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Grain size and Protein Content Response to late heat and drought stress in winter wheat landraces in the Atlas mountains of Morocco
Wheat is a major staple crop for a large part of world population. In Morocco, wheat is grown on 2.95 Million hectares with an average yield of 2.1 tons/ha (FAOSTAT, 2017). Wheat consumption per capita in Morocco is estimated ...
Reliable high-throughput Phenotyping Tools to assess Adaptive Traits for Wheat in Drought Environments
This project successfully demonstrated the value of ICARDA’s elite drought nurseries for the CWANA region and highlighted the opportunity to breed for specific adaptations. The great environmental diversity of the CWANA ...
Perception and use of crop residues in CA practicing farms in CLCA II targeted project areas: results of a field study and survey
This presentation discusses an analysis of farmers’ perception of CLCA systems and crop residues management in semi-arid areas of Tunisia.
Approaches and Strategies for sustainable wheat production
This handbook provides practical information on wheat production. It aims to inform the work of policy makers, agriculture agencies, extension agents, non-governmental organizations, universities and research organizations, ...
Intégration de l’elevage en Agriculture de Conservation
The presentation "Optimizing cereal stubble grazing by sheep" shows that: i) Livestock can be perfectly integrated into Conservation Agriculture (CA) notably through its role in nutrient recycling; ii) Forage crops introduced ...
Soil Cover under CA system: essential interface of a CLCA system
This presentation sheds light on the importance of the Soil Cover as an essential interface of CLCA systems.
Caravan 26: Science for Food Security
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 ...
Detection of significant new races of the wheat stem rust pathogen in Africa and Middle East
Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a destructive disease on bread and durum wheat. Following the identification and distribution of Ug99, major national and international efforts have been made ...
Genome Wide Association Study of Spot Blotch at Seedling and Adult Plant stages in Morocco and India
Barley spot blotch caused by Cochliobolus sativus (Bipolaris sorokiniana) is one of the major constrains to barley production worldwide in warmer regions. This study was undertaken to identify and estimate effects of loci ...
Ties that Bind: Morocco and ICARDA. Collaboration since 1977 (second, revised and updated version)
Agriculture contributes about 20% of Morocco's gross domestic product (GDP), but this proportion varies widely depending on rainfall. The country has about 8.5 million hectares of good agricultural land, of which nearly ...