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Title: Sabkhat al-Jabbul, a Threatened Ramsar Wetland in Syria
Author:Date: 2006-01-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSabkhat al Jabbul is a large wetland lying between the fertile cultivated areas around Aleppo, the Euphrates basin and the Syrian steppe. In the last 20 years, it has been modified from a typical seasonal saline lake ... -
Title: Sahelian bocage: an integrated approach in Burkina Faso
Author:Date: 2014-01-25Type: Book ChapterStatus: Open accessThe deterioration of the rural landscape in the Sahel region in general has worsened in the last decades, endangering local populations. • The creation of Sahelian bocage, or live fence perimeters, in this rural landscape ... -
Title: Salinity effect on grain quality of two durum wheat varieties differing in salt tolerance
Author:Date: 2005-07-15Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe salt tolerant variety Cham-1, created by ICARDA, showed a higher grain yield than the less salt tolerant landrace Haurani, but the main parameters for the pasta quality declined considerably. Salinity had a slight ... -
Title: Salinity Impacts on Environmental Efficiency of Wheat farms in Central of Iraq
Author:Date: 2018-03-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessA stochastic frontier approach is used for analyzing of the environmental impacts of soil salinity in Iraq. An econometric method based on the neoclassical production theory (stochastic frontier analysis) is transformed ... -
Title: SALINITY MANAGEMENT
Author:Date: 2017-01-15Type: ReportStatus: Open accessWater is the major limiting factor of agricultural production in the dry areas of Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) regions. Agriculture accounts for around 80-90% of freshwater consumption in the regions. ... -
Title: Salinity management in Central and Southern Iraq: Prospects under existing drainage conditions
Author:Date: 2013-11-13Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessExcessive irrigation and poor drainage conditions have contributed to rising groundwater tables leading to salinity-induced land degradation in the irrigated areas of central and southern Iraq. Soil salinity problems have ... -
Title: Salinity Management training course
Author:Date: 2016-12-07Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessWater is the major limiting factor for agricultural production in the dry areas of Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA). Agriculture accounts for around 80% of water consumption in the region, however, the rapidly ... -
Title: Salt Management: The Australian Experience
Author:Date: 2013-11-13Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessSalinity is the accumulation of soluble salts (predominantly NaCl) in soil and water, usually over an extended period of time. For most people the term has negative connotations, associated as it is with long-term land and ... -
Title: Salt Stress Delayed Flowering and Reduced Reproductive Success of Chickpea (Cicer arietinumL.), A Response Associated with Na+Accumulation in Leaves
Author:Date: 2015-12-27Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSalinity is known to reduce chickpea yields in several regions of the world. Although ion toxicity associated with salinity leads to yield reductions in a number of other crops, its role in reducing yields in chickpea ... -
Title: Salt tolerance analysis of chickpea, faba bean and durum wheat varieties I. Chickpea and faba bean
Author:Date: 2005-04-02Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessTwo varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba), differing in drought tolerance according to the classification of the International Center for Agronomic Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), were ... -
Title: Salt tolerance analysis of chickpea, faba bean and durum wheat varieties II. Durum wheat
Author:Date: 2005-04-02Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSeven varieties of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum), provided by ICARDA, were tested in a greenhouse experiment for their salt tolerance. Afterwards two varieties, differing in salt tolerance, were irrigated with waters of ... -
Title: Salt-induced land and water degradation in the Aral Sea basin: A challenge to sustainable agriculture in Central Asia
Author:Date: 2009-06-24Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessExpansion of irrigated agriculture in the Aral Sea Basin in the second half of the twentieth century led to the conversion of vast tracks of virgin land into productive agricultural systems resulting in significant increases ... -
Title: Salt-tolerant genes from halophytes are potential key players of salt tolerance in glycophytes
Author:Date: 2016-04-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessCrop productivity strongly depends on several biotic and abiotic factors. Salinity is one of the most important abiotic factors, besides drought, extreme temperatures, light and metal stress. The enhanced burden of secondary ... -
Title: Sample size for a normal population
Author:Date: 2016-03-31Type: SoftwareStatus: Open accessIt determines the sample size required for estimation of mean of a normal population with given variability -
Title: Sampling in overwintering site
Author:Date: 2003-01-30Type: ImageStatus: Open accessSampling in overwintering site. -
Title: Satellite imagery and household survey for tracking chickpea adoption in Andhra Pradesh, India
Author:Date: 2016-04-11Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe objective of this study was to map the temporal changes in chickpea cropped area over the last decade in Andhra Pradesh using remote-sensing imagery. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data composited ... -
Title: Satellite-based analysis and monitoring of agro-ecosystems and land degradation and desertification in Central Asia
Author:Date: 2015-01-01Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe Central Asia includes six countries (Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Tajistan, Afganistan, Turkmenistan). Grassland degradation and desertification in the Central Asia has been accelerated over the past few decades ... -
Title: Satellite-based modelling and monitoring of grasslands, croplands and land degradation
Author:Date: 2015-02-18Type: PresentationStatus: Limited accessSatellite-based modelling and monitoring of grasslands, croplands and land degradation -
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Title: Scale Effects of STATSGO and SSURGO on Flow and Water Quality Predictions
Author:Date: 2013-03-27Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSoil information is one of the crucial inputs needed to assess the impacts of existing and alternative agricultural man- agement practices on water quality. Therefore, it is important to understand the effects of spatial ...