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WHEAT
57 MEXICO: The Joint CIMMYT·INIA
Program
74 Improvement of Nutritional Quality in
Wheat and Triticale
75 Yield Improvement in Triticales
78 Disease Problems in Triticales
80 CpUNTRY PROGRAMS
80 India
90 Pakistan
93 East Pakistan
94 Tunisia
101 Morocco
107 Afghanistan
108 Iran
110 Turkey
112 Argentina
113 Chile
113 Brazil
INTRODUCTION
The green revolution in cereal proquction
in south and west Asia is now an accepted
accomplishment. It resulted initially from the
introduction and widespread intensive cultivation
of the so-called "dwarf Mexican wheats".
It was not the introduction of the Mexican
dwarf varieties alone that triggered this revolution,
but equally important was the simultaneous
introduction along with the new seed
of a package of intensive improved agronomic
management practices which permitted the
new seeds to express their high genetic yield
potential. 'Grain yield and production have
risen sharply where the new technology has
been properly employed. The spectacular
impact of the green revolution of Pakistan
and Indian' wheat production is shown in
Table W1. A number of countries, where much
of the wheat is grown under rainted conditions,
such as Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, and Tunisia,
are also now making good progress in rev·
olutionizing their production. .
Continued progress has been best in those
countries where the national production campaigns
are backed by strong national research
programs, for example, India, Pakistan and
Tunisia.
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