Young women scientists who will galvanize global wheat research
Winners of the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career Award joined a CIMMYT wheat research training course and global wheat program Visitors' Week in March.
View ArticleFrancisco Barro, developer of gluten-free wheat, to deliver keynote address...
Barro led a team that in 2017 applied gene editing to significantly reduce reaction-causing gluten proteins in wheat.
View ArticleBearish headlines overstate the extent of available global wheat stocks,...
Experts in the UK say that the declining area sown to wheat worldwide, together with stockpiling by China, is masking significant risk in global wheat markets.
View ArticleFarmers, environment, and carbon markets to profit from more precise...
Seminal study shows that reducing wheat fertilizer rates significantly cuts nitrous oxide emissions without reducing grain yield or quality.
View ArticleFrom genes to networks to what-works
Functional genomics must align with crop agronomy and keep food security in clear sight, authors argue.
View ArticleQ+A with Iván Ortíz-Monasterio on nitrogen dosages and greenhouse gases
In an exclusive interview with Laura Strugnell, Ivan discusses the overuse of nitrogen fertilizer, his experiences with farmers, and the future.
View ArticleWheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Researchers train as part of global response to the threat of wheat blast.
View ArticleIran phenotyping workshop highlights wheat physiology
Improving Iranian wheat specialists' knowledge and skills for breeding and crop management.
View ArticleCall for action on wheat blast threat in South Asia
New study shows that blast outbreaks in one year could cost the region as much as $350 million.
View ArticleCIMMYT promotes gender awareness in agriculture research and development in...
Gender awareness and gender-sensitive approaches are slowly spreading into agricultural research, extension, and policy in Ethiopia.
View ArticleWheat-rye crosses provide control for deadly sap-sucking aphid
ICARDA and CIMMYT find genetic resistance to Russian wheat aphid, to boost harvests and reduce risks for health and the environmental.
View ArticleMutating diseases drive wheat variety turnover in Ethiopia, new study shows
Farmers need a range of wheat varieties with genetically complex disease resistance.
View ArticleTraveling seminar tours Turkey wheat fields
50 wheat scientists from 11 countries gain first-hand acquaintance with the huge diversity of winter wheat.
View ArticleNew wheat gene map will speed breeding and help secure grain supplies
A new, annotated reference genome for wheat was reported in Science magazine and the BBC.
View ArticleResearchers find “hotspot” regions in the wheat genome for high zinc content
Findings published in "Nature Scientific Reports" will improve access to more nutritious wheat.
View Article2018 Agricultural Innovation Program meeting: CIMMYT and partners’...
Better seed and innovative crop management can make Pakistan farming more productive, participants said.
View ArticleQ+A with Iván Ortíz-Monasterio on nitrogen dosages and greenhouse gases
In an exclusive interview with Laura Strugnell, Ivan discusses the overuse of nitrogen fertilizer, his experiences with farmers, and the future.
View ArticleWheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Researchers train as part of global response to the threat of wheat blast.
View ArticleCall for action on wheat blast threat in South Asia
New study shows that blast outbreaks in one year could cost the region as much as $350 million.
View ArticleWheat-rye crosses provide control for deadly sap-sucking aphid
ICARDA and CIMMYT find genetic resistance to Russian wheat aphid, to boost harvests and reduce risks for health and the environmental.
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