Biotechnology in International Agricultural Research

CIMMYT is in its fourteenth year of wide cross research in wheat and maize, and
the program is an important part of the Center's over-all research effort.
Traditional breeding techniques and wide cross research are seen as
complementary. Progress in the former is predictable and dependable, while
progress in the latter is less so, but has the potential to make quantum leaps.
Recently developed techniques may allow wide cross research to proceed much
more rapidly than it has to ...