germoplasma
(CIMMYT, 2001)
EI 18 de julio de 1989, el gobierno mexicano reconoció al CIMMYT como un centro internacional con privilegios diplomáticos. No obstante 10 anterior, el CIMMYT no esta exento de la aplicación de las leyes fitosanitarias ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Improving wheat resistance to Septoria Tritici blotch
(CIMMYT, 2009)
Septoria tritici blotch (STB) or speckled leaf blotch, caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici), is one of the most important foliar diseases of wheat worldwide. Losses to STB can reach 50% in ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Improving wheat resistance to tan spot caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis
(CIMMYT, 2009)
Tan spot caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (anam. Drechslera tritici-repentis) is a foliar disease that has become a major component of the leaf spotting complex in Australia, Canada, the USA and several European ...
Book
Adoption and impacts of zero-tillage in the rice-wheat zone of irrigated Haryana, India
(RWC; CIMMYT, 2007)
This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat systems of India’s Haryana State primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 400 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified ...
Conference Proceedings
Modeling temperature response in wheat and maize
(CIMMYT, 2003)
During the workshop “Modeling Temperature Response in Wheat and Maize,” held from 23 to 25 April 2001 at CIMMYT’s headquarters at El Batan, Mexico, participants examined various approaches for modeling temperature effects ...
Book
A comparative assessment of combine harvesting vis-a-vis conventional harvesting and threshing in Arsi Region, Ethiopia
(EARO; CIMMYT, 2000)
This study describes wheat harvesting and threshing technologies in Arsi Region. Southeastern Ethiopia. and assesses their profitability compared to that of alternative wheat harvesting technologies. Data were collected ...
Report
Ten years with NAFTA: a review of the literature and an analysis of farmer responses in Sonora and Veracruz, Mexico
(Congressional Hunger Center; CIMMYT, 2006)
This report reviews recent literature regarding impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, launched in 1994) on maize and wheat farming in Mexico. A basic overview of maize and wheat production in Mexico ...
Book
Impacts of international research on intertemporal yield stability in wheat and maize: an economic assessment
(CIMMYT, 2006)
Critics of modern maize and wheat varieties (MVs) have suggested that, in developing countries, yields of these varieties vary more from season to season than yields of farmers’ traditional varieties, thereby exposing ...
Book
Application of physiology in wheat breeding
(CIMMYT, 2001)
How can disciplinary research in physiology complement wheat breeding? This introductory chapter is intended to provide broad guidelines to help breeding programs: 1) assess whether physiological criteria should be included ...
Book
Impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world, 1988-2002
(CIMMYT, 2005)
The third in a series of global studies, this report (covering 1988-2002) documents the adoption and diffusion of modern wheat varieties in the developing world and assesses the benefits generated by international wheat ...