This case study focuses on the vicious circle of soil salinization: agriculture’s consumption of large amounts of water contributes to shallow groundwater, leading to recurring soil salinity, which in turn demands more ...

Жаҳон тараққиётининг ҳозирги босқичида экология билан боғлиқ масалалар, табиат экотизими емирилишининг кенгайиб бориши, биологик хилма-хилликнинг қисқариши, табиий муҳит глобал ўзгаришининг таҳдиди, саноат объектларидаги ...

Information about the spatial distribution of soil attributes is indispensable for many land resource management applications; however, the ability of soil maps to supply such information for modern modeling tools is ...

ICARDA’s West Asia Regional Program (WARP) coordinates agricultural research and development activities in Cyprus, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and lowland Turkey. With its head office in Amman, ...

This paper compares different procedures for soil salinity analyses to determine electrical conductivity: saturated paste extract (ECe), xed soil:water ratio extracts EC1:1 and EC1:5, and soil solution paste prepared with ...

Lead solubilization in soil and accumulation by spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied in response to the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) application method. In this study, 4 mmol EDTA kg−1 was applied using ...

Ethiopia and ICARDA have worked together for more than 30 years, to promote sustainable agricultural development in dry areas. This booklet describes the results of this partnership: new technologies and research methods, ...

The province of Girona (Catalonia, Spain) is not an area where there is a structural defi cit of water. There are certain problems and restrictions connected with climatic conditions and with special seasonal factors related ...

The dry areas face severe challenges to sustainable development. The biggest challenges – food insecurity, water scarcity, land degradation, and climate change – are closely inter-related. The effects of climate change ...

Marker-assisted recurrent backcrossing (MARS), the combined use of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and recurrent backcrossing, is a versatile method for plant breeding and genetic studies. The benefits of MARS are well ...