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Barley
Barley being the earliest domesticated cereal is one of the major world crops today. Wide adaptation of barley to ecogeographic conditions and higher response to low input and stressful environments make it globally ...
Grasspea and chicklings (Lathyrus L.)
The genetic diversity of the genus Lathyrus is of immense significance, particularly for rain-fed cropping systems of many countries (Campbell et al., 1994) as a resource for the improvement ofL. sativus L., but also because ...
Wheat
Wheat is one of the most important staple crops of global food and nutritional security. The demand for wheat has been increasing substantially with the increasing human population pressure. Wheat genetic resources including ...
Genotype x Environment Interaction Implication: A Case Study of Durum Wheat Breeding in Iran
The genotype x environment (GE) interaction is a major challenge to plant breeders as it complicates testing and selection of superior genotypes and consequently reduces gains from selection. This chapter introduces and ...
Remote Sensing-Based Forest Biomass Assessment in Northwest Himalayan Landscape
Forests cover around one-third of the global land cover (4.03 billion hectares) (FAO 2010; Pan et al. 2013) and are among the richest ecosystems in terms of biological and genetic diversity (Köhl et al. 2015). Forests are ...
The Impact of International and National Investment in Barley Germplasm Improvement in the Developing Countries
Barley grain is used for animal feed, malt and food for human consumption. Archaeological evidence shows that barley was used in human food several thousand years ago (Bhatty, 1992). Although replaced by wheat and rice in ...
Drylands of the Mediterranean Zone: Biophysical Resources and Cropping Systems
This chapter focuses on cropping systems at the land bordering the Mediterranean and considers the climatic characteristics of the region where rainfall is the dominant factor for crop growth. It highlights the quantity ...
Efficient and sustainable production of faba bean
Faba bean is mainly grown under rain-fed conditions, although irrigated production is important in Egypt, parts of China and Central Asia. China is the leading producer with a wide range of intensive rotation and inter-crop ...
Breeding for Salinity Tolerance
Land degradation is the greatest impediment to sustainable agricultural sustainability in developing nations. In 1980, more than 3*10^6 ha of arable land was considered saline (Brinkman 1980). This area has more than doubled ...
Food security in changing Arab environment
The Arab region has the largest food deficit in the world, due to the strained natural resource base and vulnerabilities to climate change implications, which put tremendous pressure on achieving food security. During the ...