Survey for chickpea and lentil virus diseases in Ethiopia
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) are among the major cool-season food legumes grown in Ethiopia. Fungal and viral diseases are important factors limiting production of these two crops in the Country. As there is...
Inheritance and Linkage Analysis of Frost Injury in Lentil
Radiation-frost injury is an important abiotic constraint to lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) production in West Asia, but no information has been published on the inheritance of radiation-frost injury in lentil. The objectives of the study were...
Inheritance and linkage relationships of days to flower and morphological loci in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus subsp. culinaris)
Lentils from south Asia differ markedly in days to flower and several other traits from lentils in other major lentil producing areas of the world such as west Asia. Single-gene inheritance and a polygenic system were observed to control days to...
Caravan 10 : Review of agriculture in the dry areas
This issue of Caravan will provide a glimpse of the holistic approach that ICARDA is employing to achieve increased efficiency in food production from the dry, marginal areas.
