Management and use of international trial data for improving breeding efficiency

Management and use of international trial data for improving breeding efficiency
Author: Fox, P.N.
Publisher: CIMMYT
Total Pages: 110
Release: 1992
Genre:
ISBN: 9789686923032

Acronyms/abbreviations used in this report; Workshop participants; Initial discussion; Shaping the second revolution-an historical perspective on international trials; Statistical analysis of international yield trial data in ICARDA's cereal program; AMMI analysis of yield trialsLong-term similarity of environments in the ISWYN; Using the shifted multiplicative model (SHMM) to identify subsets of environments withoutgenotypic rank change: II. Clustering method; Analysis of internationalnursery data-results and implications for international nursery designUpdate on the data management systems (DMS) for the wheat program; Useof relational data bases in wheat breeding; Yield trial system/international nursery logistics; General discussion/conclusions/actions to betaken.

Fusarium head scab of wheat (Fusarium graminearum Schwabe)

Fusarium head scab of wheat (Fusarium graminearum Schwabe)
Author: J. Ireta M.
Publisher: CIMMYT
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1994
Genre: Fungal diseases of plants
ISBN: 9789686923216

Economic importance; Scab-producing organisms; Etiology; Epidemiology;Survival of the inoculum source; Types of inoculum; Inoculum production and dispersal; Hosts; Spike infection and colonization; Symptoms; Toxin production; Evaluating the disease and estimating crop losses; Disease scoring; Estimating crop losses; Controle measures; Disease resistance; Chemical control; Cultural control.