Environmental and Economic Benefits of Saline-Sodic Soil Reclamation Using Low-quality Water and Soil Amendments in Conjunction with a Rice–Wheat Cropping System
Detection of Wheat Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) Race TTKSK (Ug99) in Iran
In 2007, new reports of stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks. in Lorestan and Hamadan provinces of Iran were considered unusual because stem rust had not been recorded previously in the Hamadan area where winter habit...
Nitrate‐n test as a guide to N fertilization of Weat in the mediterranean region
Forty factorial experiments with 4 levels of N (0, 40, 80, and 120 kg N/ha and 4 levels of P (0, 8.8, 17.5, and 35 kg P/ha) with two replicates were conducted in farmers’ fields during two consecutive seasons in 1987 and 1988. The sites chosen...
Sources of resistance to Hessian Fly ( Diptera:Cecidomyiidae ) in Syria identified among Aegilops species and Synthetic derived bread wheat Lines
The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is a major pest of wheat in North Africa, southern Europe, North America, and northern Kazakhstan. It is believed this pest (like wheat) originated in West Asia. The Syrian Hessian fly biotype has...
In-season wheat root growth and soil water extraction in the Mediterranean environment of northern Syria
Wheat is the most important cereal crop in the semi-arid eastern Mediterranean region that includes northern Syria. Knowledge of wheat root depth and the vertical distribution during the winter growing season is needed for sound scheduling of...
