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Assessing crop model improvements through comparison of sorghum (sorghum bicolor L. moench) simulation models: A case study of West African varieties
Better defining niches for the photoperiod sensitive sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) varieties ofWest Africa into the local cropping system might help to improve the resilience of food production in theregion. In ...
Peanuts that keep aflatoxin at bay: a threshold that matters
Aflatoxin contamination in peanuts poses major challenges for vulnerable populations of subSaharan Africa and South Asia. Developing peanut varieties to combat preharvest Aspergillus flavus infection and resulting aflatoxin ...
Relevance of limited-transpiration trait for lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in South Asia
Drought is one of the most important environmental factors that limit crop production. It has been hypothesized that a limited-transpiration trait under high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a mechanism for water conservation ...
Direct and indirect plant growth-promoting abilities of Bacillus species on chickpea, isolated from compost and rhizosphere soils
A study was carried out to test the effect of
direct and indirect plant growth-promoting traits of bacteria,
isolated from compost and rhizosphere soils, on
chickpea. A total of 74 bacteria were isolated from herbal
vermicomposts ...
Food Legumes and Rising Temperatures: Effects, Adaptive Functional Mechanisms Specific to Reproductive Growth Stage and Strategies to Improve Heat Tolerance
Ambient temperatures are predicted to rise in the future owing to several reasons associated with global climate changes. These temperature increases can result in heat stress- a severe threat to crop production in most ...
Utilization of Pulses – Value Addition and Product Development
Consumer awareness of health, quality of food and healthy nutrition
options, and convenience and ready to eat (RTE) food products is growing.
Access to affordable good quality protein delivered in a convenient format,
especially ...
Small holder farmer’s access to extension services: opportunities and constraints from a gender perspective
Agricultural extension has the potential of bridging research laboratories and the in-field practices of
individual farmers. Extension starts with knowledge management and ends up with human capital
enrichment. Agricultural ...
Women’s empowerment through seed improvement and seed governance Evidence from participatory barley breeding in pre-war Syria
Approaches to food security primarily focus on technological solutions, seeking to produce more food, preferably with fewer resources. It has been argued that access to food involves issues of resource distribution and ...
Testing pearl millet and cowpea intercropping systems under extreme climatic conditions
With the potential threat of more frequent climate extremes putting semi-arid crop production in jeopardy, there is a need to establish more climate resilient cropping practices. Intercropping is often practiced by farmers ...
Accomplishments and challenges of pigeonpea breeding research in India
igeonpea [ Cajanus cajan (L. ) Millsp. ] is a prot einrich pulse crop which can grow well under soil moist ure limit ed environment s. The
crop can play a signif icant role in meet ing t ...