Velu Govindan
@WheatVelu
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Wheat breeder: developing competitive nutrient-rich wheat varieties for smallholder farmers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Views and opinions are my own.
Mexico
Joined February 2016
Great talk from @DrHikov describing AI enabled predictions to fast stack favorable alleles in crops #PAG32
This morning I will provide an overview of the opportunities to apply AI in plant breeding… of course nothing to worry about! 😆 Promising results include phenotyping, prediction and parent selection Genomics-Assisted Breeding Workshop 11:30am, Town and Country #PAG32
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Wheat breeding continues by advancing F1s quickly @CIMMYT Toluca speed breeding facility would allow us exposing F2 populations at Obregon main season for field based selection to achieve next generation of elite wheat lines
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I feel truly honored and humbled to be recognized for 15 years of dedicated service @CIMMYT . It has been an incredible journey filled with learning, collaboration, and shared accomplishments. I am grateful for the support & encouragement.
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Despite the significant water crisis in Yaqui Valley, wheat sowing & irrigation is in full swing @CIMMYT Obregon for the Y2024-25 wheat season towards accelerated genetic gains for yield potential, climate resilience & nutritional quality
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New publication highlighting advances in genetic and agronomic biofortification of # wheat with high zinc @cimmyt
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Deep condolences! wheat world would miss him.
Dr Osman Abdella, a great wheat breeder who developed many wheat varieties which has been released and cultivated in the developing world, passed away. Inspired by Drs Bourloug and Rajaram, he has contributed to humanity enormously. RIP! @ICARDA @CIMMYT
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RT @kai_sonder: #30DayMapChallenge Day 15: My data Not my data but our data. Recipients of #wheat germplasm from @CIMMYT in any given year…
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New publications shows large genetic diversity for grain micronutrients in #wheat across diverse regions & molecular breeding approaches for accelerated genetic gains @CIMMYT @AgInnovations
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Productive meeting with NARS partners from South Asia & East Africa for the AGG wheat project review meeting & discussing potential opportunities to modernize wheat breeding pipelines @CIMMYT #foodsecurity
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Great visit @CIMMYT wheat team and BMGF representatives to the Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center @InstituteEiar and learn about progress made in #wheat improvement, seed production systems including high Zinc biofortified variety (MELKA) in Ethiopia
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Wheat breeders remains a numbers game - more than 380,000 individual spikes harvested and threshed @CIMMYT Toluca & now going through a seed selection process to identify suitable varieties for diverse market segments @Zerihun_Wheat @AgInnovation4
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A success story is often result of cumulative efforts involving various stakeholders working at different levels, from research to production to market access @CIMMYT
🌾 #Akbar2019 zinc-biofortified wheat is transforming agriculture in Pakistan, now covering 42% of the wheat area and benefiting over 97M people! 🚀 Read about this success in the 2024 GAP Report here: #Biofortification #Nutrition #SustainableAg #Pakistan #HarvestPlus
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Successfully organized the breeding analytics community of practice workshop @CIMMYT Nepal with NARS partners from Bangladesh, Nepal, India & Pakistan on modern field trial designs and statistical analysis methods to enable @CIMMYT -NARS Breeding network @gatesfoundation
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Congratulations Simon for this prestigious award @JohnInnesCentre
Congratulations to my former PhD supervisor! The work of the lab group, and many others within the crop genetics department really is astounding, super interesting, and finally coming to fruition. Very inspiring, and I miss wheat research 🙃
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Field evaluation of elite wheat lines from @CIMMYT across Australia & productive discussions with Australian wheat breeders with @CIMMYT wheat breeding team @caigeproject @InterGrain1 @BreedersPlant
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Excellent talk from @IbbaItria on the effect of micronutrient retention during wheat processing and cooking using a set of elite high #zinc lines @CIMMYT
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Great talk from Tony Fisher, former @CIMMYT wheat program director describing wheat yield gains from Yaqui Valley, Mexico #iwc2024perth
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RT @icarindia: Pusa Wheat 3386 #OneICAR #variety #ICAR @PMOIndia @ChouhanShivraj @PIB_India @AgriGoI @mygovindia
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Great example of a collaborative work between EIAR & CIMMYT
PARTNERSHIP IS CRUCIAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIDDEN HUNGER! Ethiopia has released its first #Biofortified high-zinc wheat lines through the efforts of @HarvestPlus and @CIMMYT. Significant step toward improving nutrition and food security. @InstituteEiar @WheatVelu
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