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Assessment of on-farm conservation of dryland agrobiodiversity and its impact on rural livelihoods in the Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent encompasses a mega-center of diversity of crops and livestock of global importance. The
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) coordinated a 5-year regional project
funded ...
To combat Ethiopia’s 2010 wheat stripe rust epidemic, a fast-track crop research and rust-resistant seed distribution program not only delivered future protection to the farmers, but also brought higher yields and incomes.
Stripe (yellow) rust disease threatens wheat crops every growing season. In recent years, outbreaks have become more frequent and severe with climate change, decimating harvests and leaving smallholder farmers devastated.
First Phase Activities Report on Ph.D. Research Fellowship (Sufian Suliman Mohammed), from 10 March-10 June 2013
The aim of this Ph.D. study is to introduce high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit combination “5+10” into some Sudanese wheat cultivars for improve the bread-making quality under heat stress conditions, using marker ...
Tillage system and genotype effects on early vigor and water use in bread wheat in the Mediterranean region
The southern part of the Mediterranean basin is among the regions that are characterized by recurrent
droughts and it is threatened by the effects of climate change. To deal with these problems in wheat,
improved techniques ...
CAC e- Newsletter March, 2013: New project to assess wheat production in Uzbekistan
Food made from wheat flour comes near top on the menu in Central Asia.
Продовольственные изделия, сделанные из пшеничной муки, занимают особое место в рационе людей, проживающих в Центральной Азии.
Development of a species-specific PCR to detect the cereal cyst nematode Heterodera latipons
Several Heterodera species can reduce the yield of wheat and barley, among which H. avenae, H. filipjevi and H. latipons are economically the most important. Their identification, based on morphological characteristics, ...
Association Analysis of Genotypic and Phenotypic Traits Using SSR Marker in Durum Wheat
In durum wheat, marker-trait associations were studied for six agronomic
traits using a set of 25 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers , with a set of 40 wheat
genotypes including drought, semi-tolerant and non-drought ...
Physiological races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Iran and evaluation of seedling resistance to stem rust in Iranian wheat cultivars
Seedling assessment of 13 stem rust samples collected from southwest of Iran revealed that three collections were virulent for Sr31 and Sr38. Physiological races of RTRTC, HRCTC, RRTTF, TTPTC, TTTQF, JTHTC and TTKSK were ...
Managing Salinity in Iraq's Agriculture: Current State, Causes, and Impacts
This report is the first in a series of publications that comprise the Iraq Salinity Assessment.
This report documents the current state, causes, impacts of salinity in central and southern
Iraq. Other reports in the ...
Water and Agriculture in Egypt
The purpose of this working paper is to support the Government of Egypt’s Strategy for
Sustainable Agricultural Development towards 2030 (SADS‐2030). This strategy paper was
published in 2009 and was concerned with the ...