“Let there be food to eat” Written on December 10, 2020. Longtime CIMMYT collaborator Ruth Wanyera nears retirement from an honorable and decorated career in wheat research. Continue reading
Constantly vigilant: Q&A with rust disease scientist Sridhar Bhavani Written on November 13, 2020. We caught up with CIMMYT Scientist Sridhar Bhavani, who has been fighting the spread of deadly wheat rusts for over 15 years. Continue reading
Dave Hodson highlights “major breakthroughs” in rust disease response at the 2020 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop Written on October 22, 2020. CIMMYT principal scientist examines more than a decade of collaboration to detect and respond to global wheat rust diseases. Continue reading
Hans Braun receives prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for Lifetime Achievement in Wheat Research Written on October 12, 2020. Hans Braun, head of the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat, receives the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) Technical Works... Continue reading
Podcast by Dave Hodson on wheat rusts and human pandemics Written on April 24, 2020. CIMMYT senior scientist Dave Hodson discusses the striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics in a new podcast from Plantopia. Continue reading
Q&A with Mandeep Randhawa, CIMMYT wheat rust expert at Njoro Platform, Kenya Written on April 17, 2019. Mandeep Randhawa of the CIMMYT-KALRO research station in Kenya, discusses the battle for rust resistance. Continue reading
Breakthrough in the battle against Ug99 Written on January 25, 2018. A significant breakthrough in combating wheat stem rust disease was recently achieved through the collaboration of an international team. Continue reading
New video: An aggressive crop killer that threatens global food Written on January 9, 2018. "Out of Uganda: An Aggressive Crop Killer That Threatens Global Food" is a brand new video on Ug99 stem rust by Undark. Continue reading