CIMMYT posted a photo: An improved wheat variety grows 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 distributed by CIMMYT…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Wheat is harvested using a combine harvester at Pakistan’s National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad. Large experimental plots are harvested mechanically, while manual harvesting is used where more precision i…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Wheat leaf showing symptoms of stripe rust (also known as yellow rust, a disease caused by (iPuccinia striiformis/i), growing on an experimental plot at Pakistan’s National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, ph…
“This year has been terrible for wheat production,” said Yuriy Zelenskiy, CIMMYT wheat breeder in Kazakhstan. “Since planting, there have been 60 days without rain, and the temperature has been on average between three and five degrees higher tha…
Presentation from International Gluten Workshop, 11th; Beijing (China); 12-15 Aug 2012
