Study Abroad to CIMMYT and Mexico

From the support from the USDA NIFA project 15 graduate and undergraduate students were able to study abroad in Mexico durring August of 2010 to learn about agriculture and plant breeding (support was also provided from funds from the late Dr. Norman Borlaug). The students learned a lot. Here you can find thier final project posters and pictures from the trip.

Syllabi and other information

• SCSC 421 - Study Abroad to CIMMYT 2010 (undergraduate)
• SCSC 621 - Study Abroad to CIMMYT 2010(graduate)

• Syllabi for 2012 will be posted around March 2012

Final project posters

• J. Farrell - Agriculture as an art topic
• T. Cutts - Mexican conservation agriculture
• G. De La Fuente - Drought tolerant corn
• R. Jauregui - Development of double haploids
• A. Gawde - Capacity building in developing countries
• J. Osorio-Marin - Marker assisted selection at CIMMYT
• T. Huggins - Mexican crops and their myths
• G. Wilson - Mexican influence on texas history from an agriculture perspective
• E. Fortenberry - CIMMYT: bettering agriculture
• J. Ebling - Maize and wheat germplasm collections at CIMMYT: Banks of the future
• M. Frazier - Spanish Agricultural Vocabulary
• C. Lange - Pre-Columbian agricultue in mexico
• E. Hwa - Quality protein maize
• S. Muhammed - Review on wheat breeding for abiotic stress in CIMMYT
• L. Masor - Vanilla: Mexico's gift to the world

Pictures

• TBA