Actualmente existe una tremenda variación en los maíces mexicanos. Esta variación incluye desde las formas primitivas y mantenidas por los indígenas para propósitos ceremoniales, hasta las modernas variedades de origen ...

The power of the improved, high yielding, disease-resistant, and fertilizer-responsive varieties in revolutionizing agricultural production is clearly shown by the acceleration of wheat production in Mexico, India, Pakistan, ...

During the past year CIMMYT strengthened its research and training in Mexico and enlarged the network of cooperative research and production programs in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In addition to ...

This first annual report of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center has a two-fold objective: 1) to set down in type the objectives, philosophy and broad policy outline of the Center and 2) to report on progress ...

Undernutrition and malnutrition are currently widespread in many areas of the world. The most serious nutritional problem is protein-calorie malnutrition among children in the developing countries. ( 5, 24). There now ...

As farmers make the transition from traditional to modern agriculture their total operation changes. One of the important decisions they have to make during this period is which fertilizer to apply and how much. An important ...

Este primer informe anual del Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo tiene dos propósitos: 1) dejar constancia escrita de los objetivos, filosofía y política general del Centro, y 2) dar a conocer los progresos ...

This report has been prepared to provide as complete a picture as possible of what the Puebla Project is, the nature of the joint effort of those participating, and the social and economic implications of the progress ...

The Cooperative Near East-American Spring Wheat Yield Nursery originated as an outgrowth of a recommendation made by Drs. Jose Vallega (Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina) and Norman E. Borlaug (The Rockefeller Foundation) ...

The methods used in summarizing these data and recommended for determining reactions of wheat in the field io cereal rust, are those described by Dr. W. Q. Loegering for use in the U.S.D.A. International Wheat Rust Nursery. ...