The Fifth International Spring Wheat Yield Nursery ( ISWYN) was composed of 50 spring wheat varieties representative of the major spring wheat types. Data, received from 63 locations throughout the spring wheat regions of ...

Fifty wheat vanettes representative of the major spring types were tested in the Third International Spring Wheat Yield Nursery ( ISWYN). Results were obtained from 62 locations throughout the spring wheat regions of the ...

Undernutrition and malnutrition are currently widespread in many areas of the world. The most serious nutritional problem is protein-calorie malnutrition among children in the developing countries. ( 5, 24). There now ...

As farmers make the transition from traditional to modern agriculture their total operation changes. One of the important decisions they have to make during this period is which fertilizer to apply and how much. An important ...

Data returned on the First ISN suggest the presence of several desirable disease resistant spring wheat lines. One table is presented in summary of the most outstanding First International Screening Nursery entries.

Utilizing the stem rust races with known pathogenicity genes, 349 varieties of durums have been screened. These varieties were selected from over 3,000 of the USDA World Durum Collection on basis of their field reaction ...

In 1964 Mertz, Bates and Nelson ( 1) found that the mutant gene opaque-2 of maize produces a modified amino acid balance of the grain endosperm protein with increased quantities of lysine and tryptophan. This discovery ...

Triticale has created considerable discussion and controversy during the past few years. It has been promoted extensively in North America as a miracle crop, the answer tc growing protein deficits. Its failure to live up ...

Ideally the experimenter would like to use treatment design to minimize both variance and bias problems in estimating yield from fertilizer application. Selecting a treatment design for variance considerations will not ...

This report summarizes the progress made and some of the problems encountered in the Triticale program at CIMMYT during the past year and a supplement to the reports prepared in 1968 and 1969. Since copies of the previous ...