Abstract |
This publication highlights CIMMYT Maize, Wheat, and Economics Research Programs. Research activities included in this report are: approaches for developing resistance to maize streak virus in Africa, a method of breeding for improved husk cover in tropical maize, successes in overcoming the early drawbacks of high lysine maize and increasing the use of quality protein maize in national programs, a systematic test of CIMMYT's population improvement scheme and improvements in the Center's facilities, procedures for handling maize germplasm bank materials, analysis of the yield stability of CIMMYT's high-yielding semidwarf bread wheat varieties, improvement |