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Upgrading an essential tool in the fight against virulent crop diseases
Upgrading an essential tool in the fight against virulent crop diseases 3 February 2012 - Top Crop Manager Recent upgrades to the quarantine facilities at the Morden Research Station of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) are key to the fight against highly virulent diseases in Canadian crops. For instance, the facility is crucial for safely conducting research to develop wheat lines ...
John Bakum / newsroom599 / February 3, 2012 / 3:23 PM
Gates Speaks Out on Need for Money, Innovation in Ag Research
Gates Speaks Out on Need for Money, Innovation in Ag Research 3 February 2012 - National Association of Wheat Growers ...Gates also highlighted research being done to combat Ug99, which has been funded by the Foundation through the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project. Ug99 is a virulent wheat stem rust that has devastated crops in Africa and parts of the Middle East and is poised to ...
John Bakum / newsroom598 / February 3, 2012 / 3:16 PM
2012 News Items
January 2012
John Bakum / newsroom594 / February 1, 2012 / 3:51 PM
Decks cleared for Borlaug Institute in Bihar
Decks cleared for Borlaug Institute in Bihar 1 February 2012 - Bihar Times (India) The Bihar government will provide 200 acres at a token Re.1 per acre on a 99-year lease for setting up a Borlaug Institute for agricultural research, an official said Wednesday. The institute will be located at Pusa in Samastipur district...
John Bakum / newsroom593 / February 1, 2012 / 3:48 PM
February 2012 News Items
John Bakum / newsroom589 / February 1, 2012 / 2:55 PM
January 2012 News Items
John Bakum / newsroom588 / February 1, 2012 / 2:53 PM
December 2011 News Items
John Bakum / newsroom587 / February 1, 2012 / 2:51 PM
November 2011 News Items
John Bakum / newsroom586 / February 1, 2012 / 2:50 PM
When considering options for their 2012 cropping program, Australian grain growers should select varieties with sufficient rust resistance to suit their own risk situation
When considering options for their 2012 cropping program, Australian grain growers should select varieties with sufficient rust resistance to suit their own risk situation 24 January 2012 - SeedQuest When considering options for their 2012 cropping program, grain growers should select varieties with sufficient rust resistance to suit their own risk situation...
John Bakum / newsroom584 / January 24, 2012 / 4:51 PM
Record funding for crops research in Saskatchewan, Canada
Record funding for crops research in Saskatchewan, Canada 13 January 2012 - SeedQuest Today, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud and Member of Parliament Kelly Block (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar), on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced a record $8.3 million in crop-related research funding from the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). The record ...
John Bakum / newsroom583 / January 24, 2012 / 4:47 PM
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re: Kenneth Quinn on "That One Moment That Changed Everything" 
Very interesting excerpt.
John Bakum / blog123 / November 8, 2011 / 11:14 AM
re: Sr50 proposal 
Is it resistant to all variants of Ug99?
John Bakum / ResistanceGenesGlossary124 / October 6, 2011 / 3:24 PM
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John Bakum / Pathogen209 / May 11, 2010 / 3:17 PM
re: New data 
Where is the old data?
John Bakum / Multimedia353 / May 5, 2010 / 10:07 AM
re: Meeting in St. Petersburg for Obj 24 and screening nursery data 
Dear John, Thank you for keeping me in this loop. The agenda looks interesting. Although CRIL is not involved in DRRW project, we do manage international nursery data in International Wheat Information System (IWIS). In the meetings, I will brief data management system that is using in CRIL-CIMMYT. Looking forward to see you all in St. Petersburg. Regards, Rosemary
John Bakum / screening33 / April 9, 2010 / 11:39 AM
re: Gap Analysis Survey Draft 15 April 2009 
Not sure if it would be useful, but would you want to know where the "work" is being done if it is different than the target country? Like breeding at Obregon that's ultimately going to benefit Kenya.
John Bakum / advocacy140 / April 16, 2009 / 5:10 PM
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John Bakum / Host103 / March 17, 2009 / 7:44 PM
re: Welcome to your new Project Team Project 
Stefan, This section, at the least, will have job opportunity info. We already have one from Australia. However, the name "classifieds" could be misleading, i.e., it's not classified as in secret. Sarah- Would "Job Opportunities" be too limiting?
John Bakum / classifieds3 / December 26, 2008 / 11:46 AM
re: Pathogen - Test 
I don't know what it means.
John Bakum / Pathogen36 / October 29, 2008 / 4:22 PM
re: Pathogen - Test 
what does this mean??
John Bakum / Pathogen35 / October 29, 2008 / 4:21 PM