December 2016 – CIMMYT knowledge center blog

Month: December 2016

Mining centuries old In situ conserved turkish wheat landraces for grain yield and stripe rust resistance genes

Written on December 9, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Sehgal, D.; Dreisigacker, S.; Belen, S.; Kucukozdemir, U.; Mert, Z.; Ozer, E.; Morgounov, A.I. Published in: Frontiers in genetics, 2016, vol.7, no.201. Wheat landraces in Turkey are an important genetic resource for wheat improvement. An exhaustive 5-year (2009–2014) effort made by the...

Africa’s changing farm size distribution patterns : the rise of medium-scale farms

Written on December 6, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Jayne, T.S., Chamberlin, J.; Traub, L.; Sitko, N.J.; Muyanga, M.; Yeboah, K.; Anseeuw, W.; Chapoto, A.; Ayala Wineman; Nkonde, C.; Kachule, R. Published in: Agricultural Economics, 2016, vol. 47 (supplement), p. 197-214 Mexico is the center of origin of diversification of maize (Zea mays...