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The increasing role of wheat consumption and imports in the developing world
(CIMMYT, 1983)
This study presents in detail the themes explored in the CIMMYT publication, World Wheat Facts and Trends, Report 2 (1983). It looks at changes in wheat consumption in developing countries, examines the increasing importance ...
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Impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world, 1966-90
(CIMMYT, 1993)
1986-90. Overall, varieties originating directly from CIMMYT crosses or from NARS crosses using a CIMMYT parent occupy 40 million hectares of wheat in the developing world. It is estimated that adoption of MVs from 1977 ...
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The bacterial diseases of wheat: concepts and methods of disease management
(CIMMYT, 1997)
The most common bacterial pathogens that attack wheat are grouped under the names Xanthomonas translucens and Pseudomonas syringae. Pathovars (bacterial strains pathogenic to a specific host or hosts) included in X. ...
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Economic criteria for establishing plant breeding programs
(CIMMYT, 1991)
A general model of annual costs and lagged annual returns from a plant breeding program is developed to estimate the threshold sizes of a crop industry at which different breeding programs could be economically justified, ...
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Impacts of international wheat breeding research in developing countries, 1966-97
(CIMMYT, 2002)
This report, which updates and extends the findings of an earlier CIMMYT study published in 1993, examines the impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world. Covering the period 1966-97, the ...
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Nutrient deficiencies and toxicities in wheat: a guide for field identification
(CIMMYT, 1991)
The use of visual symptoms to identify nutrient deficiencies and toxicities in plants can be improved by both their careful observation and description. This guide attempts to accurately describe symptoms of nutrient ...
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Applications of raised-bed planting systems to wheat
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Wheat has traditionally been planted in solid stands, especially in irrigated environments and rainfed production systems with moderate to high rainfall. Wheat is usually planted by either drilling closely spaced rows 10-30 ...
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Results of the first Elite Selection Wheat Yield Trials: (ESWYT) 1979-80
(CIMMYT, 1980)
The first Elite Selection Wheat Yield Trial (ESWYT) was sent in 1979-80, to be grown by cooperators in their spring season of 1980. Thirty nurseries went to cooperators in 21 countries. The 30 advanced lines and varieties ...
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Partner survey for the CGIAR Research Program WHEAT: national and international priorities and engagement
(CGIAR, 2014)
This document analyzes 92 responses to a 2012 survey sent by the CGIAR Research Program WHEAT to its more than 200 partners regarding their institutional priorities, engagement and activities under WHEAT strategic initiatives, ...
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