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John Bakum

2022 WIT
BGRI Blog
June 28, 2022

2022 Women in Triticum award winners

The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is excited to announce the 2022 Jeanie Borlaug Laube…
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CRPMC2022
BGRI Blog
December 10, 2021

BGRI early-career scientist awards for International Cereal Rust and Powdery Mildew Conference

The BGRI is supporting two early-career scientists to attend the 16th International Cereal Rust and…
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Dhuba Thapa
BGRI Blog
November 1, 2021

Wheat in Nepal: a look back, and ahead

Dhruba Thapa recently retired from the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) after a 28-year career.…
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Ravi Singh
BGRI Blog
October 11, 2021

Ravi Singh earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Borlaug Global Rust Initiative

World-renowned plant breeder Ravi Singh, whose elite wheat varieties reduced the risk of a global…
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2021 Gene Stewardship Winners
BGRI Blog
October 8, 2021

Canadian research team wins Borlaug Gene Stewardship Award

The rust-resistant wheat cultivar development team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) earned the Borlaug…
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BGRI Blog
September 2, 2021

Global action: innovative wheat research projects respond to food security crisis

When Norman Borlaug said, “Rust never sleeps,” he was warning of the emergence of a…
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DNA Fingerprinting
BGRI Blog
September 1, 2021

DNA fingerprinting maps wheat variety adoption across Nepal and Bangladesh

Wheat is one of the most widely grown crops globally, yet for many farmers the…
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BGRI Blog
August 16, 2021

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2021 Virtual Technical Workshop

When a devastating plant pathogen threatened worldwide wheat production in the early 2000s, it took…
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BGRI Blog
June 30, 2021

Combining resistance genes to improve wheat yields

By: Dr. Jianping Zhang, Dr. Ian Dundas, Dr. Robert McIntosh, Prof. Evans Lagudah, Dr. Peng…
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Wheat rust genomics website
BGRI Blog
May 4, 2021

New Wheat Rust Genomics website launched

A wheat rust genomics website has been launched as a hub of genomic data and…
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