Calling all Women Geneticists!
UC Davis, CA: Dr.
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18 Dec 2015
Jesse Dubin and Bill Bruckart honored in Kulumsa Library dedication
KULUMSA, ETHIOPIA: The Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center dedicated a corner of the Kulumsa University Library to Dr. Jesse Dubin and Dr. William (Bill) Bruckart, in a small ceremony at the center on November 5.
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Linda McCandless with Dr. Bedada · 11 Dec 2015
PBI-Cobbitty: A cereal rust 'mecca' on tour
COBBITTY, NSW: Wheat rust experts from around the world consider the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute (PBI), in Cobbitty, New South Wales, a “mecca” of cereal breeding and rust pathology.
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20 Oct 2015
CIMMYT wheat breeder Ravi Singh wins China’s Friendship Award
EL BATAN, Mexico, October 7 (CIMMYT) - Gains in China’s agricultural productivity over the past 30 years are due in large measure to smallholder farmers who have readily adopted innovative farming practices introduced by scientists, said a top wheat breeder during a speech at the country’s annual
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Julie Mollins, CIMMYT · 12 Oct 2015
Meet the BGRI 2015 Poster Winners
Judged by an expert panel to be the best of the best, the BGRI offers its congratulations to the 2015 BGRI Poster Award winners.
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John Bakum · 2 Oct 2015
2015 WIT early career awards recognize four young women in wheat
Sydney, Australia — Four young women wheat scientists received the 2015 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career awards today — Philomin Juliana, Shideh Mojerlou, Kerri Neugebauer, and Kathryn Turner.
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Linda McCandless · 18 Sep 2015
Mike Pumphrey receives 2015 BGRI Mentor Award
Sydney, Australia — Michael ‘Mike’ Pumphrey, associate professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Washington State University (WSU), was awarded the 2015 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Mentor Award during
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Linda McCandless · 18 Sep 2015
Kenya wheat team wins prestigious 2015 Gene Stewardship Award
Sydney, Australia: Three Kenyans were awarded the 2015 BGRI Gene Stewardship Award and received the coveted “Norman Borlaug” statue for their work in wheat during the 2015 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) Tech
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Linda McCandless · 18 Sep 2015
Scientists to detail progress and challenges regarding global wheat threats at meetings in Australia
Sydney, Australia — The world's top wheat experts will gather in Sydney later this month to report progress on replacing rust susceptible varieties of wheat even as they report the unsettling incidence of new strai
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Linda McCandless with Julie Mollins · 3 Sep 2015
Kingbird released in Ethiopia to address new stem rust threat
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Farmers in Ethiopia are banking on Kingbird, the latest variety of wheat to be released by the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR).
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Linda McCandless · 25 Aug 2015
