Wheat
How scientists are preparing wheat for climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Mashable (13 Aug 2021)
Matthew Reynolds talked to Mashable about the importance of developing drought-resistant crops through breeding programs to protect future wheat supplies.
Seed giants must collaborate or be dwarfed by threat of climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New funding models, such as public-private partnerships, can collectively address knowledge gaps to avoid potential catastrophes for society at large.
Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
Environmental health and biodiversity
Cross-regional collaboration brings wheat blast protection to farmers in Bangladesh and Brazil.
Can you help shape the future of plant disease detection?
Innovations
Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning result in a breakthrough for automated detection of wheat rusts.
Genome-wide association study puts tan spot-resistant genes in the spotlight
Innovations
CIMMYT’s collaboration with scientists in Kazakhstan finds a new, promising source of genetic resistance to tan spot, a damaging wheat disease.
Maize and wheat science to sustainably feed the world
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New CIMMYT brochure highlights value of maize and wheat science to battle rising undernourishment.
Protecting plants will protect people and the planet
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Understanding the relationship between climate change and plant health is key to conserving biodiversity and boosting food production today and for future generations.
CRP Wheat Annual Report 2020
Innovations
WHEAT supported the release of 63 CGIAR-derived high-yielding and climate-resilient wheat varieties in 2020, boosting farmer resilience and income throughout the wheat-growing world.
CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim
New leadership will continue to build on scientific excellence on maize and wheat research.
Annual Report 2020 launched
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Working towards resilience, renewal and transition in our agri-food systems.
Adult plant resistance (APR): the strategy to beat persistent pathogens
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT’s decision to focus on APR genes versus race-specific genes (R-genes) protects the livelihoods of millions of smallholder wheat farmers throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
From science to impact: a chat with women scientists at CIMMYT
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Martin Kropff sits down with scientists involved in maize breeding, wheat quality and crop data to discuss their successes and passion behind the work that they do to help CIMMYT and CGIAR reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
Report links wheat blast pandemic on three continents
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: World Grain (19 Mar 2021)
Genetic analyses show that a destructive wheat blast fungus that travelled from South America to South East Asia is now established in Zambia under rain-fed conditions.
Beneficial bioactives
Nutrition, health and food security
Don’t discount the contribution cereals can make to combatting micronutrient malnutrition, say researchers.
Breaking Ground: Fatima Camarillo invests in education
Capacity development
Educator and researcher trains partners from around the world in CIMMYT’s unique wheat improvement course.
