Leading Australian farmers visit CIMMYT
Ravi Singh (far left), CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist, breeder, and expert in wheat genetics and pathology, discusses CIMMYT's wheat breeding efforts with leading Australian grain farmers during a visit to the center's Toluca experiment station. CIMMYT hosted the group at Toluca and El Batán between 19 and 22 August 2011, as part of a tour of farms, private and public research institutes and grain processing facilities in Singapore, UK, France, Canada, USA, and Mexico, which was supported by Australia’s Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
The farmers were particularly interested in the developments concerning wheat stem rust race Ug99, which has reached South Africa, and risks spreading from there to western Australia, if previous disease trends occur. Stripe rust resistance, increased yield potential, and tolerance to drought and heat were also discussed; GRDC invests in this research in view of CIMMYT’s past and current contributions to higher and more stable wheat yields in Australia.
Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT.
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/index.php/2011/08/key-australian-farmers-....
Leading Australian farmers visit CIMMYT
Ravi Singh (far left), CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist, breeder, and expert in wheat genetics and pathology, discusses CIMMYT's wheat breeding efforts with leading Australian grain farmers during a visit to the center's Toluca experiment station. CIMMYT hosted the group at Toluca and El Batán between 19 and 22 August 2011, as part of a tour of farms, private and public research institutes and grain processing facilities in Singapore, UK, France, Canada, USA, and Mexico, which was supported by Australia’s Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
The farmers were particularly interested in the developments concerning wheat stem rust race Ug99, which has reached South Africa, and risks spreading from there to western Australia, if previous disease trends occur. Stripe rust resistance, increased yield potential, and tolerance to drought and heat were also discussed; GRDC invests in this research in view of CIMMYT’s past and current contributions to higher and more stable wheat yields in Australia.
Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT.
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/index.php/2011/08/key-australian-farmers-....