The objectives of this report are three-fold. Firstly, it is planned to review briefly the work conducted by the CIMMYT wheat physiology/agronomy program since its inception 5 years ago and the conclusions forthcoming. 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 ...

Since 1971 CIMMYT has been helping the governments of Tunisia and Algeria test the potential value of a rotation of winter annual legume pasture (Medfoago spp. ) and wheat for replacing the present weed_ fallow-wheat ...

This report documents the first seven years of the Puebla Project - its philosophy, objectives, organization, operation and accomplishments. It was prepared by staff members and advisors, most of whom have been associated ...

Between August 1974 and April 1975, the staff of this center conducted a program review. About 40 senior staff members comprised a panel which examined the research plots in the second cycle of 1974. Field visits required ...

The year 1976 marks the end of CI MMYT's first decade and the start of the second. Such a milestone justifies a look backward at what has happened to CI MMYT and its collaborators, and a look forward at the foreseeable ...

If we profile CIMMYT history in a diagram, we cannot chart a smooth upward-moving line; rather we see a series of steps - each step reflecting a new situation, new problems, -new oPPortunities, and sometimes new leadership ...

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 ...

During the 6-month period ending March 1974, the staff of this center conducted t review of its own programs. Wheat scientists examined the research fields of maize. The maize staff examined the fields of wheat. The ...