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Bunt and smut diseases of wheat: concepts and methods of disease management
(CIMMYT, 1996)
Five bunt and smut diseases are regularly associated with wheat ( Triticum spp.). These are: common bunt (Tilletia spp.), dwarf bunt (T. controversa), Karnal bunt (T. indica), loose smut (Ustilago tritici), and flag smut ...
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Applications of raised-bed planting systems to wheat
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Wheat has traditionally been planted in solid stands, especially in irrigated environments and rainfed production systems with moderate to high rainfall. Wheat is usually planted by either drilling closely spaced rows 10-30 ...
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Anti-wheat fad diets undermine global food security efforts: wheat consumption healthy despite claims in self-help publications
(CIMMYT, 2014)
A recent review paper released by Britain’s University of Warwick (Lillywhite and Sarrouy 2014) addresses two fundamental questions regarding wheat: “Are whole grain products good for health?”; and “What is behind the rise ...
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The Impact of CIMMYT wheat germplasm on wheat productivity in China
(CIMMYT; CGIAR, 2015)
This study examines the factors that affected wheat total factor productivity (TFP) growth in China, with a focus on China’s collaboration with the wheat breeding program of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement ...
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Economic analysis of diversity in modern wheat
(CIMMYT; Science Publishers, 2009)
The term “genetic diversity” with reference to food crops was coined in the 1960s, but humans have mindfully molded natural crop diversity since the advent of agriculture. Hexaploid wheat, used to make popular foods like ...
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Potential impact of research on wheat for acid soils in Brazil
(CIMMYT, 2000)
If Brazil's 58,414 small-scale wheat producers could attain a yield increase of at least 15% from improved wheat cultivars (which, on the basis of current agronomic evidence, appears likely), the additional annual benefit ...
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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)
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 ...
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Wheat varieties of the Southern Cone Region of South America: Names, parentage, pedigrees and origins
(CIMMYT, 1986)
Wheat varieties from South America have been used in many breeding programs, including CIMMYT's Wheat Program. They have played a major role in widening the adaptation of new varieties and increasing their resistance to ...
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Rice - wheat atlas of South Asia
(IRRI; CIMMYT; NARS, 1992)
The maps included in this publication have been designed to illustrate a number of the spatial changes that have occurred in South Asia's rice-wheat farming system over the past decades. The selection of maps presented is ...
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Wheat varieties of South America: names, parentage, pedigrees, and origins
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Wheat varieties from South America have been used in many breeding programs, including CIMMYT’s Wheat Program. They have played a major role in widening the adaptation of new varieties and increasing their resistance and ...