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Improving faba bean (Vicia faba L.) for sustainable agriculture in drylands
Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a major cool season food legume in many countries grown under rainfed and irrigated production systems around the world. Faba bean productivity and production are threaten by abiotic (heat, drought, ...
Strategies to sustain productivity of olive groves on steep slopes in the northwest of the Syrian Arab Republic
In the marginal Mediterranean areas of the northwest of the Syrian Arab Republic, land degradation is a serious problem, particularly on vulnerable agricultural land. The traditional land-husbandry practices have not kept ...
Breeding faba bean for resistance to Ascochyta blight
Ascochyta blight (Didymella fabae Jellis and Punithalingam)
is one of the most important foliar diseases that
affect the quality and seed yield of faba bean (Vicia faba
L.) worldwide. Breeding for resistance to Ascochyta
blight ...
Land management strategies to sustain productivity of olive groves on steep slopes in Northwestern Syria
In the northern hills of Syria, land degradation is a serious problem, particularly on vulnerable agricultural land. The traditional olive production land-husbandry practices have not kept pace with the intensification and ...
Anthroscape: A Holistic Landscape Based Approach for Mitigating Environmental Threats of 21st Century
Centuries are remembered with human achievements alike the bronze age, the iron age of archaic and the 20th century as the age of innovation. However, the 21st century will be remembered as the age of extinction due to ...
The economics of soil erosion and benefits of sustainable land management in Asia and Africa
The economic costs of soil erosion and associated nutrient loss and benefits of sustainable land management are examined in 44 Asian and 42 African countries using an integrated biophysical and econometric modelling approach ...