The Mexican research center, formalized in 1966, that grew out of the Rockefeller-Mexico program where Norman Borlaug bred his dwarf wheats. CIMMYT wheat and maize lines are in the pedigrees of a large share of both crops planted worldwide, and its shuttle-breeding method, moving generations between two Mexican stations a season apart, became standard practice. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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CIMMYT, developer of Norman Borlaug's high-yielding wheat varieties, is one of the two research institutions most consistently credited as the origin of the Green Revolution.
CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) developed the high-yielding wheat varieties central to India's Green Revolution.
Maize, Crops CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, is named directly for its maize mandate.
CIMMYT grew from the Rockefeller-Mexico program where Borlaug bred his wheats
Source International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Wikipedia)
Wheat, Crops CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, is named directly for its wheat mandate.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
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1. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Wikipedia)
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The Mexican research center, formalized in 1966, that grew out of the Rockefeller-Mexico program where Norman Borlaug bred his dwarf wheats.
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