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Practical guide to the identification of selected diseases of wheat and Barley
(CIMMYT, 2006)
Selecting disease resistant germplasm is an essential component of breeding programs–in this case, wheat and barley programs. To achieve its objectives, the CIMMYT wheat program sistematically and consistently causes ...
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Four years of on-farm research results at Chalco, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1994)
The purpose of this special report is to record the on-farm research activities conducted around the area of Chalco, in the High Valley of Mexico, from 1986-1990. The research was conducted as part of the CIMMYT Wheat Crop ...
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Bread wheat, durum wheat, and synthetic hexaploid wheat in saline and non-saline soils
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Genetic improvement of crops for salt tolerance will become ever more important as it becomes necessary to cultivate marginal soils. The work reported here evaluated the intra- and interspecific variability in yield response ...
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Ensuring the use of sustainable crop management strategies by small wheat farmers in the 21st century
(CIMMYT, 1998)
Virtually all current strategies to implement modern, sustainable crop management production practices involve conservation/zero tillage prior to seeding, some form of crop residue retention and management, fertilizer ...
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La adopción del método de siembra de trigo en surcos en el Valle del Yaqui, Sonora, México
(CIMMYT, 1998)
El analisis de la informacion de la encuesta para el ciclo O-I 1993/94 describe las practicas agronomicas generales que llevan a cabo los productores de trigo en el Valle del Yaqui., asi como los factores agronomicos que ...
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Farmers' seed sources and management of bread wheat in Wolmera Woreda, Ethiopia
(IAR; CIMMYT, 1998)
Because seed supply and cost strongly influence farmers' ability to increase wheat production, researchers undertook a survey to document how Ethiopian farmers in Wolmera woreda acquire, manage and transfer wheat seed. ...
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Changing competitiveness of the wheat sector of Kazakhstan and sources of future productivity growth
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Economic incentives in Kazakhstan have been radically reshaped since the Soviet era ended in 1991. In the first phase of transition, the economy and agricultural sectors declined by 40-50%. Overall economic growth refused ...
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Research highlights of the CIMMYT Wheat Program 1999-2000
(CIMMYT, 2001)
This volume presents the latest results from a global research program that continues to be one of the most successful of all time. Throughout the developing world, food prices are lower and malnutrition has declined, ...
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Maize and wheat research for the next millennium: a preview of CIMMYT's role
(CIMMYT, 1996)
Yet amid this apparent plenty, tremendous inequalities exist. The World Bank estimates that there are about a billion people - roughly one in every five - who must survive on less than one US dollar a day. Equally alarming ...
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In situ conservation of crops and their relatives: a review of current status and prospects for wheat and maize
(CIMMYT, 1996)
This paper reviews the current status and prospects for in situ conservation of maize and wheat and their relatives. The caricature of in situ conservation-that it imposes cultural stasis and isolation on marginal ...