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Rust resistant wheat Rust diseases pose some of the most significant and ever-present threats to wheat production worldwide. Losses due to rust of only a few percent globally would spike prices and disproportionately harm the world’s poorest consumers. Production increases from use of disease resistant semidwarf wheat varieties have averted potentially disastrous shortfalls in world food stocks since the 1970s. CIMMYT is drawing upon its extensive germplasm resources, deep genetic improvement knowledge, network of collaborators, and modern bioscience innovations to create with its partners a new generation of stable, resilient, and profitable wheat germplasm possessing durable resistance to the major rust diseases. Back to Flagship Products index |
New or improved traits through allele mining and gene discovery to best use global crop biodiversity Stress tolerant maize for enhanced food security and crop diversification Improved tools and methologies for genetic improvementBio-fortified maize for improved nutrition and health Opportunities for income generation from special trait maize Wheat with enhanced water productivity and appropriate quality profiles Resource conservation technologies for maize and wheat cropping systems Capacity building in national agricultural research system breeding programs |
