Utinization of CIMMYT germplasm and breeding technologies in wheat improvement in Sichuan, China.

In 1966,the first CIMMYT released wheat variety Penjamo 62 was introduced into Sichuan;in 1989,the agreement of China-CIMMYT wheat shuttle breeding collaborative project was signed in Beijing and Sichuan was designated one of the three spring wheat shuttle sites in China.Since then,wheat breeders in Sichuan started to use CIMMYT germplasm and breeding technologies regularly for improving wheat breeding in Sichuan.In this long period of...