Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)

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In collaboration with ZARI and other partners, CIMMYT brought together wheat scientists, researchers, academics, policymakers, and extension agents to address the urgent threat of wheat blast across borders.

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Wheat researchers, government extension agents, and policy makers gather in Bangladesh to develop their skills in pathology, breeding, agronomy, integrated disease management and agricultural extension technologies.

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Delegates travelled to South Asia to witness the success of a collaboration which is combatting wheat blast disease in Bangladesh and for other wheat growing nations.

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The developments will create capacity for national and international research and improve processes for disease screening in wheat.

Publications

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Researchers evaluate the use of genomic selection in wheat breeding against deadly fungal disease.

Features

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Researchers point out the future of the disease, the ways to manage it and prevent it from spreading — within and across continents.

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Genomic-wide association study evaluated samples from Bolivia and Bangladesh for blast-resistant genes.

Press releases

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Researchers in Zambia confirm the arrival of this devastating fungal disease to the African continent.

Explainers

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Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades. It spreads through infected seeds, crop residues as well as by spores that can travel long distances in the air, posing a major threat to wheat production in tropical areas.