CIMMYT’s work focuses on reducing poverty and hunger by sustainably increasing the productivity of maize- and wheat-based farming systems. Of the poor who depend on maize and wheat for their livelihoods and food security, ...

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, ...

Poor and subsistence farmers, lacking hybrid and improved maize varieties, struggle daily to eke out an existence from low yielding plants that offer little resistance to destructive insects and diseases. In many of the ...

Global agriculture faces major challenges. In large areas, soil erosion and the loss of fertility progressively reduce crop yields and can lead to land being abandoned and turning to desert. Households, industries, and ...

Este folheto foi preparado na forma de guia para permitir a rapida identificacao das molestias do mil ho no campo. Tern o propósito de ser útil a produtores e técnicos agrícolas. O texto descreve de modo sucinto algumas ...

Una de las funciones primordiales del CIMMYT es la producción y distribución de germoplasma de trigo duro a los programas nacionales de mejoramiento de cultivos que cooperan con el Centro. Al crear este germoplasma, el ...