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Comportamiento de variedades de maiz intercaladas con yuca en las sabanas de Sucre
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82485
Abstract
The performance of different maize var. (ICA V 109, ICA V 258, SV 901, and Puya (regional)) intercropped with cassava var. Venezolana was assessed in trials conducted in the rural communities of Tokio and Las Cruces (Sucre, Colombia); the influence of intercropping on the yields of both component crops was also determined. Fresh root…
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Calidad de Andropogon gayanus y productividad animal
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55000
Publication year
1989
Authors
Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo
Thomas, D.
Full Citation
Lascano, C.; Thomas, D. 1989. Calidad de Andropogon gayanus y productividad animal. In: Toledo, José M.; Vera, Raúl R.; Lascano, Carlos E.; Lenné, Jillian M. (eds.). Andropogon…
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Phaseolus beans
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55102
Abstract
The main activities on Phaseolus beans (in vitro culture techniques and biochemical and molecular markers) conducted in 1988 by CIAT`s Biotechnology Research Unit are summarized. (CIAT)
Publication year
1989
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Phaseolus…
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Establecimiento y manejo de cruzamientos y viveros de crianza
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82129
Abstract
Three basic hybridization techniques used in crossbreeding are briefly described, namely: (1) emasculation with covered stigma, (2) emasculation with naked stigma, and (3) without emasculation. Their resp. advantages and disadvantages are compared. Hybridization is affected by external plant factors (humidity, temp., air, light), by internal factors (days to…
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El papel del patologo, entomologo y otros en adicion del mejorador. Importancia de trabajar en equipo
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82095
Abstract
The advantages of a multidisciplinary team approach in bean improvement programs to study the different aspects (biological, climatic, and edaphic) affecting production are indicated. The activities of each specialist complement those of the other members, thus increasing working efficiency. However, the administrative…
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Trends in world common bean production
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81813
Abstract
Data on beans are presented and analyzed as to world production during 1982-84; contribution to world's production; importance in nutrition; yields (t/ha); production av. for 1962-64, 1972-74, and 1982-84; production increase in terms of yield and area planted during 1962-64 to 1972-74 and 1972-74 to 1982-84, and international trade. (CIAT)
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Monitoreo de las plantas de secado
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55085
Abstract
A method used to calculate a social impact indicator of the cassava drying project carried out on Colombia`s Atlantic Coast is described. Based on the information collected during project monitoring (amount of cassava sold, sale price, labor costs, profits, no. of beneficiaries and land tenancy, and investment costs), the impact of the project from Aug. 1987 through July 1988 is also…
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Multiplicacion de semilla experimental y basica de especies forrajeras en IVITA Pucallpa - Peru
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82209
Abstract
Se resumen las actividades realizadas en la Estacion Exptl. de IVITA en Pucallpa (Peru), en relacion con la multiplicacion y produccion de semilla exptl. y basica de las especies Brachiaria decumbens cv. Comun, Andropogon gayanus CIAT 621, B. dictyoneura CIAT 6133, Desmodium ovalifolium CIAT 350, Centrosema pubescens CIAT…
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Multiplicacion de semilla experimental y basica
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82212
Abstract
Se presentan los resultados de las actividades de multiplicacion de semilla exptl. y basica de pastos tropicales en las regiones de Pucallpa, Tarapoto y Puerto Maldonado (Peru) durante 1987-88, y se explican los principales factores que impidieron el cumplimiento de los objetivos propuestos. Se establecieron 18 campos de multiplicacion en Tarapoto y 28 en Pucallpa, donde…
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Fitomejoramiento
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54964
Publication year
1987
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Fitomejoramiento. 1987. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Pastos Tropicales. Informe Anual 1986. CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 23-31. (Documento de trabajo no. 24)
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El mejoramiento genético de la habichuela en América Latina: memorias de un taller, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 11 al 15 de mayo de 1987
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55099
Abstract
The purpose of the 1st Latin American workshop on snap bean improvement was to define objectives and strategies for crop improvement and discuss the relationship between an international center for agricultural research and the national programs. The relationships between the public and…
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Genetic improvement and related activities. Regional activities. IVT-CIAT collaboration
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82386
Abstract
CIAT has a collaborative bean breeding project with the Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding in the Netherlands. In 1986 research was concentrated on incorporating resistance to BCMV into CIAT-bred lines. Testing for beans resistant to the BCMV-Tn strain continued. Selections came from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd crossing…
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Efecto de especies mixtas en la productividad ganadera y los servicios ecosistémicos
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111062
Publication year
2020
Authors
Cardoso, Juan Andrés
Full Citation
Cardoso J.A. (2020) Efecto de especies mixtas en la productividad ganadera y los servicios ecosistémicos. Presentado en los Conversatorios sobre Ganadería…
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Paraguay: Potential demand for cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82040
Abstract
A brief analysis is made of colonization, price and commercialization, credit, research, and extension policies and their impact on agriculture in Paraguay. The present status of cassava consumption, production, and distribution is then reviewed to determine potential and projected demand. Time series data were used to calculate the effects of changes in income, prices, and…
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Capacitación
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82308
Abstract
Training of scientists and extensionists at CIAT headquarters in the development, testing, and promotion of new breeding lines and agronomic practices continued to receive high priority in the bean program. A total of 180 scientists from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Peru, Honduras, and Colombia were trained this year in on-farm research. Seventy-six scientists from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and…
