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Effects of fertilizer on root growth and water use of barley in northern Syria
Barley (cv. Beecher) was grown at two sites (Jindiress and Breda) in northern Syria, chosen for their contrasting edaphic and climatic conditions. At both sites, three fertilizer treatments were applied zero (Z), 60 kg ...
Effect of supplementary irrigation during reproductive growth on winter and spring chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in a Mediterranean environment
Inadequate soil moisture is one of the main constraints on the productivity of chickpea in the rainfed farming systems of the dry areas in West Asia and North Africa. The response to irrigation at flowering and pod filling ...
Saving threatened native breeds by autonomous production, involvement of farmers organization, research and policy makers: The case of the Sicilo-Sarde breed in Tunisia, North Africa
The Sicilo-Sarde, the only native milking sheep in Tunisia and in North Africa has undergone a considerably population reduction from 200,000 ewes in 1995 to 25,000 ewes in the year 2000. Low sheep milk price and a shift ...
Modelling water-harvesting systems in the arid south of Tunisia using SWAT
In many arid countries, runoff water-harvesting systems support the livelihood of the rural population. Little is known, however, about the effect of these systems on the water balance components of arid watersheds. The ...
Implication of groundwater fluctuation on the seasonal salt dynamic in the Harran Plain, south-eastern Turkey
Inefficient farm-level water management aggravates groundwater fluctuation and salt accumulation particularly in arid and semi-arid irrigated agriculture. Inappropriate water management practices in the Harran Plain are a ...
Environmental and Economic Benefits of Saline-Sodic Soil Reclamation Using Low-quality Water and Soil Amendments in Conjunction with a Rice–Wheat Cropping System
A combination of appropriate crop rotation(s) and management interventions has the potential to transform saline-sodic soil and water resources from an environmental burden into an economic asset. We carried out 2-year ...
Pattern analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction for grain yield in durum wheat
Pattern analysis, cluster and ordination techniques, was applied to grain yield data of 20 durum wheat genotypes grown ill 19 diversified environments during 2005-07 to identify patterns of genotype (G), environment (E) ...
Epidemiology of nematode parasites of sheep around Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia
An investigation was made into the epidemiology of nematode infections of sheep in two districts of Jimma zone, southwestern Ethiopia. We used two approaches—long-term monitoring of identified sheep for nematode infection ...
Root and shoot growth and water use of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) grown in dryland conditions: effects of sowing date and genotype
Growth and water use of kabuli-type chickpea was measured during the 1982/83 and 1983/84 growing seasons in northern Syria under rainfed conditions. Winter-sown (November) and springsown (March) crops of cv. ILC 482 were ...
Infection and development of spot blotch and tan spot on timely and late seeded wheat
Non-toxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus offer the potential to control aflatoxin contamination by competitive displacement of indigenous populations of A. flavus colonizing corn. Two sets of experiments were conducted ...