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Efficiency of some insecticides against Lesser Date Moth, Batrachedra amydraula
Lesser Date Moth (LDM), Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick, is known in the Sultanate of Oman and elsewhere as Hummeira. It is one of the important pests that attacks date fruits and causes several damages to dates, thus reducing ...
Identification of new sources of resistance to spot blotch from Hordeum spontaneum
ICARDA has a global mandate of barley for sustainable production in dry areas through
preservation of the genetic diversity and promote its utilization to develop improved and better
adapted germplasm. The elite germplasm ...
The Khanasser Valley Integrated Research Site - Progress Report 2006
Activities in 2006 focused on a Participatory Learning and Action Research ( PLAR) approach, continued analyses of the groundwater resources via a modelling approach and dialogue with national policy makers. Details of ...
Water and livestock
Projected increased demand for food in developing countries over the next 30 years implies a correspondingly great need for additional agricultural water unless integrated research and development can achieve much higher ...
Gene introgression in grain legumes
The wild species of grain legumes are valuable gene pools, particularly for resistance to biotic and
abiotic stresses. These have largely remained under-utilized due to crossability barriers, but there are some examples ...
Faba bean and wheat productivity in an alley cropping system basis on olive tree
Faba bean production systems in Morocco are very divers according to
agro- ecological diversity and farmer’s practices. Under agroforestry system basis on
olive tree, faba bean have not negative impact on olive tree ...
Responsiveness of chickpea to climate change
Appropriate changes in the genetic options are needed to cope up with the changing climate and farming
system to ensure food security and sustainable cereal production for the ever growing populations in
developing world. ...
Land management strategies to sustain productivity of olive groves on steep slopes in Northwestern Syria
In the northern hills of Syria, land degradation is a serious problem, particularly on vulnerable agricultural land. The traditional olive production land-husbandry practices have not kept pace with the intensification and ...
The adsorption of Strontium on soils developed in arid region as influenced by clay content and soluble cations
The present work was performed in order to investigate behavior of Sr adsorption in a saline-sodic soil and a
normal soil developed in arid environment in Central Iran.
Identification of faba bean lines tolerant to high dosage of Glyphosate
Orobanche'crenata' Forsk is a parasitic weed that invades faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in the North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East. Several control methods including chemital, mechanical, cultural and even induction ...