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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 of bananas: Disease spread and global loss projections
Scientists have recently estimated that tropical race 4 of the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc TR4) could spread to 1.65 million hectares of current banana lands by 2040 if no significant interventions ...
Simulation of the Seed Bank Dynamics of Orobanche crenata Forsk. in some Crop Rotations Common in Northern Syria
Simulations of the dynamics of the seed bank of Orobanche crenata Forsk. under different crop rotations are presented. Rotations studied involved four host species, lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...
Obcordate leaf shape hybrid parental line development
Quality hybrid production is the key requisite in the commercial hybrid production. The genetically uniform parental lines and commercial hybrids are necessary in production and marketing of quality hybrid crops. Grow out ...
Identify, validate and scale out small scale gender friendly sorghum threshers
The threshers were found to be about 60-70% efficient for sorghum and less than 50% effiecient for finger millet. There was no provision of a blower which meant farmers would still spend more money on winnowing. The ...
Check list for focus group discussion with women groups
Check list for focus group discussion with men groups.
Integrating Biophysical and Socio-Economic Approaches to Identify Suitable Policy Incentives for Enhancing Sustainable Water and Land Use: Case Study: WLI project in Iraq
It is no doubt that water resource is considered as main determining
factor for agriculture and the adoption of modern irrigation technique
would preserve this important resource. The shortage of rain in middle
and southern ...
Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation Scheduling for Cotton in the Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia
The Aral Sea Basin (ASB) in Central Asia is particularly known for its present and predicted deficiencies in available water which may even lead to increased conflicts. This necessitates a re-thinking of the irrigated ...
Construction of new EST-SSRs for Fusarium resistant wheat breeding
Surveying Fusarium resistance in wheat with easy applicable molecular markers such as simple
sequence repeats (SSRs) is a prerequest for molecular breeding. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are
one of the main sources for ...
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Water Saving-Irrigation Technologies
Presentation given during the Improving Water Productivity in Agricultural Systems (With emphasis on irrigated production systems) workshop which was held in Amman, Jordan from 05 –23 November 2017.
Thermometers to improve traditional dairy products
The use of thermometer in dairy processing to enhance product quality