Australia has traditionally been a strong supporter of agricultural research, both at home and abroad. Total Australian funding for ICARDA research amounted to US$ 575,000 during the 2001 financial year, a 53% increase from 1996. Perhaps even...
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...
Inheritance of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Four Populations of Barley
Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe [(teleomorph Giberella Zeae (Schwein.)], has been a major disease problem of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in the U.S. Midwest since 1993. It can make a potentially profitable...
First record of Chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus (CpCDV) affecting faba bean (Vicia faba) crops in Egypt
A field visit was conducted in March 2002 to identify viruses infecting the faba bean (Vicia faba) crop in four governorates (Fayoum, Beni Suef, El-Nobareia and Bihera) in Egypt. A total of 71 faba bean samples with symptoms of viral infection...
First report of Faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV) infecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and faba bean (Vicia faba) crops in Sudan
A total of 45 faba bean samples (Vicia faba) and 130 chickpea samples (Cicer arietinum) were collected from plants with symptoms that suggested a viral infection (leaf rolling, yellowing and stunting) during the period 1999–2001 at the Shambat...
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...
Identification and seasonal variation of viral diseases of chickpea and lentil in Iran
Field surveys were conducted to identify viral diseases affecting lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Iran during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. The survey covered 100 chickpea and 34 lentil fields, all of which were...
Differentiation Among Bean Leafroll Virus Susceptible and Resistant Lentil and Faba Bean Genotypes on the Basis of Virus Movement and Multiplication
Systemic movement of Bean leafroll virus (BLRV) in susceptible and resistant lentil and faba bean genotypes was studied using plants grown in a plastic house. All the plants studied were inoculated with BLRV by viruliferous pea aphids...
