Desertification is an environmental nightmare that has been worrying agricultural researchers and environmentalists for a long time. It is the most extreme form of soil erosion, and also causes loss of biodiversity. To think of erosion only in...
Since its establishment, the International Center for Agricultural research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), based in Aleppo, Syria, has worked side by side with scientists and technicians in all parts of the Arab world to not only breed new, more...
In 1996, a key activity was the development of a new Medium-Term Plan (MTP) for 1998-2000. This plan aimed to enhance food security while also protecting the natural resource base in the fragile dry areas. The process involved collaboration with...
This issue highlights are:
a) We can feed the world. A distinguished speaker calls for more support for agricultural research.
b) Harry Darling remembered: honoring ICARDA's first Director General.
c) International Cooperation: building the...
Achieving sustainable increases in agricultural productivity in dry areas presents a significant challenge. These regions are characterized by low and variable rainfall, limited conventional water resources, and a continually decreasing share of...
Six hundred and five faba bean genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to a Syrian isolate (SV205-85) of bean yellow mosaic potyvirus (BYMV). The preliminary evaluation of the different genotypes response to infection was conducted under...
A survey of faba bean and chickpea for virus infection, conducted during February 1994 in the Sudan, showed that bean yellow mosaic potyvirus and broad bean mottle bromovirus occurred commonly in both crops. Chickpea chlorotic dwarf geminivirus (CCDV...
