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Adaptation and Stability Analysis of ICARDA Durum Wheat Elites across 18 Countries
August 03, 2017

Adaptation and Stability Analysis of ICARDA Durum Wheat Elites across 18 Countries

… Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) is the 10th most important crop … adaptation is only marginally documented. Here, 24 durum wheat genotypes comprising elites from the ICARDA breeding … Adaptation and Stability Analysis of ICARDA Durum Wheat Elites across 18 Countries. Crop Science, 57 (5), pp. …
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In Afghanistan, ICARDA has promoted agricultural value chains and mechanization.
August 02, 2017

Post-conflict restoration of agricultural systems

ICARDA expertise helps fragile states and territories' transition after internal shocks have devastated their agricultural production systems. Lessons learned in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine could hold the key to future rebuilding efforts in...

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Assessment of the Suitability of Raised Bed – Furrow Irrigation Technique in Saving Water for Wheat Production in New Halfa Area, Sudan
July 31, 2017

Assessment of the Suitability of Raised Bed – Furrow Irrigation Technique in Saving Water for Wheat Production in New Halfa Area, Sudan

… the most important, and they produce cotton, groundnut, wheat, sorghum and vegetables (Mahir and Abdelaziz, 2010). … policy to extensively increase the area of irrigated land. Wheat is a cereal grain grown all over the world. It is the … of people. The world map (2017) shows a list of top ten wheat producers in the world. The European Union, which is …
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Assessing gaps in irrigated agricultural productivity through satellite earth observations—A case study of the Fergana Valley, Central Asia
July 31, 2017

Assessing gaps in irrigated agricultural productivity through satellite earth observations—A case study of the Fergana Valley, Central Asia

… dynamics over time. The improvement potential of cotton and wheat yields were estimated at5%, compared to crop yields of …
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July 26, 2017

Tackling the threat of rust disease

… A research facility is helping countries fight wheat rust diseases – and the threat they pose to wheat yields and food security.  Although wheat rust disease is well known, the situation and threat …
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Genetic Diversity within a Global Panel of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum) landraces and Modern Germplasm reveals the History of Alleles Exchange
July 18, 2017

Genetic Diversity within a Global Panel of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum) landraces and Modern Germplasm reveals the History of Alleles Exchange

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The use of AMMI model for interpreting genotype x environment interaction in durum wheat
July 03, 2017

The use of AMMI model for interpreting genotype x environment interaction in durum wheat

… Durum wheat (Triticum durum) is one of the most important cereal … (GE) interaction for grain yield in rainfed durum wheat and to (ii) analyse the relationships of GE … yield and some related traits were evaluated in 25 durum wheat genotypes (landrace, breeding line, old and new …
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July 02, 2017

Adapting durum wheat varieties to the Senegal River Basin

The durum wheat breeding initiative helps farmers raise their incomes and diversify their diets.
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Construction of new EST-SSRs for Fusarium resistant wheat breeding
June 30, 2017

Construction of new EST-SSRs for Fusarium resistant wheat breeding

Surveying Fusarium resistance in wheat with easy applicable molecular markers such as simple sequence repeats (SSRs) is a prerequest for molecular breeding. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are one of the main sources for development of new SSR...

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Wheat pests: insects, mites, and prospects for the future
June 27, 2017

Wheat pests: insects, mites, and prospects for the future

Wheat pests are the subject of this chapter and the previous one. There are four major taxa of wheat pests. Rodents and nematodes were discussed in the previous chapter. Insects and mites are discussed in this chapter. Case studies are presented...

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