The collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and ICARDA dates back to their inception in 1977, and their activities have been intertwined ever since.
IFAD has been a key supporter of ICARDA's research targeting...
During May 2003, a high incidence of symptoms suggestive of virus infection in spring chickpea were observed in many fields in Al-Ghab Valley, Syria, the ICARDA farm (near Aleppo, Syria), as well as in other locations in northern Syria, including the...
Thirty-two isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lentis were isolated from wilted lentil plants collected from different lentil growing areas in north-west Algeria. A pathogenicity test was performed for all isolates. Results indicated that the Fol...
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 revealed...
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 Agricultural...
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 barley...
