June 5, 2014

Dr. Ravi Singh, a CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist and Head-Bread Wheat Improvement & Rust Research, was recently profiled for his work with wheat in the article “Putting Up Resistance,” which appeared in The Scientist (Click here to read article)

Singh spoke to the importance of wheat around the world and his work with the Ug99 strain of wheat rust, which Singh was one of the first scientists to discover in the 1980s.

Additional articles on Dr. Ravi Singh:

• A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself. The New York Times.
• Interview with Ravi Singh. CIMMYT.

Website: http://www.cimmyt.org

Published: June 6, 2014