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Effect of interaction among variety, planting date and plant density on incidence of luteoviruses naturally infecting chickpea in Al Ghab region of Syria
Luteoviruses (family Luteoviridae), persistently transmitted by aphids are among the most important viruses which cause economical losses and show yellowing and stunting symptoms on legume crops worldwide, including Syria. ...
Effectiveness of soil solarization for control of Heterodera ciceri and Pratylenchus thornei on chickpea in Syria
A field experiment was conducted during summer 1989 to investigate the effect of soil solarization on the control of Heterodera ciceri and Pratylenchus thornei and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Syria. The soil ...
Viruses and Phytoplasma Reported on the Most Important Vegetable Crops in Syria: A Review
Syria is famous for cultivation of many different vegetable crops in most governorates during both winter and summer growing seasons, due to its Mediterranean moderate climate conditions, characterized by a mild winter and ...
Efficient soil water use: The key to sustainable crop production in dry areas of West Asia and North and Sub-Saharan Africa: proceedings of the 1998 (Niger) and 1999 (Jordan) Workshops of the Optimizing Soil Water Use (OSWU) Consortium
Within the next 30 years, the world's population will rise to 7-8 billion, bringing in its wake an urgent need to double the existing levels of world food production. Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Rio Earth Summit ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1991
A large expanse of the WANA region, about 375 million hectares or 22% of the total area, is steppe. This zone, where annual rainfall is less than 200 mm, has traditionally been used for communal grazing of small ruminants ...
Impacts of Crop Improvement Research on Farmers' Livelihoods: The Case of Winter-Sown Chickpea in Syria
This study presents farmers’ evaluations of the performance of winter-sown chickpea technology developed
by ICARDA relative to traditional spring planting, and assesses impacts of this technology on farmers’
livelihoods ...