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Occurrence and management of faba bean necrotic yellows virus in food legume crops
Faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV, genus Nanovirus, family Nanoviridae) causes an important disease of several food and fodder legumes. Its main symptoms are leaf yellowing, plant stunting, reddening, thickening of ...
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 ...
Phytoremediation of Sodic and Saline-Sodic Soils
Sodic and saline-sodic soils are characterized by the occurrence of sodium (Na+) at levels that cause poor physical properties and fertility problems, threatening agricultural productivity in many arid and semi-arid regions. ...
Improved Decision Making for Deficit Irrigation of Wheat in Northern Syria
Increasing water scarcity due to population growth and urbanization is pushing the countries in the Mediterranean region to improve their irrigation water use efficiency. Supplemental irrigation of rain-fed crops is a very ...
Community-based Watershed Research in the Terraced Mountains of Yemen
The threat that the degradation of terraces in the highlands of Yemen poses to the livelihood of rural households and to national economic development has been widely recognized. The aim of this study was to contribute to ...
International germplasm development for multiple disease resistance
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), with the
headquarters in Aleppo, Syria, is one of 15 centers strategically located all over the world and
supported by the Consultative Group ...
Using Recharge Estimation by the Water Balance Method as a Baseline for Sustainable Groundwater Management in a Water-Scarce Region of Syria
During the period of observation, groundwater abstractions by farmers in Khanasser valley, a water-scarce region of northwest Syria were largely sustainable. This was found by using the water balance method during a period ...
Vegetative Bioremediation of Sodic and Saline-Sodic Soils
Agricultural productivity in many arid and semi-arid regions of the world is threatened by the occurrence of salt-affected soils, which are characterized by excess levels of soluble salts in soil solution (salinity) and/ ...
Bean yellow mosaic virus studies in faba bean
Bean yellow mosaic (BYMV, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) is worldwide distributed and the most common cause of mosaic symptoms in faba bean (Vicialabae L.). BYMV was the most frequently found virus in quantitative ...