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Productive Spillovers of the Take-up of Index-Based Livestock Insurance¥
Does the provision of livestock insurance raise the unintended consequence of stimulating excessive herd accumulation and less environmentally-sustainable herd movement patterns? The impact of insurance is theoretically ...
Vetch Summer Grazing (VSG) Under Conservative Agriculture (CA): Promising Alternative to Cereal Residue Grazing for Better Barbarian Lambs Response
This Conference paper was delivered during the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment – October 3-5, 2019, City of KONYA – TURKEY.
Association Mapping of Powdery mildew resistance in barley
Powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f sp. hordei is an important foliar disease of barley
crop worldwide. The disease causes 25 to 30 % yield losses in susceptible cultivars and can reach
up to 50 % if the climatic ...
Biodiversity, land degradation and poverty alleviation in dry and sub-humid lands
Drylands occupy 41% of the earth's land area and are home to more than 2 billion people. Some 50% of the world's poor live in the drylands. Water scarcity limits the production of crops, forage, wood, and other ecosystem services.
Assessment of Pathogenicity Assay of Ascochyta rabiei Isolates Using Chickpea Differential Genotypes
Ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta rabiei, is the most destructive disease in many chickpea growing countries. Many chickpea varieties were out of production due to increased virulence/aggressiveness of the pathogen in ...
Advances, challenges and opportunities in cool-season food legumes in dry area
Cool-season food legumes (chickpea, lentil, faba bean, field pea, and grass pea) are an integral part of subsistence farming in dry areas because these crops are a great source of nutritious food, feed, and income to small ...
Overlooked benefits and services of grasslands to support policy reform
Despite their ecological, economic and social importance, Mediterranean grasslands continue to receive limited scientific, political and media attention. Grasslands are typically viewed as underutilized space, able to be ...
Occurrence and management of faba bean necrotic yellows virus in food legume crops
Faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV, genus Nanovirus, family Nanoviridae) causes an important disease of several food and fodder legumes. Its main symptoms are leaf yellowing, plant stunting, reddening, thickening of ...
Breeding faba bean for resistance to Ascochyta blight
Ascochyta blight (Didymella fabae Jellis and Punithalingam)
is one of the most important foliar diseases that
affect the quality and seed yield of faba bean (Vicia faba
L.) worldwide. Breeding for resistance to Ascochyta
blight ...
Modelling surface runoff and water productivity in small dryland watersheds with water-harvesting interventions, an application from Jordan
Vast areas of the rangelands (badia) of West Asia and North Africa are severely degraded due to over-grazing, cutting of shrubs and ploughing. Because of the scarce vegetation cover and the often dense soil surface crust, ...