Four categories of on-farm activities are taken place in the 1979 wheat agronomy (rainfed) training program. These are research, verification, demonstration and seed multiplication. Of a total of 37 activities there are ...

The 10th. International Triticale Screening Nursery (ITSN) was sent in September, 1978 to be grown by cooperators in their spring season of 1979. One-hundred seventy-nine nurseries went to cooperators in 76 countries. The ...

Within the past fourteen years, the task of breeding for nutritionally superior maize types has been greatly facilitated by the discovery of the biochemical effects of the opaque-2 and floury-2 genes. Through manipulation ...

In the pages which follow, our staff has assembled a review of its recent programs and activities. This report by design, focuses on the scope and logic behind CIMMYT's activities. It is mainly directed toward the agricultural ...

Este manual se ha escrito especialmente para ser usado por los becarios de maíz, con el fin de facilitar la solución de problemas de investigación en producción. No se trata de un libro de respuestas, sino que representa ...

En las páginas que siguen, nuestro personal ha conjuntado una revisión de sus programas y actividades recientes. El informe se enfoca sobre el alcance y la lógica que apoyan las actividades del CIMMYT. Se dirige principalmente ...

Area based development programmes aimed at improving the incomes of small farmers are a major concern of governments in less developed countries. New technology is the foundation of these prograrmnes and the selection of ...

In 1950 a stem rust epidemic struck the wheat crop in the United States and Canada, reaching its greatest destruction in 1954. In 1953 the durum wheat crop of the U.S. was 60 per cent destroyed, and in 1954,75 per cent. ...

The 10th International Triticale Yield Nursery (ITYN) was sent in August and September 1978 to be grown by cooperators in their spring seasons of 1978-79. Nurseries went to 96 locations in 36 countries. The 25 advanced ...