Ties that Bind: Turkey and ICARDA. Collaboration in Agricultural Research since 1977
Turkey is located in the Fertile Crescent, an area in the Mediterranean region where, some 10,000 years ago, barley, wheat, lentil, pea, flax and vetch were domesticated—indicating the country's rich experience in agricultural production. Though...
Crop row spacing and its influence on the partitioning of evapotranspiration by winter-grown wheat in Northern Syria
A study was conducted during the 1996–97 crop growth season at ICARDA in northern Syria, to investigate the influence of wheat canopy architecture on the partitioning of moisture between soil evaporation and crop transpiration, on a soil with...
Caravan 20-21: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
This issue of Caravan provides examples of the impact of ICARDA's collaborative research activities and expanding partnerships on improving livelihoods in the dry areas. In this issue: a) Special Report: ICARDA and the Millennium Development...
Sunn Pest (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) Oviposition and Egg Parasitism in Syria
Sunn Pest (Eurygaster integriceps Puton.) is the most important insect pest of wheat in Syria. Hymenopteran egg parasitoids are among the natural enemies that contribute to the reduction of Sunn Pest populations. Our surveys from 1997-1999...
Sudan, together with Egypt, was at the core of ICARDA’s first outreach program, begun in 1979, just two years after the Center’s founding. Since the establishment of the Nile Valley Project (NVP) in that year, ICARDA has worked with the...
The year 2002 marked ICARDA's 25th anniversary, and coincided with several honors and awards for the center's excellence in research. Research on developing high-yielding kabuli chickpea varieties that thrive in cool, wet winter conditions...
Segregation distortion in doubled haploid lines of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) detected by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
A total of 147 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers (including86 barley and 61 wheat microsatellite markers) were tested for their segregation in a doubled haploid (DH) and an F2 population of barley. The DH population consisted of 71 doubled...