The 11th International Gluten Workshop (IGW) jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and CIMMYT, was held in Beijing, China, during 12-15 August 2012. 150 participants from 16 countri…
To discuss fusarium head blight (FHB, or scab), a major wheat disease, over 130 delegates from East Asia, Europe, and North and South America attended the 4th International Symposium on FHB in Nanjing, China, during 23-26 August 2012. The symposium was…
CIMMYT posted a photo: A day laborer in Islamabad, Pakistan pauses from his work of harvesting wheat by hand. He holds a sickle, known locally as a “daranti”. Photo credit: A. Yaqub/CIMMYT. For the latest on CIMMYT in Pakistan, see: blog.ci…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Wheat spikes of an improved wheat variety growin in the field in Islamabad, Pakistan. The variety, known as NARC-2009, is based on a wheat line developed by CIMMYT and shared with partners as part of an international nursery dist…
