Rita Mumm

Plant breeders feed and fuel the world

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

@gilesedoldroyd @DanforthCenter @ENSA_research Congrats, Giles!

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

@StThomasMoreHS Big congrats, Riley!!

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

@CIMMYT Congrats, Sylvanus and Marianne!

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

@irri @irrieducation Great opportunity to dive deep into application of Genomic Prediction and Genomic Selection!

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

I am excited to join the fireside chat @WorldAgriTech discussing "The Impact of Frontier Technologies on Agriculture and Health". Join me in London on Oct 15-16! Details at https://t.co/WidxzY6JQe

[MartinKropff @KropffMartin]

.@BillGates thank you for highlighting the “essential” role of @CIMMYT and other @CGIAR research centers in “feeding our future.”
Research and funding partners' support is critical for our efforts to improve smallholder farmers’ food security and livelihoods.

[Rita Mumm @ritamumm]

New resource for African university faculty: postgraduate course in "Cultivar Development" developed by Univ Illinois professor Rita Mumm @ritamumm details application and implementation of concepts in genetics, statistics, and plant breeding. Access at https://t.co/trN6jioDrs

[CropLife International @CropLifeIntl]

Just imagine how many more people it would take to feed the world if it weren't for #plantscience innovations! https://t.co/9vNMhuvVE3

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

#NowReading: No crop left behind: Improving the plants that Africans eat and breeders neglect https://t.co/iRhwQXcOig via @TheEconomist

[MartinKropff @KropffMartin]

Board of @CIMMYT on lab excursion learning about genomic selection in #wheat! in the #Cimmyt biosciences lab

[CIMMYT @CIMMYT]

Happy birthday to the late Dr. Borlaug. He holds a special place in our history & is an inspiration for a new generation of hunger fighters

[CIMMYT @CIMMYT]

Fall armyworm has so far damaged an estimated 287,000 hectares of maize in #Africa https://t.co/n2dQYAkOjv

[UNL Small Grains Breeding- Frels Lab @Huskerwheat]

For my co-chair, Dr. Rita Mumm of U of Ill. and all of my co-authors, we thank you for the kind words. We also thank CAST for inviting us. https://t.co/IvuPUOJLur

[CAST @CASTagScience]

Plant Breeding--genetics, innovation, and stubborn horses https://t.co/1qW62jKaIi @AgBlogFeed @agriculture24x7 @USFRA @teachag

[K Eversole @EversoleAssoc]

New @CASTagScience Issue Paper: "Plant Breeding and Genetics" with lead author @Huskerwheat https://t.co/zTuc4NMUvv

[UNL Small Grains Breeding- Frels Lab @Huskerwheat]

Very proud of this effort. Great to work with CAST and Dr. Rita Mumm and our co-authors. https://t.co/KUDVL19IM2

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

25 African professionals have been trained in advanced #plantbreeding https://t.co/6SyYEDEYnF @ucdavis @UCDavisCFIIE @Mars @AGRAAlliance

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

Enoch Achigan Dako #Benin: This graduation is not for us but for #women & #men around Africa, for our #children. https://t.co/6SyYEDEYnF

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

Message from @ritamumm to Africa's newest #plantbreeders: Remember this.
@MarsGlobal @ucdavis @UCDavisCFIIE https://t.co/6SyYEDEYnF

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

#Hunger & #malnutrition can be eliminated in your lifetime, says @ritamumm to the graduates of the Africa Plant Breeding Academy @ucdavis