BGRI Blog May 17, 2022 MARPLE diagnostics reaches South Asia Researchers from the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and iDE Nepal, took part in a… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog March 15, 2022 What the crisis in Ukraine means for wheat and food security The war in Ukraine has set off a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and sparked massive disruptions… Matt Hayes Love1
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… Matt Hayes Love2
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.… Matt Hayes Love2
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… Matt Hayes Love2
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… Matt Hayes Love1
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… Matt Hayes Love1
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… Matt Hayes Love1
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… Matt Hayes Love1
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… Matt Hayes Love1