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Cryptic Diversity Hidden within the Leafminer Genus Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
Leafminer insects of the genus Liriomyza are small flies whose larvae feed on the internal tissue of some of the most important crop plants for the human diet. Several of these pest species are highly uniform from the ...
Resistance to Orobanche crenata Forsk. in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.): exploring some potential altered physiological and biochemical defense mechanisms
Management of broomrape (Orobanche crenata Fosk.) that causes important damages on lentil production becomes a veritable concern in the Mediterranean region. Eighty lentil accessions were evaluated for resistance to O. ...
Nematodes of cool-season food legumes in North Africa
Preliminary surveys undertaken in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia during 1988 to 1990, revealed the presence of several nematode species associated with chickpea, faba bean, lentil, and pea. Root-lesion nematodes were the ...
Population Demographic and Reproductive Parameters of the Cowpea Seed Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus Infesting Stored Lentil and Chickpea Commodities
This paper carried out first exhausted investigations on pest status of the cowpea weevil
Callosobruchus maculatus on two food legumes namely chickpea (Amdoun 1 variety) and lentil (Ncir
variety) during six months of ...
Tunisia-ICARDA on Food Legume Improvement: Progress Report 1982-1983
This report contains the results of a collaborative research program on food legumes between the Tunisian Program and ICARDA. The program was carried out within the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie ...
Tunisia-ICARDA cooperative Program on Food Legume Improvement: Progress Report 1984-1985
This report gives the results from the fourth year of a cooperative project on food legume improvement between INRAT (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie) and ICARDA. Within this project, a food legume ...
Epidemiology and management of legume and cereal viruses in Arab and Mediterranean regions
In the Arab and Mediterranean regions, cool-season food legumes (chickpea, faba bean, lentil and pea) are infected naturally by many viruses, and the number of viruses involved continues to increase. However, at any specific ...
Effect of salinity on germination of five Tunisian lentil (Lens culinaris L.) genotypes
Salinity is one of the major stresses especially in arid and semi-arid
regions, which severely limites crop production. It is a significant problem
affecting agriculture worldwide and is predicted to become a larger ...