On 24-28 May 2004, a workshop on "Resilient crops for water limited environments" was held in Cuernavaca, Mexico, supported by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the Rockefeller Foundation. Proceedings of the workshop, edited by D. Poland, M. Sawkins, J.-M. Ribaut and D. Hoisington, are now available on the web. Presentations are organised in 6 different sessions: Farmer participatory breeding and economic studies; gene discovery and novel approaches; germplasm characterization and improvement; physiological approaches; QTL identification and, finally, marker-assisted selection. See http://www.cimmyt.org/english/docs/proceedings/resilient/contents.htm or contact [email protected] for more information. Proceedings (edited by J.-M. Ribaut and D. Poland) of a related workshop, entitled "Molecular approaches for the genetic improvement of cereals for stable production in water-limited environments", held at CIMMYT headquarters, Mexico on 21-25 June 1999, are now also available on the web. See http://www.cimmyt.org/english/docs/proceedings/molecApproaches/contents.htm.

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