The use of multiline varieties, described elsewhere in this report, offers one excellent option for slowing down the build-up of a rust epidemic and thereby permits the crop to mature without damage. The writer and his ...

Maize; Wheat; Plant breeding; Genetic resources; Innovation adoption; Plant biotechnology; Seed production; Food security; Sustainability; Research policies; Economic analysis; Cropping systems; Agricultural research; ...

The year 1976 marks the end of CIMMYT'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 ...

Maize; Wheat; Plant breeding; Genetic resources; Innovation adoption; Plant biotechnology; Seed production; Food security; Sustainability; Research policies; Economic analysis; Cropping systems; Agricultural research; ...

Genetic resources; Innovation adoption; Plant biotechnology; Seed production; Food security; Sustainability; Research policies; Economic analysis; Cropping systems; Agricultural research; Organization of research; Developing ...

Plant breeding; Genetic resources; Innovation adoption; Plant biotechnology; Seed production; Food security; Sustainability; Research policies; Economic analysis; Cropping systems; Agricultural research; Organization of ...

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

El año de 1972 fue un período de avance contínuo para el CIMMYT y su red de colaboradores. Resumiendo: en este informe anual se describen los progresos científicos de cada rama de la investigación que el CIMMYT realiza con ...

El CIMMYT es una institución privada, autónoma científico-educativa, sin fines de lucro, establecida bajo la legislación mexicana para dedicarse al mejoramiento de la producción de maíz y trigo en todo el mundo, especialmente ...

Durante la década pasada, a través del mundo en desarrollo, la producción de maíz y trigo avanzó como nunca lo había hecho. En México, por ejemplo, el rendimiento medio de trigo se incrementó de unos 2,200 kg/ha en 1960 a ...