CIMMYT 2011

Tall Wheat

in August 2011, Frank took a trip to el Centro Internacional de Mejormiento Maize Y Trigo (CIMMYT), which stands for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Frank met lots of friends, both plants and humans, and had a great time. Karl was along on this trip, so you might see him in a few places.

92 Photos | View slideshow >

Kenneth Sayre Wheat under CA Dorm room Sala Sasakawa Maize Maize and Wheat artwork Susanne Dreisigacker Wheats Norman Borlaug Wheat Synthetic Wheat CIMMYT Seed Bank 1 CIMMYT Seed Bank 2 Corns of Mexico Jala CIMMYT Seed Bank Entrance 1 CIMMYT Seed Bank Entrance 2 CIMMYT Seed Bank Entrance 3 Frank 'Pool Earthen sign Local adaptation Rainbow at CIMMYT Sunray Wheat Corn crosses Short Wheat Tall Wheat Tequila 1 Tequila 2 Emiliano Zapata Tripsacum flower anthers Teosinte Tripsacum seeds Tripsacum nursery Tripsacum flower Corn bees Lunch! Museum Entrance Pond Chac-Mool Crazy painting Small statue Maize Food Headdress Tlatchtli ring Corny Wall Lunchtime At the Museum Holy Frank Karl at the Palace After the Ballet Plant me! Wheat Cuddle Stripe Rust Rust resistant Stripe of Stripe Rust Wheat Nursery Black Beans Teosinte flowers Teosinte seeds 1 Frank N Teosinte Seeds Teosinte seeds 2 Teosinte seeds 3 Tall, dark, landrace Brigido Felipe's farm Fernando at Felipe's Farm Toluca Botanical Gardens Living Toluca letters Red Rose Floripondio 1 Hanging plants Tulipan Africano Floripondio 2 Eizi Matuda Tall plant Berry Bonsai Pink Tamale Tortilla Factory Estela Flores Fried Blue tortillas Fava Beans Fava N Frank Triticale in Mexico Triticale Hug Intercropping San Marcos Guaquilpan Dagoberto Flores Huitlacoche Quesadilla Antonio Álvarez Second farmer Succulent Fernando Delgado in the field Blue Masa

Other Albums

The Corn and the Honeybee

Frank N. Foode explores the wonderful world of honeybees, an insect essential for agriculture.

8 Photos | View slideshow >

Maize Genetics 2011

The 2011 Maize Genetics Conference was held on March 17-20 in St. Charles, IL.

13 Photos | View slideshow >

NCCC-167 2011

NCCC167 – Corn Breeding Group Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Illinois March 16th ‐ 17th, 2011 A one-day shindig held before the Maize Genetics Conference was a fun mix of talks about some of the challenges of breeding corn in this part of the country.

3 Photos | View slideshow >


Frank in Thailand

Conservation in Wisconsin

First Global Biofortification Conference

Frank 'n food

World Food Prize 2010

George McGovern

Science Societies Open House

Frank @ BIO 2010

San Francisco and Michael Pollan 2010

Maize Genetics 2010 in Italy

MOSES conference 2010

Frank 'N' People

Just Frank

Maize Genetics 2009

Frank @ BIO 2009