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Molecular diversity and mapping towards enhanced valorization of lentil genetic resources and marker-assisted selection for efficient cultivar development
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is an important crop for sustainable farming thanks to its ability to fix the atmospheric nitrogen enhancing soil fertility and allowing substantial reduction in fertilizer use. Recently, DNA ...
Community Seed Production
Workshop Proceedings 9-11 December 2013
The Origins of Agriculture and the domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East: The Harlan Symposium
Wheat and barley together with lentils were among the earliest crops to be domesticated
in the "Fertile Crescent," an arc of land that connects the river valleys of the Euphrates
and the Tigris with that of the Jordan. It ...
Spatial BigData Analytics for intensification of pulses
Supply-demand gap of agricultural commodities continues to rise while total arable land area is not expected to increase significantly. Future increases in agricultural production, particularly pulses, will be contingent ...
Agricultural water management and ecosystem services in the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, Kazakhstan - Searching for novel ways to share water and improve ecosystem services in Kazakhstan
Nestled between the Syr Darya River and the Karatau mountain range, idyllic Turkestan region in South Kazakhstan Province is situated 250 km downstream from the Chardara reservoir. Agricultural land in this region is ...
Sustainable Management of Saline Waters and Salt-Affected Soils for Agriculture: Proceedings of the Second Bridging Workshop
Irrigation plays an important role in crop production and agricultural development in arid and semi-arid regions. The area of irrigated land in these regions has expanded substantially, particularly in the second half of ...
Conservation tillage: A viable option for sustainable agriculture in Eurasia
The workshop was part of a process to develop and implement conservation tillage national action plans in selected Eurasian countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, ...