Applying innovations and new technologies for international collaborative wheat improvement

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-110

  Reynolds, M P ^a   Borlaug, N E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GREEN REVOLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL DEGRADATION; WATER STORAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646502833     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859606005879     Document Type: Review

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