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Molecular approaches for the genetic improvement of cereals for stable production in water-limited environments
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Drought is a major problem for the production of the world’s five principal cereals: maize, wheat, rice, pearl millet, and sorghum. Past and current breeding efforts have met the challenge posed by drought with some success. ...
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Gene flow among maize landraces, improved maize varieties, and teosinte: Implications for transgenic maize
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Proceedings of a forum organized by the Mexican National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), the Mexican National Agricultural Biosafety Committee (CNBA), and the International Maize and ...
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Latin American maize germplasm conservation: regeneration, in situ conservation, core subsets, and prebreeding
(CIMMYT, 2005)
This publication describes progress in collaborative efforts to document, characterize, regenerate, and conserve (both in seed banks and on-farm in situ) maize seed collections from the Americas since 1998. Participants ...
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Review of advances in plant biotechnology, 1985-88
(IRRI; CIMMYT, 1989)
There is great potential for biotechnology as a tool in crop breeding. Despite the risk in such upstream research, many plant breeders are becoming more involved in this work to facilitate the rapid exploitation of new ...
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Recent advances in the conservation and utilization of genetic resources: proceedings of the Global maize germplasm workshop
(INIFAP; CIMMYT, 1988)
Even for the nonspecialist, maize genetic resources is an Inherently Interesting subject. It has an engaging history, shaped by people of unusual Intelligence and foresight; It Is currently being transformed by exciting ...
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U.S. Universities - CIMMYT Maize Conference: on collaboration toward mutual LDC production objectives
(CIMMYT, 1984)
Maize scientists and administrators from US Universities, CIMMYT, the developing nations, and USAID attended this conference to review the status of maize programs at CIMMYT, identify the possibility of collaborative ...
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Breeding and selection for drought resistance in tropical maize
(CIMMYT, 1982)
Throughout the lowland wet tropics, periodic nonprotracted drought caused by irregular rainfall distribution is responsible for sizable reductions in maize yield. This is particularly true when reduced water availability ...
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Proceedings of the first maize workshop
(CIMMYT, 1971)
The impact of CIMMYT's outreach programs is largely dependent upon the quality of information, materials, training and coordination emanating from its core program in Mexico and from the highly effective cooperative network ...
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Proceedings of the Second Asian Regional Maize Workshop
(CIMMYT, 1987)
The Second Asian Regional Maize Workshop, held in 1986 at various locations in Indonesia, encouraged participants to compare research approaches, results and products. The proceedings contains a series of country reports ...
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Latin American maize germplasm regeneration and conservation
(CIMMYT, 1997)
During 1992-96, a collaborative project involving genebanks of 14 countries in Latin America, with economic and/or technical support from USDA under project Noah, the USDA-ARS National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL), and ...