Genetic resistance against biotic stress is a major goal in many wheat breeding programs. However, modern wheat cultivars have a limited genetic variation for disease and pest resistance and there is always a possibility ...

The year 2015 will be remembered for the waves of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region looking for a safer future in other parts of the world. While millions of people crossed into Europe, the ...

This chapter focuses on the adoption and turnover of cultivars of crops, such as soyabean, maize, pigeon pea, wheat, cassava, rice, potato, barley, yam, groundnut, bean, sorghum, cowpea, pearl millet, chickpea, faba bean, ...

Since the dawn of wheat cytogenetics, chromosome 3B has been known to harbor a gene(s) that, when removed, causes chromosome desynapsis and gametic sterility. The lack of natural genetic diversity for this gene(s) has ...

Articles in this issue describe how value-addition options were identified for herbal and medicinal plants in a remote valley in Morocco; how cactus species – that combine hardiness with high market value – are being ...

This issue of Caravan illustrates this continuum approach. It describes some of ICARDA’s strategic research — the use of new tools such as GIS, molecular markers and thermographic imaging, and new research methods in ...

Afghanistan is a net importer of wheat which is the staple food in the country. In order to improve the levels of food sufficiency, prevailing large yield gaps in wheat need to be reduced. This study assessed the reasons/factors ...

ان المساحات المخصصة لزراعة الحبوب المروية في الجزائر تتراوح من 3 – 3.5 مليون هكتار. لكن جل هذه المساحة غالبا ما تسير بصفة كلية حسب توفر مياه الأمطار، ثلثي منها مقتصر على مناطق ذات كمونات مناخية فلاحية متوسطة. كما ان نقص ...

A combination of appropriate crop rotation(s) and management interventions has the potential to transform saline-sodic soil and water resources from an environmental burden into an economic asset. We carried out 2-year ...

گندم ( )Triticum sppیکی از مهمترین غله جات در افغانستان است و در گونه های وحشی و اهلی موجود می باشد. گندم نبات اقلیم های معتدله و سرد است ( ۳۰تا ۶۰درجه شـمالی و ۲۷تا ۴۰درجه جنوبی) و کشت آن تا ارتفاع ۴۵۷۰ متـر بلندتر از ...