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Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production: The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative

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Title Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production: The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative
 
Creator Langridge, Peter
Alaux, Michael
Almeida, Nuno Felipe
Ammar, Karim
Baum, Michael
Bekkaoui, Faouzi
Bentley, Alison
L. Beres, Brian
Berger, Bettina
Braun, Hans-Joachim
Brown-Guedira, Gina
Burt, Christopher James
Caccamo, Mario Jose
Cattivelli, Luigi
Charmet, Gilles
Civan, Peter
Cloutier, Sylvie
Cohan, Jean-Pierre
J Devaux, Pierre
M Doohan, Fiona
Dreccer, Fernanda
Ferrahi, Moha
German Faedo, Silvia Elisa
Goodwin, Stephen B
Griffiths, Simon
Guzmán García, Carlos
Handa, Hirokazu
Hawkesford, Malcolm John
He, Zhonghu
Huttner, Eric
M Ikeda, Tatsuya
Kilian, Benjamin
King, Ian Philip
King, Julie
Kirkegaard, John
Lage, Jacob
Le Gouis, Jacques
Mondal, Suchismita
Mullins, Ewen
Ordon, Frank
Ortiz-Monasterio, Jose Ivan
Özkan, Hakan
Öztürk, Ifran
Pereyra, Silvia
Pozniak, Curtis
Quesneville, Hadi
C. Quincke, Martin
Rebetzke, Greg John
Reif, Jochen Christoph
Saavedra-Bravo, Teresa
Schurr, Ulrich
Sharma, Shivali
Kumar, Sanjay
Singh, Ravi
Snape, John W.
Tadesse, Wuletaw
Tsujimoto, Hisashi
Tuberosa, Roberto
G. Willis, Tim
Zhang, Xueyong
 
Subject agronomy
climate change
germplasm
wheat
coordination
wheat
strategy
yield
nutrition, health and food security
 
Description Wheat occupies a special role in global food security since, in addition to providing 20% of
our carbohydrates and protein, almost 25% of the global production is traded internationally. The
importance of wheat for food security was recognised by the Chief Agricultural Scientists of the G20
group of countries when they endorsed the establishment of the Wheat Initiative in 2011. The Wheat
Initiative was tasked with supporting the wheat research community by facilitating collaboration,
information and resource sharing and helping to build the capacity to address challenges facing
production in an increasingly variable environment. Many countries invest in wheat research.
Innovations in wheat breeding and agronomy have delivered enormous gains over the past few
decades, with the average global yield increasing from just over 1 tonne per hectare in the early 1960s
to around 3.5 tonnes in the past decade. These gains are threatened by climate change, the rapidly
rising financial and environmental costs of fertilizer, and pesticides, combined with declines in water
availability for irrigation in many regions. The international wheat research community has worked
to identify major opportunities to help ensure that global wheat production can meet demand. The
outcomes of these discussions are presented in this paper.
 
Date 2023-01-03T22:44:49Z
2023-01-03T22:44:49Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Peter Langridge, Michael Alaux, Nuno Felipe Almeida, Karim Ammar, Michael Baum, Faouzi Bekkaoui, Alison Bentley, Brian L. Beres, Bettina Berger, Hans-Joachim Braun, Gina Brown-Guedira, Christopher James Burt, Mario Jose Caccamo, Luigi Cattivelli, Gilles Charmet, Peter Civan, Sylvie Cloutier, Jean-Pierre Cohan, Pierre J Devaux, Fiona M Doohan, Fernanda Dreccer, Moha Ferrahi, Silvia Elisa German Faedo, Stephen B Goodwin, Simon Griffiths, Carlos Guzmán García, Hirokazu Handa, Malcolm John Hawkesford, Zhonghu He, Eric Huttner, Tatsuya M Ikeda, Benjamin Kilian, Ian Philip King, Julie King, John Kirkegaard, Jacob Lage, Jacques Le Gouis, Suchismita Mondal, Ewen Mullins, Frank Ordon, Jose Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Hakan Özkan, Ifran Öztürk, Silvia Pereyra, Curtis Pozniak, Hadi Quesneville, Martin C. Quincke, Greg John Rebetzke, Jochen Christoph Reif, Teresa Saavedra-Bravo, Ulrich Schurr, Shivali Sharma, Sanjay Kumar, Ravi Singh, John W. Snape, Wuletaw Tadesse, Hisashi Tsujimoto, Roberto Tuberosa, Tim G. Willis, Xueyong Zhang. (7/11/2022). Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production: The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative. Agronomy, 12 (11).
2073-4395
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126523
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112767
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Source Agronomy