Training is a major activity at CIMMYT. The principal objective of the Center's various training programs is to increase the professional expertise of agricultural research personnel in developing countries. After completing ...

One of the most graphic symbols of achievement in the CIMMYT Maize Program, oddly enough, is a downward drifting line, representing the dramatic reduction in plant height brought about in a population based on the Mexican ...

This training program outline is intended as a general guide for employers, potential sponsors and trainees. General training goals are outlined first, fol lowed by a brief discussion of the program objectives for: ( 1) ...

This bulletin contains a compilation of all durum wheat cultivars and advanced lines produced by CIMMYT and by the Mexican National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA); it also contains the names and pedigrees of ...

This bulletin contains a compilation of all triticale cultivars and advanced lines produced by CIMMYT and by the Mexican National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA); it also contains the names and pedigrees of ...

This publication focuses on the development of the cross Veery. After eight years of international testing in hundreds of environmentally diverse locations it has been shown that the Veery lines have moved high-yielding ...

A summary of the general characteristics of viruses is followed by sections on six common cereal viruses: Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Virus (SBWMV), Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (WSMV), Brome ...

A general description of aphids and their life cycle is supplemented by color diagrams. Color photographs of six common cereal aphids (Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Sitobion avenae, Schizaphis graminum, ...

Three rust diseases occur on wheat: stem rust, leaf rust and stripe rust. They are named for the yellow to red or black spots or stripes (sori or pustules of the rust fungi) that erupt through the plant epidermis. The size ...