March 2014 – CIMMYT knowledge center blog

Wheat seed storage proteins: Advances in molecular genetics, diversity and breeding applications

Written on March 18, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Journal of Cereal Science, 2014 Rasheed, A.; Xianchun Xia; Yueming Yan; Appels, R.; Mahmood, T.; He Zhonghu. Wheat seed storage proteins, especially glutenins and gliadins, have unique functional properties giving rise to a wide array of food products for human consumption. The wheat...

Variability of grain-filling traits in early maturing CIMMYT tropical maize inbred lines

Written on March 18, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Crop Science 54 (2) : 530-536, 2014 Gasura, E.; Setimela, P.S.;Amsal Tesfaye Tarekegne; Icishahayo, D.; Edema, R.; Gibson, P.T.; Okori, P. Grain-filling rate (GFR), effective grain-filling duration (EGFD), and total grain-filling duration (TGFD) are important physiological traits of maize...

Adoption and extent of conservation agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in Malawi

Written on March 18, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 69 (2) : 107-119, 2014 Ngwira, A.;Johnsen, F.H.; Aune, J.B.; Mekuria, M.; Thierfelder, C. Understanding factors affecting farmers’ adoption of improved technologies is critical to success of conservation agriculture (CA) program implementation....

Quantifying the relationship between temperature regulation in the ear and floret development stage in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under heat and drought stress

Written on March 3, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Functional Plant Biology 40 : 700-707, 2014 Steinmeyer, F.T.; Lukac, A.; Reynolds, M.P.; Jones, H.E. Thermal imaging is a valuable tool for the clarification of gas exchange dynamics between a plant and its environment. The presence of stomata in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) glumes and...

Evaluating the impact of improved maize varieties on food security in Rural Tanzania: Evidence from a continuous treatment approach

Written on March 3, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Food Security, 2014 Berresaw Menale Kassie; Jaleta, M.; Mattei, A. This paper investigates impact heterogeneity in the adoption of improved maize varieties using data from rural Tanzania. We used a generalized propensity-score matching methodology, complemented with a parametric econometric...

Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi

Written on March 3, 2014. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Food Policy 45 : 101-111, 2014 Fisher, M.; Kandiwa, V. Nationally representative data for Malawi were used to measure the gender gap in adoption of modern maize and to investigate how, if at all, Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has impacted the gap. Regression results show...

Month: March 2014

Wheat seed storage proteins: Advances in molecular genetics, diversity and breeding applications

Variability of grain-filling traits in early maturing CIMMYT tropical maize inbred lines

Adoption and extent of conservation agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in Malawi

Quantifying the relationship between temperature regulation in the ear and floret development stage in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under heat and drought stress

Evaluating the impact of improved maize varieties on food security in Rural Tanzania: Evidence from a continuous treatment approach

Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi