The CIMMYT wheat breeding strategies and its relevance to Ethiopia

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAccelerated Breedingen_US
cg.contributor.initiativePlant Healthen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBekele Abeyo: 0000-0002-8548-5128en_US
cg.creator.identifierBadeo A.; A.Badebo, Ayele Badebo, Ayele Badebo Huluka, Huluka AB: 0000-0001-6574-2724en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.isbn9789994466153en_US
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorAbeyo, Bekele G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBadebo, Ayeleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-16T10:57:14Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-16T10:57:14Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127177en_US
dc.titleThe CIMMYT wheat breeding strategies and its relevance to Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractWheat is the most important food security crop globally. Recent world wheat production stand at 766 million tons on 216 million hectares though wheat production is challenged by various biotic, abiotic, and other factors. As a global leader in wheat research, CIMMYT’s primary goal is to develop broadly adapted germplasm with high and stable yield, durable disease resistance, stress tolerance and acceptable end-use quality strategically addressing the different mega-environments such as irrigated regions, high-rainfall areas, acid soils, semiarid zones, tropical areas, and winter wheat zones. CIMMYT’s Global wheat program is one of the most important public sources of high yielding, nutritious, disease resistant and climate-resilient wheat varieties for Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The program works with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat, and NARS. The CIMMYT wheat breeding program is supported by multidisciplinary team of experts with breeders strategically and internationally located at key regional offices to facilitate germplasm and information exchange as well as technically support NARS. The primary focus of the breeding program is on core (must have) traits with some emphasis on additional traits for specific environments. The center is crossing, selecting, developing, and distributing stable, and high yielding advanced lines which includes some Zn and Fe enriched germplasm, with durable pest resistance, stress tolerance and superior quality using the different strategies, and methods, highlighted. In addition, CIMMYT collaboration with Ethiopian NARS in some areas will also be briefed.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbeyo, B. and Badebo, A. 2022. The CIMMYT wheat breeding strategies and its relevance to Ethio-pia. IN: Revitalizing the Ethiopian Wheat Sector: Progresses and Challenges of Wheat Research and Seed Production (pp. 1–35). Addis Ababa: EIAR.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 1-35en_US
dcterms.issued2022en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Researchen_US
dcterms.subjectwheaten_US
dcterms.subjectbreedingen_US
dcterms.subjectresearch programmesen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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