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International Training Program in Wheat Rust Surveillance and Monitoring, India, 25 Feb - 14 March 2010

The DRRW in association with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research conducted its first hands-on-capacity building program on wheat rust surveillance and monitoring for SAARC countries during February 25 through March 14, 2010, in India.

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 | Last Update by Jenny Nelson | March 13, 2010 | 11:53 AM | 1 Attachment
Wheat Rusts: An Atlas of Resistance Genes
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative is pleased to offer for download Wheat Rusts: An Atlas of Resistance Genes by Robert McIntosh, Colin Wellings, and Robert Park. ...
 | Last Update by Jenny Nelson | February 3, 2010 | 3:36 AM | 6 Attachments
Kenya: Stalking a Wheat Killer
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Stem rust epidemics have caused major famines over the centuries. Sharon Schmickle, an award-winning freelance journalist, examines the impact of the latest deadly strain of rust ...
 | Last Update by John Bakum | December 3, 2009 | 5:06 AM
Stem Rust Scoring Course, Njoro, Kenya, 28 Sept-6 Oct 2009
This course, developed by CIMMYT and KARI-Njoro, was designed to train National Programs' pathologists and breeders score for stem rust infection occurrence in wheat. ...
 | Last Update by John Bakum | November 20, 2009 | 6:19 AM | 1 Attachment
8th International Wheat Conference and BGRI 2010 Technical Workshop
Some 530 scientists from 77 wheat-producing nations gathered for the 8th International Wheat conference (8IWC) from June 1-4, 2010, in the historic city of St. Petersburg, Russia. The IWC is held every five years, the last conference taking place in La Plata, Argentina, in 2005.The famous Vavilov Institute—one of the oldest and most comprehensive collections of germplasm—hosted the conference. “Every major wheat-producing country was represented and there was a strong private sector presence,” said Hans Braun, director, CIMMYT Global Wheat Program. “This really showed that wheat is back on the research agenda.” ...
 | Last Update by Jenny Nelson | November 10, 2009 | 2:57 PM | 33 Attachments
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