In 1950 a stem rust epidemic struck the wheat crop in the United States and Canada, reaching its greatest destruction in 1954. In 1953 the durum wheat crop of the U.S. was 60 per cent destroyed, and in 1954,75 per cent. ...

Patronato's member farmers use voluntary fixed quotas to fund research at CIANO (Agricultural Research Center of the Northwest) focused specifically on Sonora. Mexico's particular production problems. Results have been ...

The Bangladeshi wheat revolution has had a positive psychological effect upon the nation. The success in wheat production is heralded as an example of what can be achieved for the multitude of other development projects ...

This CIMMYT Today presents the viewpoints of a cross-section of Brazil's major players in wheat research and production. The narrative begins with some history and a description of the current wheat status. Also included ...

In a world of relentless population growth, shrinking arable land resources per capita and an ever present need for more and better food for the impoverished, there is a tremendous task and responsibility for scientists, ...

Information about the program for wheat improvement in Turkey by CIMMYT

Intensive triticale breeding at CIMMYT during the past decade has brought this "man-made" crop to the brink of commercial cultivation by farmers in the tropics and subtropics.

Ripening winter wheat fields in Oregon. Both developed and developing country growers stand to gain from the collaborative spring x winter research program described in this article.

Multiline varieties-mixtures of genetically related lines that have different genes for disease resistance-offer farmers a way to tame outbreaks of rust, thus stabilizing annual wheat yields. CIMMYT is producing large ...