CIMMYT’s Bread Wheat Breeding Program analyzed top wheat genotypes over 14 years, aiming to boost grain yield (GY) and stability. Results at the Norman E. Borlaug Research Station in Mexico showed an annual GY gain of 0.96%, driven by enhancements in biomass, grain filling rate, and radiation use efficiency. This underscores CIMMYT’s success in delivering high-yielding wheat varieties globally and suggests potential future gains through diverse genotype intercrossing.
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Climate adaptation and mitigation
Study describing development of wheat with biological nitrogen inhibition ability from wild relative receives award for outstanding papers published in PNAS.
Innovations
Scientist Bhoja Raj Basnet shares his journey from Nepal to Mexico where he joined CIMMYT as a postdoctoral fellow working in the bread wheat improvement program.
Innovations
Researchers build on existing source-and-sink model to map complex interaction of traits that determine wheat yield throughout its growth cycle, as a guide for breeding and future research.
