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Breeding for resistance to Fusarium head blight of wheat in the mid- to lower Yangtze River Valley of China
(CIMMYT, 1994)
Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat or scab is an important fungal disease in many areas of the world, especially where humid moist conditions prevail from heading to maturity. It is a particularly troublesome disease in ...
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A history of wheat breeding in China
(CIMMYT, 2001)
China is the largest producer and consumer of wheat in the world. Wheats cultivated in China include winter and facultative wheats and spring wheats sown in both autumn and spring, mostly in rotation with other crops such ...
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The Asian maize biotechnology network (AMBIONET): a model for strengthening national agricultural research systems
(CIMMYT, 2006)
This report reviews the impacts of the Asian Maize Biotechnology Network (AMBIONET), organized by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with funding from the Asian Development Bank to strengthen the ...
Conference Proceedings
Wheats for more tropical environments
(CIMMYT, 1985)
This publication contains the proceedings of an international symposium on wheat production and research in tropical environments, held in Mexico on 24-28 September, 1984. In addition to the 43 contributed papers, it ...
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Wheat and wheat breeding in China
(CIMMYT, 1991)
The People's Republic of China, which has the world's largest population (1990 estimate of 1.1 billion), is also the world's largest wheat producer with the crop being grown in 29 of its 30 provinces. As expounded upon in ...
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fifth Asian Regional Maize Workshop
(Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry-CIMMYT, 1993)
For several years, the Asian countries have had the highest rate of increase (3.6%) in maize production in the world. This has been due to the increasing demand of the grain for food, feed, and industrial purposes. ...
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Proceedings of the Asian regional maize research planning and coordination meeting
(CIMMYT, 1994)
It was after leaming of the impact of a similar meeting in the CIMMYT South American Regional Maize Program, that we agreed in also holding a Regional Maize Research Planning and Coordination Meeting. In such meetings, an ...
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Third Asian Regional Maize Workshop
(CAAS; CIMMYT, 1988)
The main activity of the Asian Regional Maize Program of CIMMYT (ARMP) is the collaboration with the National Maize Programs in the region in the development of improved technology conductive to the increase of production ...
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Towards reduced pesticide use for cereal crops in Asia
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Several opportunities are available for dramatically reducing the use of agrochemicals in Asia cereal crop production. The first selection of this paper summarizes past trends and future prospects for pesticide use in Asia ...
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How did China feed itself in the past? How will China feed itself in the future?
(CIMMYT, 1998)
Feeding China, the world's most populous nation with more than 1.2 billion people, presents challenges and issues that can be instructive for other developing countries, and of consequence to the global community through ...