Leonardo Crespo

Trait transfer to BW breeding - more targeted, efficient and demand-driven: 5 traits related to photosynthetic potential, yield stability, spike fertility, root system and partitioning. Crosses designed and done at Toluca #speedbreeding BW doers, here we go! #USAID, @CIMMYT

Half the 🌎’s wheat crop suffers from heat stress, & each 1 °C increase in temperature reduces wheat yields by 6%. New breeding science can fortify wheat against the onslaught of hotter weather, increasing droughts, & evolving & spreading pests & diseases bit.ly/3NVAWJZ

A true honor to receive the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award @CASTagScience #2023BCCA It’s a privilege to lead an inspiring team improving food security, to champion equity & an end to discrimination & to have a platform @CGIAR to share it all! cast-science.org/alison-bentley…

Congratulations to our @CIMMYT 's Global Wheat Program Director @AlisonRBentley for the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award @CASTagScience . A well deserved recognition for her efforts to improve food security, communicating science and championing equity and inclusion

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Bentley, Director of the Global Wheat Programme at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, on receiving the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award! Read more here: ow.ly/W9vs50OkPzZ @AlisonRBentley @CIMMYT @CGIAR #2023BCCA

Vernalizing seeds of @Rothamsted novel wheat architecture mutants for drought improvement. Great to see them growing, looking forward to begin the crossing at @CIMMYT. Steve Thomas, @StephanieSwarbr and @carorivera19 here we go again!

Stable high yielding cultivars for Mexico! Read our recent paper in Crop Science “Multi-location trials identify stable high yielding spring bread and durum wheat cultivars in Mexico” @inifap @CIMMYT doi.org/10.1002/csc2.2…

Wheat improvement teams from @CIMMYT and @inifap walking advanced wheat germplasm at CENEB in the Yaqui Valley. Promising material -> next-generation commercial varieties for Mexico

A big welcome to Paolo Vitale, the newest member of the @CIMMYT Global Wheat Program! Paolo joins @leocrespoh and the spring wheat breeding team as a quantitative geneticist supporting the analysis of global wheat breeding data 🌾 🌍 🧬 First stop - harvest time in Cd. Obregón

Many thanks to everyone from around the world who joined us @CIMMYT for our 2023 Next-generation Wheat Field Day in Cd. Obregón #ComeWheatUs! Here’s a glimpse of the action 🌾 🌎

It’s that time of the year!!!! Doing #wheat headrow selections @CIMMYT CENEB in cd. Obregon with @carorivera19 @Guille_Gerard @WheatVelu. 100K plots to go. @AlisonRBentley

Over the past two days the @CIMMYT Accelerating Genetic Gains in Wheat team met in Cd. Obregón with our partners, donors & external committee. A great opportunity to reflect, review progress & plan for the future. Big thanks to all who make the #AGGproject possible

Today the @CIMMYT Accelerating Genetic Gains in Wheat #AGGproject team are in Obregón for our mid-term review meeting discussing progress and opportunities with our NARS partners, donors & external committee members. Lots of progress & plenty more to come!

Last sowing of this season @CIMMYT Obregon for the heat stress & happy wheat plants from the timely sown environments

3 Days Advance Course on Maintenance Breeding and Post Harvest Management @BISA__India Ludhiana 4th - 6th March 2023 Registration Link: forms.office.com/r/S26sVwi3Ra @PankajSingh233 @uttam_bhu @Arunkum81057931

Great visit to CIMMYT Wheat Breeding Trials @BISA__India Jabalpur centre zone with Dr. Leonardo.@AlisonRBentley @Arunkum81057931 @uttam_bhu @CIMMYT

Visiting #wheat breeder Dr. S.K. Singh, Prof. Sweta Mishra, Dr. M.S. Sai Reddy and Dr. Kumari Sapna at @Rpcau_pusa. Thanks for showing your work , @CIMMYT trials, and for giving the opportunity to present our work on wheat breeding to students and faculty members @AlisonRBentley

Very good management of @CIMMYT #wheat trials conducted at @BISA__India Pusa by @uttam_bhu and team. And great discussions about the challenges of wheat cropping systems in India with @RajKuma26871824. @AlisonRBentley @WheatVelu

CIMMYT-BISA scientists @leocrespoh & @uttam_bhu are extremely honored to be greeted at @IcarIiwbr by @directoriiwbr during their recent field visit to Karnal.

Another great visit to @IariIndore with Dr. J.B. Singh and team discussing challenges and opportunities for #wheat yield testing and disease screening. Also checking @CIMMYT #AGGproject TPE and international yield trials and seed multiplication blocks. @uttam_bhu @AlisonRBentley