In an intensive survey of lentil and chickpea fields and research stations plots carried out in the Punjab province of Pakistan in 1997, more than 6505 plant samples were collected and tested by tissue-blot immunoassay (TBIA) for the presence of 14...
Genotypic variation of 64 durum lines, landraces, and varieties wereinvestigated using three sources of microsatellites (SSRs). 245 primer pairswere used to detect polymorphism in this collection. A total of 42polymorphic SSR primer pairs consisting...
A collection comprising 157 Aegilops geniculata accessionsoriginating from different ecogeographical regions was established atENSA-INRA, Montpellier. The accessions were studied for physiologicaltraits related to drought and heat stress and screened...
Two varieties of lentil were grown in tanks filled with clay, and were irrigated with waters containing three different levels of salinity. Salinity affected the germination and survival of the seedlings; the pre-dawn leaf-water potential and maximum...
ICARDA faces a significant challenge in achieving sustainable agricultural production amid highly variable climatic conditions. The past two seasons vividly illustrated this variability. The 1987/88 season saw abundant rainfall, resulting in bumper...
This Annual Report of ICARDA for 2000 is the first to reflect the new reporting structure based on the five CGIAR themes: Germplasm Enhancement, Production Systems Management, Natural Resource Management, Socioeconomics and Policy, and Institutional...
