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CAC News No 53-54. July-December 2012
In this issue:
a) Technology for finding heat-tolerant wheat in Central Asia
b) Yellow rust-resistant wheat to boost regional food security
c) Community-based reforestation project starts in Uzbekistan
d) Climate change ...
Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps
To ensure future food security, there is an urgent need for
improved co-ordination of agricultural research. While
advances in biotechnology hold considerable promise,
significant technology gaps exist that may reduce ...
CIMMYT-Kazakhstan Program on Wheat Improvement
CIMMYT-Kazakhstan Program on Wheat Improvement
QTL for yield and associated traits in the Seri/Babax population grown across several environments in Mexico, in the West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia regions
Heat and drought adaptive quantitative trait loci (QTL) in a spring bread wheat population resulting from the Seri/Babax cross designed to minimize confounding agronomic traits have been identified previously in trials ...
Improved winter wheat genotypes for Central and West Asia
High grain yield and resistance to stripe (yellow) rust are the most important traits for successful adoption of winter wheat varieties in Central and West Asia. This study was conducted to determine the stripe rust response ...
Comparative Analyses Of Spot Blotch And Tan Spot Epidemics On Wheat Under Optimum And Late Sowing Period In South Asia
In South Asia, foliar blight of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a disease complex caused by Cochliobolus sativus (the spot blotch pathogen) and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (the tan spot pathogen) which can reduce yields ...
Virulence of Puccinia triticina in Turkey and leaf rust resistance in Turkish wheat cultivars
Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina is a common disease on wheat in the coastal regions of Turkey. Collections of P. triticina from infected wheat leaves were obtained from the main wheat production zones of Turkey in ...
CAC News No 11. January-March 2002
News from CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) covering the countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, ...
Conservation agriculture in Central Asia—What do we know and where do we go from here?
Rainfed and irrigated agricultural systems have supported livelihoods in the five Central Asian countries
(CAC) for millennia, but concerns for sustainability and efficient use of land and water resources are longstanding.
During ...
Improving spring wheat in Kazakhstan: results and perspectives
Improving spring wheat in Kazakhstan: results and perspectives.