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The new greenhouse opened at Aegean Agricultural Research Institute in Izmir and will be used for speed breeding in International Winter Wheat Improvement Program. The capacity of facility is for 25.000 plants per cycle and will be used to have 3 generations in 13-14 months.
Prof. Ronnie Coffman (BGRI Vice-Chairman) and Dr. Maricelis Acevedo (BGRI Executive Director) visit to Turkey, May 27 - June , 2018
Every year visitors come from outside to learn about IWWIP activities and make germplasm selection. This year visit will cover key breeding sites and will be combined with phenotyping workshop. Around 45 local and international visitors are expected.
Program of IWWIP National Wheat Travelling Seminar and Phenotyping Workshop
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Project: ''Improving food security by enhancing wheat production and its resilience to climate change through maintaining the diversity of currently grown landraces''
International nurseries reports for season 2017 were released in web site. The available datas are slection under different environmental conditions, plant height, heading days, yield, diseases and other observations.
IWWIP annual meeting was held on 8-11 January 2018 at Palan Hotel in Erzurum.
Yellow rust resistance in IWWIP germplasm in Uzbekistan in 2016. IWWIP lines represented much lesser severity than released and pipeline varieties. Area planted with yellow rust resistant winter wheat varieties developed through international collaboration and analysis of fungicide cost in 2016 and potential savings to farmers from growing just one variety in 2017.
MR. GOLDEN GRAIN
The Life and Work of the MAHARAJA OF WHEAT
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram
