In the mid-1970s the idea of holding a septoria workshop began to take hold among a small group of scientists in the USA. They were interested in exchanging ideas and finding ways to manage the septoria diseases that affect ...

Over the last 30 ye~rs, in developing countries, the outstanding advances in wheat productivity attained by CIMMYT and its partners have contributed greatly to the well-being of millions of people. As growing numbers of ...

Fusarium head scab of wheat was first reported in England around 1884; however, scab is generally more important in warm and humid areas. The various fusaria that cause scab are among the most variable and insidious fungi. ...

During the IX International Congress of Entomology in Moscow, USSR in 1968, The International Working Group on Ostrina was organized by six members from Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, USA and Yugoslavia. Later this group ...

Proceedings of a symposium hosted at CIMMYT in 1996, this publication describes the incidence and intensity of drought and low nitrogen conditions for maize in the tropics, the physiology of drought tolerance and the ...

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is a cereal disease caused by an aphid-transmitted virus belonging to the luteovirus group, members of which cause the yellows diseases. The virus, known as barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), is ...

This publication reports advances in world wide research on the mechanisms and bases of insect resistance in maize; the genetics of resistance; on the biotechnological manipulation of resistance; on techniques for the mass ...

Septoria tritici is an important pathogen of wheat in the higher rainfall areas of Europe, North and South America, North and East Africa. A septoria leaf blotch workshop took place on 20-24 September 1993 at CIMMYT, Mexico. ...

Durante más de 40 años, agricultores de México y América Central han desarrollado y refinado, sin aspavientos. el manejo del frijol terciopelo con el maíz. Las organizaciones no gubernamentales y los grupos de investigación ...

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 ...