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ICARDA Annual Report 1980-1981
The 1980-81 cropping season at ICARDA differed from the two preceding win tears (one very dry and one very wet) in that the total rainfall was close enough to the long-term mean to constitute an average year It also differed ...
Seed Info No. 51
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region and beyond. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
Training and Surveillance Support for Wheat Rust Diseases in Central Asia and Near East: In-Country Rust Surveillance
Through the FAO-ICARDA initiative on Training and Surveillance Support for Wheat Rust Diseases, technical backstopping, guidelines and financial support were provided to facilitate national in-country rust surveillance in ...
Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1980/81
The main objective of the program is to provide a mechanism for the multi-location testing of the genetic material of chickpea, faba beans, and lentils originating from national and International programs.
The testing aims ...
Evidence for genotypic differences among elite lines of common bean in the ability to remobilize photosynthate to increase yield under drought
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume for human consumption. Drought stress is the major abiotic stress limitation of bean yields in smallholder farming systems worldwide. The current work ...
The Impact of International and National Investment in Barley Germplasm Improvement in the Developing Countries
Barley grain is used for animal feed, malt and food for human consumption. Archaeological evidence shows that barley was used in human food several thousand years ago (Bhatty, 1992). Although replaced by wheat and rice in ...
Germplasm Program Legumes Annual Report 1998
The overall objective of the Genetic Resources Program (GRP) is to collect, safeguard and promote the utilization of genetic resources of crop species that are of interest to ICARDA. In pursuing this major objective, the ...
Genetic Resources Program Annual Report 1988
The development of comprehensive germplasm collections of ICARDA mandated crops and their wild relatives continued in 1988. Several short collection missions were conducted in un- or underexplored areas of Syria and Jordan ...
Legume Program Annual Report 1991
In a continuing effort to enhance the complementary research and improve the efficiency of the use of available resources, ICARDA decided in September 1990 to consolidate research and training on the improvement of food ...
Seed Info No. 38
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs, and thus ...