Managing rangelands: promoting native grass species: Stipa tenacissima: nurse species to initiate the process of ecosystem restoration
Stipa tenacissima is a long-lived perennial grass that dominates the Mediterranean Basin steppe, covering more than 2.8 million ha and growing in almost all geomorphological units. The plant seems to prefer calcareous soils that are shallow and...
Estimating Agricultural Crop Types and Fallow Lands Using Multi Temporal Sentinel-2A Imageries
Meeting the food and nutritional demands of ever growing human population will cause immense pressure on agricultural lands and natural resource bases across the world. This challenge can be met only by proper land and water management, which...
Energy determines broad pattern of plant distribution in Western Himalaya
Several factors describe the broad pattern of diversity in plant species distribution. We explore these determinants of species richness in Western Himalayas using high-resolution species data available for the area to energy, water...
Wide crosses of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) reveal good disease resistance, yield stability, and industrial quality across Mediterranean sites
Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) breeders over the past century have increased the productivity and resilience of this crop via strong selection applied to genes controlling agronomically important traits. Along this process, some of the...
Impacts of Improved Supplemental Irrigation on Farm Income, Productive Efficiency and Risk Management in Dry Areas
This paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously accounts for technical...
Molecular detection and phylogenetic analyses of Toxoplasma gondii from naturally infected sheep in Northern and Central Tunisia
Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. It can infect all warm-blooded vertebrate species and causes abortions and birth defects in pregnant women and pregnant ewes. The objective of this study...
AFESD-ICARDA: A strategic partnership for developing the capacity of Young Scientists in Arab Countries
Capacity development is one of ICARDA’s core priorities. A four-decade partnership with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has equipped thousands of trainees with crucial new knowledge and skills – helping to raise...
Screening of lentil genotypes for resistance to Bean yellow mosaic virus and effect of mixed infection on the susceptibility of some resistant lentil genotypes
A total of 100 lentil genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to a Syrian isolate (SV205-85) of Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) under field conditions during 2010/2011 growing season. All plants were...
Sustainable Development of Lowlands in Agro-Pastoral Ecosystems: Strengthening the resilience of lowlands in the Near East and North Africa
Sustainable management of the lowlands requires comprehensive and multi-faceted approaches to land management. These include scientifically-grounded integrated practices that combine ecologically-oriented approaches which benefit the land, its...
