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Rehabilitation of degraded grasslands in north Syria: use of farmer participatory research to encourage the sowing of annual pasture legumes
A series of experiments on communally-owned grasslands in the barley-livestock zone of north Syria were conducted to test the hypothesis that introduction of Mediterranean annual legumes will increase productivity. The ...
Effect of Tillage System on the Spontaneous Regeneration of Two Annual Medics (Medicago Spp.) After Wheat in North Syria
Four tillage treatments were applied to soil on which wheat was to be sown in 1988/89 after pastures of two annual medics, Medicago rigidula and M. polymorpha, had been established in 1987/88. Germination of the medics was ...
Changes in the size and composition of the seed bank of medic pastures grown in rotation with wheat in north Syria
A mixture of 84 accessions of 12 medic (Medicago) species were sown in two successive years into a two-course pasture/wheat rotation in north Syria. Changes in the size and botanical composition of the seed bank were ...
Recovery and germination rates of seeds of Mediterranean medics and clovers offered to sheep at a single meal or continuously
Measurements were made of the recovery and germination rates of seed of eight species of annual medic (Medicago spp.) and three of clover (Trifolium spp.) after ingestion by sheep. Recovery of medic seed was measured as ...
Dynamics of flower and pod production in annual medics. (Medicago spp.). II. In swards at low and high density
Seven accessions of five annual medic species were grown in swards at low and high densities at Tel Hadya in north Syria. Flower shedding, seed size, and other components of seed yield were compared with data collected ...
Ecogeography of annual legumes in Syria: distribution patterns
(1) Climate and soil factors influencing the distribution of annual legume species collected at 207 sites throughout Syria were investigated by cluster analysis. (2) Different genera were found to show distinct geographic ...
Agricultural potential of Mediterranean grain and forage legumes: 2) Anti-nutritional factor concentrations in the genus Vicia
As part of an investigation into the agricultural potential of under-exploited Mediterranean Viceae, anti-nutritional factor concentrations were measured in the seed of 7 species. These included: V. sativa(subsp. amphicarpa(L.) ...
The geographic origin of frost tolerance in Syrian pasture legumes
(1) Two experiments were conducted at Tel Hadya, near Aleppo, Syria to study the frost tolerance of a total of seventy-nine indigenous and introduced species of Mediterranean annual legumes. One of the main objectives was ...
Dynamics of flower and pod production in annual medics (Medicago spp.). I. spaced plants
Two experiments were conducted in Syria to examine flower production in annual medics. Flowers and pods of seven species were monitored throughout the flowering period in Experiment 1 and the relationships among 13 flowering ...
Genotype × environment interaction for yield and other plant attributes among undomesticated Mediterranean Vicia species
In order to investigate the agricultural potential of the genus Vicia, and identify traits associated with productivity and responsiveness to environment, 34 undomesticated Mediterranean accessions representing Section ...