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Article
Productividade de trigo (Triticum aestivum (L.) thell.) com tolerância ao alumínio tóxico no solo
(Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, 1994)
Existem afirmações de que aos genes de tolerância ao alumínio (Al) deviam estar ligados genes que limitariam o potencial de rendimento do trigo. Essas afirmações eram baseadas nos resultados de programas de melhoramento ...
Article
Estimating the economic impact of breeding nonspecific resistance to leaf rust in modern bread wheat
(American Phytopathological Society (APS), 1998)
Breeding for resistance to rust diseases in wheat is an example of productivity maintenance research. Productivity maintenance research is necessary to avoid contractions in the wheat supply curve that result from changes ...
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 ...
Review
Review of the CIMMYT International Winter/Facultative Wheat Program and its relationship with National Agricultural Research Systems (NARSs)
(CIMMYT, 1990)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has had a long association with the wheat research institutions in Turkey. In 1971, CIMMYT became directly involved with Turkey's winter wheat improvement program ...
Conference Proceedings
Increasing yield potential in wheat: breaking the barriers. Proceedings of a workshop held in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1996)
CIMMYT's focus on developing wheat varieties that produce higher and more stable yields has made a tremendous difference in the lives of millions of people in the developing world. In the mid 1960s, the dramatic increases ...
Report
Lines tested in the International Spring Wheat Yield Nurseries (ISWYN) 1964-1994
(CIMMYT, 1996)
This publication marks the end of an era; after 30 years, the International Spring Wheat Yield Nursery (ISWYN), flagship of the international yield nurseries, has been discontinued. The ISWYN will be replaced by several ...
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 ...
Conference Proceedings
Spring wheat in Kazakstan: current status and future directions
(CIMMYT, 1998)
The Republic of Kazakstan is an important grain producer. Spring wheat constitutes 90% of total wheat production. The temperature profile, dry climate, and soil conditions in the main grain producing regions favor the ...
Conference Proceedings
China/CIMMYT Collaboration on wheat breeding and germplasm exchange: results of 10 years of shuttle breeding (1984-1994)
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Maintaining a fruitful working relationship with a country such as China is indispensible for CIMMYT, whose mandate is to improve the productivity and sustainability of wheat and maize production systems all over the ...
Conference Proceedings
Durum wheats: challenges and opportunities
(CIMMYT, 1992)
The importance of durum wheat as a major basic food is well established for most of countries of North and East Africa and the Near and Middle East. It is also important in the Asian Subcontinent and the Andean Region of ...