| ICARDA organized two training courses in November and December of 2009 covering rust race analysis and seedling assessment of wheat rusts. There were two course components that allowed: ... |
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the first annual Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Award for early-career women wheat researchers.
This award, established in 2010, provides professional development opportunities for women working in wheat during the early stages of their career. The award is named after Jeanie Borlaug Laube, mentor to many, and daughter of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. Jeanie Borlaug Laube has served as Chair of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative since October 2009.
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Preliminary programs for the Joint Congress of the Hard Winter Wheat Workers Workshop and the National Wheat Genomics Workshop, March 7-10, 2010, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln can be found at http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG2/calendar.shtml. All oral presentations are by invitation. Contributed papers are welcomed as posters. Guidelines for poster presentations also are attached. For registration information, please visit: http://conferences.unl.edu/wheat/.
For more information, contact: Robert Graybosch, PhD Research Geneticist USDA-ARS 314 Biochemistry Hall, East Campus UNL, Lincoln, NE 68583 402-472-1563 (office) 402-613-1950 (mobile) |
| This course, developed by CIMMYT and KARI-Njoro, was designed to train National Programs' pathologists and breeders score for stem rust infection occurrence in wheat. ... |
| 15 February - 14 May 2010, at CIMMYT El Batan and Cd. Obregon. Download the PDF announcement, or see below for more information. ... |
| Race Sampling and Collection A presentation by Zak Pretorius ... |