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Managing rangelands: promoting well-adapted shrub species: Atriplex nummularia: Highly drought and salt tolerant shrub, well-suited for rangeland rehabilitation and for providing quality fodder for livestock when herbage availability is low
June 30, 2017

Managing rangelands: promoting well-adapted shrub species: Atriplex nummularia: Highly drought and salt tolerant shrub, well-suited for rangeland rehabilitation and for providing quality fodder for livestock when herbage availability is low

Atriplex nummularia is a key feed resource in times when other feed is not available. This plant is grown in arid areas all over the world and is often promoted to improve forage availability. As a result, this plant is easily accessible in many...

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Leaf emergence (phyllochron index) and leaf expansion response to soil drying in cowpea genotypes
June 30, 2017

Leaf emergence (phyllochron index) and leaf expansion response to soil drying in cowpea genotypes

Drought can result in severely decreased leaf area development, which impacts plant growth and yield. However, rarely is leaf emergence or leaf expansion separated to resolve the relative sensitivity to water-deficit of these two processes...

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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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June 25, 2017

ICARDA scientist attends First World Conference on Soil and Water Conservation

ICARDA scientist Dr. Stefan Strohmeier presented the Center’s achievements on restoring degraded rangelands by optimizing mechanized micro water harvesting techniques at the First World Conference on Soil and Water Conservation under Global...

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Effect of animal manure on decreasing chemical fertilzer use in degraded farm fields in semiarid region of Central Turkey
June 23, 2017

Effect of animal manure on decreasing chemical fertilzer use in degraded farm fields in semiarid region of Central Turkey

Intensive agriculture in dry lands when coupled with wind erosion causesdegradation of soils’ physical and chemical qualities that limits achieving desired yield. Karapınar, located in Central Anatolia (CA) of Turkey experienced severe wind...

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June 21, 2017

A new initiative to assure food and nutritional security for South Asian farmers

ICARDA and IFAD launched a new initiative aimed at assuring food and nutritional security and income for farmers in South Asia.
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H.E. Youssef Rajji, Ambassador of Lebanon to Morocco, surrounded by ICARDA scientists during his visit to ICARDA-Rabat
June 20, 2017

Lebanese Ambassador visits ICARDA’s Research Hub in Morocco

The visit provided an opportunity to emphasize the old ties that link ICARDA to Lebanon, and thank the Lebanese Government for its permanent support to ICARDA.
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June 17, 2017

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The challenge of desertification, already big, is becoming even more significant as a growing global population places increasing pressure on productive land.
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Genotypic and growing location effect on grain β-glucan content of barley under sub-tropical climates
June 17, 2017

Genotypic and growing location effect on grain β-glucan content of barley under sub-tropical climates

Effect of genotype and growing location on barley grain beta glucan content was studied in 25 barley genotypes grown over six different locations in India. Based upon the two years results, the genotypes BCU 554, BH 963, BHS 352 and DWR 30 were...

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