La gran mayoría de los habitantes del mundo en desarrollo dependen directa o indirectamente de la agricultura para obtener sus alimentos y su sustento. Solos el maíz y el trigo proporcionan casi el 50% de alimentos por ...

En este informe anual se hace una descripción de los productos, se explica por qué se necesitan, cómo vamos a generarlos y qué queremos lograr. En esta ocasión, por vez primera, usted recibirá con su ejemplar un disco ...

Para determinar el efecto de localidades, genotipos y su interacción, sobre la calidad industrial y el rendimiento de los trigos (Triticum aestivum L.) mexicanos de temporal o de secano, 15 genotipos de trigo harinero ...

Helminthosporium leaf blight (HLB), a complex of spot blotch caused by Cochliobolus sativus and of tan spot caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, is a major wheat disease in South Asia. This 2-year study elucidated HLB ...

On 15-17 of March 2001, CIMMYT held a special symposium in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, in memory of Dr. Warren E. Kronstad, Distinguished Professor at Oregon State University, who died on 21 May 2000, after a two-year ...

The application of biotechn'ology to crop improvement has been the focus of much research around the world. Tissue culture and selection of somaclonal variation were developed many years ago, followed more recently by ...

Most people in the developing world depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. Maize and wheat alone provide nearly half the food by weight and a quarter of the calories for the 4.9 billion people ...

This special report provides a detailed introduction to the three subprograms of the CIMMYT Wheat Program. First published in the late 1980s, the report has been updated regularly as the bread wheat breeding methodology ...