Enhancing Agricultural Extension Services for Rural Development in Jordan
This paper provides a review of the agricultural extension system in Jordan, with a focus on strengths and constraints, as well as options for how to improve efficiency in service delivery and efficacy in outcomes. While public extension in...
Influence of Varietal Selection and Treatments on the Nutritive Value of Selected Pulse Crop Residue
The current study was aimed to analyze the utilization of crop residue in the mixed farming systems of Ethiopia, to explore the possibility of improving straw yield and nutritive value of chickpea, faba bean and lentil without compromising grain...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable native tree species: Acacia cyanophylla: a multipurpose tree mainly used for reforestation of degraded landscapes
Acacia cyanophylla (also known as Acacia saligna) is one of three priority multipurpose tree species for arid and semi-arid zones. It is well adapted to semi-arid and sub-humid regions, and is a high potential species for use in restoration. Its...
Atriplex leucoclada is one such native biennial and palatable halophyte species in the Mediterranean region. Due to its easy and rapid establishment in both saline and degraded rangelands, it is being used as a source of feed, especially in...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable practices: Reseeding: a practical and costeffective technique that enhances ecological sustainability while strengthening system resilience
The problem of rangeland degradation can be reversed through revegetation, for example through inclusion of various locally adapted native species in the reseeding. Reseeding is the process by which rangelands are rehabilitated and it has two...
Identification of High-Temperature Tolerant Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Genotypes through Leaf and Pollen Traits
Rising temperatures are proving detrimental for various agricultural crops. Cool-season legumes such as lentil (Lens culunaris Medik.) are sensitive to even small increases in temperature during the reproductive stage, hence the need to explore...
FecXBar a Novel BMP15 mutation responsible for prolificacy and female sterility in Tunisian Barbarine Sheep
Background: Naturally occurring mutations in growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) or bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) genes are associated with increased ovulation rate (OR) and litter size (LS) but also sterility. Observing the...
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is an important cool season legume grown in Mediterranean and semiarid climates. The crop often faces terminal drought stress during the reproductive phase as a consequence of diminishing rainfall or plant...
Race structure of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in Morocco
The virulence of 135 single-spore isolates of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, collected from durum wheat fields representing most of the major agro-ecological zones of Morocco from 2013 to 2015, was assessed on six international differential wheat...
AMMI Biplot Analysis for Genotype X Environment Interaction on Yield Trait of High Fe content Lentil Genotypes in Terai and Mid-Hill Environment of Nepal
Adolescence covers 10-19 years of human age and is the transition period of life. The prevalence of Iron (Fe) deficiency in Nepal is around 23% population. High Fe content biofortied lines had developed to overwhelm the problem. This study was...
