Genetic resources
Large-scale genomics will improve the yield, climate-resilience, and quality of bread wheat, new study shows
InnovationsScientists identified significant new chromosomal regions for wheat yield and disease resistance, which will speed up global breeding efforts.
Back from the brink of extinction
Nutrition, health and food securityVisiting scientist Roi Ben-David discusses Israel’s exotic germplasm gap and ongoing efforts to restore the country’s lost wheat landrace collections.
Ethiopian policymakers consider wider use of DNA fingerprinting
InnovationsThis tool allows to identify varieties used by farmers and to track the adoption and impact of improved crops.
Genome editing, gene drives, and synthetic biology: Will they contribute to disease-resistant crops, and who will benefit?
InnovationsNew paper outlines potential uses of genetic engineering technologies to address problems that affect resource-poor farmers and consumers.
CIMMYT research at the forefront of the digital revolution in African agriculture
InnovationsNew leaflet highlights digital innovations for Africa as researchers share insights at the African Green Revolution Forum 2019.
More with less: Research for intensified food production with scarcer resources and heating climates
Climate adaptation and mitigationHow plant breeding helps to feed the world.
Experimental stations in Mexico improve global agriculture
Capacity developmentCIMMYT’s five agricultural research stations in Mexico are instrumental for researchers’ work to develop innovative crops and sustainable farming systems worldwide.
Space data applications for wheat and maize research
InnovationsHow can space technology help improve maize and wheat production? CIMMYT joined a group of international data users in a recent project to find out.
Mexico’s heirloom corn is dying out–but this designer has a plan to stop it
InnovationsSource: Fast Company (7 Jun 2019)
Designer Fernando Laposse collaborated with CIMMYT to find seeds and resuscitate six species of native Mexican corn.
Rebuttal letter sets the record straight on crop breeding for climate change resilience
Climate adaptation and mitigationCrop scientists refute the flawed findings of a study questioning climate resilience in modern wheat breeding.
Tracing maize landraces, 50 years later
Environmental health and biodiversityScientists track down the families in Morelos, Mexico, who donated maize landraces to CIMMYT in 1966-67. Would they still be cultivating them?
Wild wheat relative genes to aid in battle against trio of pests
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Phys.org (17 May 2019)
CIMMYT developed wheat lines to defend against pests by breeding durum wheat and Aegilops tauschii, a progenitor species of wheat.
The geese in Morelos, Mexico
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: La Repubblica (2 May 2019)
Researchers from CIMMYT, the University of Wageningen and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna published a tracing study on abandonment of maize landraces over the last 50 years in Morelos.