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Velu Govindan

@wheatvelu

Wheat breeder: developing competitive nutrient-rich wheat varieties for smallholder farmers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Views and opinions are my own.

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Capacity building of young wheat researchers from partner countries. Learning and gaining hands-on experience in wheat breeding at Norman E Borlaug experimental station CIMMYT Obregon & Sanjaya Rajaram experimental station at Toluca, exposed to speed breeding techniques

Capacity building of young wheat researchers from partner countries. Learning and gaining hands-on experience in wheat breeding at Norman E Borlaug experimental station <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> Obregon &amp; Sanjaya Rajaram experimental station at Toluca, exposed to speed breeding techniques
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Genetic enhancement of #wheat for yield potential and grain Zn and Fe in the CIMMYT germplasm has been one of the top cited article in 2022-2023 Crop Science 🌱

Genetic enhancement of #wheat for yield potential and grain Zn and Fe in the <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> germplasm has been one of the top cited article in 2022-2023 <a href="/crop_science/">Crop Science 🌱</a>
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Good progress with the #wheat harvesting CIMMYT Obregon & seed selection and preparation for the summer cycle sowing in the highlands of Mexico

Good progress with the #wheat harvesting <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> Obregon &amp; seed selection and preparation for the summer cycle sowing in the highlands of Mexico
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Join me by watching the success story of #zinc #wheat Akbar-19 in #Pakistan 🇵🇰. It is one of the 3 major & recommended zinc enriched wheat varieties. It is revolutionizing wheat production and contributing to healthy diets among wheat consumers. 📽️ bit.ly/3Uenq5X

Join me by watching the success story of #zinc #wheat Akbar-19 in #Pakistan 🇵🇰. 

It is one of the 3 major &amp; recommended zinc enriched wheat varieties. 

It is revolutionizing wheat production and contributing to healthy diets among wheat consumers.
📽️ bit.ly/3Uenq5X
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Happy Biodiversity Day Genetic diversity in #wheat for improved food and nutrition security, one of the example of high #zinc wheat derived from diverse genetic resources CIMMYT croptrust.org/news-events/ne…

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Final step to ensure good quality wheat grain - visual evaluation of all the wheat lines multiplied from Mexicali before CIMMYT distribute our international wheat trials to hundreds of public private partners around the world

Final step to ensure good quality wheat grain - visual evaluation of all the wheat lines multiplied from Mexicali before <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> distribute our international wheat trials to hundreds of public private partners around the world
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I'm presenting at the 3rdInternational Wheat Congress to be held in Perth, 22 – 27 September. This event is an important gathering for the global wheat community to discuss advancements in the field of wheat improvement. Hope to see you there! #IWC2024 CIMMYT

I'm presenting at the 3rdInternational Wheat Congress to be held in Perth, 22 – 27 September.
This event is an important gathering for the global wheat community to discuss advancements in the field of wheat improvement.

Hope to see you there! #IWC2024 <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a>
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Wheat breeding continues with the new cohort of crosses being made CIMMYT Toluca using new parental identified through modern genomic tools and predictive methods for the accelerated genetic gains

Wheat breeding continues with the new cohort of crosses being made <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> Toluca using new parental identified through modern genomic tools and predictive methods for the accelerated genetic gains
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Excellent disease pressure to select climate proofed wheat varieties CIMMYT Toluca. Great team of dedicated staff for the continuous efforts towards accelerating genetic gains across wheat production environments

Excellent disease pressure to select climate proofed wheat varieties <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> Toluca. Great team of dedicated staff for the continuous efforts towards accelerating genetic gains across wheat production environments
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Impact of genetic resources in wheat breeding for global food and nutrition security @cimmyt New publications: Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

Impact of genetic resources in wheat breeding for global food and nutrition security @cimmyt New publications: Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…
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⭐️GCB REVIEW⭐️ #Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, & reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts & future opportunities CIMMYT ICARDA Velu Govindan Wheat_ResearchCentre Surbhi Grewal #FoodSecurity 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

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Congratulations to Aichatou Waziri, PhD student from WSU Pullman for the excellent presentation on wheat biofortification research including her research work conducted at CIMMYT

Congratulations to Aichatou Waziri, PhD student from <a href="/WSUPullman/">WSU Pullman</a> for the excellent presentation on wheat biofortification research including her research work conducted at <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a>
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Happy to have visitors from largest wheat producers global (China) and from Sub Saharan Africa (Ethiopia) CIMMYT El Batan wheat varieties demo plots few weeks ago Peking University EIARPR

Happy to have visitors from largest wheat producers global (China) and from Sub Saharan Africa (Ethiopia) <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> El Batan wheat varieties demo plots few weeks ago <a href="/PKU1898/">Peking University</a> <a href="/EIARPR/">EIARPR</a>
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Great talk from Tony Fisher, former CIMMYT wheat program director describing wheat yield gains from Yaqui Valley, Mexico #iwc2024perth

Great talk from Tony Fisher, former <a href="/CIMMYT/">CIMMYT</a> wheat program director describing wheat yield gains from Yaqui Valley, Mexico #iwc2024perth