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.
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...
Cooperation, sharing expertise and technology, partnerships, and access to information formed the foundation of ICARDA's achievements during a year marked by strategic realignments and a forward-looking vision, bringing a new sense of optimism to its...
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is the major insect pest of wheat in Morocco. Host plant resistance has been the most effective and practical method of controlling this pest. When 347 accessions of Aegilops species were screened in the...
A genetic linkage map of Lens sp. was constructed with 177 markers (89 RAPD, 79 AFLP, six RFLP and three morphological markers) using 86 recombinant inbred lines (F-6:8) Obtained from a partially interspecific cross. The map covered 1073 cM of the...
This issue of Caravan, presents a few examples of the harmony of ICARDA research with nature. The collaborative long-term trials in Egypt have produced tentative guidelines which will help farmers to use less water, and fewer external inputs(and thus...
