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Improving phosphorus fertility in tropical soils through biological interventions
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55519
Publication year
2006
Authors
Oberson, Astrid
Bünemann, Else K.
Friesen, Dennis K.
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Smithson, P.C.
Turner, B.L.
Frossard, Emmanuel
Full…
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Whiteflies as vectors of viruses in legume and vegetable mixed cropping systems in the tropical lowlands of Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Conclusions and recommendations
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55502
Publication year
2005
Authors
Morales, Francisco José
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Morales, Francisco José. 2005. Whiteflies as vectors of viruses in legume and…
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Agroecological Intensification: Potential and Limitations to Achieving Food Security and Sustainability
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97429
Abstract
Food systems across the world are increasingly threatened by climate change, depletion and contamination of natural resources, increasing population, rapid urbanization and shifting diets. Sustainable agricultural practices that are referred to by the label “agroecology” have been promoted as one of the solutions to…
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Cassava cultivation and soil productivity
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90631
Abstract
Cassava is becoming an ever more important crop, and over the past 20–30 years its planted area has increased faster than that of any other food crop. However, yields are still low due to the fact that the crop is usually grown on infertile soils and without adequate soil and crop management. This chapter begins by discussing nutrient absorption, distribution within the plant,…
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Diseases affecting cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89962
Abstract
Cassava diseases are major production constraints wherever the crop is grown. Although diseases will continue to pose a challenge to cassava producers in the immediate future, tremendous progress is being made in developing control tactics. These range from biotechnological approaches for enhancing disease resistance to viruses to the application of biocontrol suppressors that help cassava…
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Pathways to agroecological intensification of soil fertility management by smallholder farmers in the Andean highlands
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77626
Publication year
2012
Authors
Fonte, Steven J.
Vanek, Steven J.
Oyarzun, Pedro
Parsa, Soroush
Quintero, Diana Carolina
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Lavelle, Patrick M…
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DArT whole genome profiling provides insights on the evolution and taxonomy of edible Banana (Musa spp.)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77779
Abstract
Background and Aims: Dessert and cooking bananas are vegetatively propagated crops of great importance for both the subsistence and the livelihood of people in developing countries. A wide diversity of diploid and triploid cultivars including AA, AB, AS, AT, AAA, AAB, ABB, AAS and AAT genomic constitutions exists.…
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New approaches to cassava breeding
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88985
Publication year
2012
Authors
Ceballos, Hernán
Hershey, Clair H.
Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto
Full Citation
Ceballos, Hernán; Hershey, Clair H.; Becerra López-Lavalle, Luis Augusto. 2012. New approaches to cassava breeding. Plant…
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An integrated adaptation and mitigation framework for developing agricultural research: Synergies and Trade-Offs
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/7029
Abstract
Global food security is under threat by climate change, and the impacts fall disproportionately on resource-poor small producers. With the goal of making agricultural and food systems more climate resilient, this paper presents an adaptation and mitigation framework. A road map for further agricultural…
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Actividades relacionadas. Asia oeste y argentina
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82330
Publication year
1987
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Actividades relacionadas. Asia oeste y argentina.1987.In: Centro…
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Mejoramiento de características individuales. Resistencia a plagas invertebradas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82315
Abstract
The search for new sources of resistance to Empoasca kraemeri, Acanthoscelides obtectus, Zabrotes subfasciatus, and Apion godmani among bean germplasm materials continued in 1986. Special emphasis was placed on the study of mechanisms of resistance to E. kraemeri, A. obtectus, and Z.…
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Genetic improvement and related activities. Evaluation in uniform nurseries
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82377
Abstract
The 3-stage progeny evaluation program at CIAT tested 1902 materials (67.4 percent new entries) in 1986, distributed as follows: 1st stage (bean evaluation nursery-VEF), 1282 entries; 2nd stage (preliminary trials-EP), 435 entries; and 3rd stage (IBYAN), 185 entries. The following data are included in table form for these 3 uniform nurseries:…
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GBIF: Mobilising information for adapting agriculture to climate change
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67506
Publication year
2009
Authors
Jarvis, Andy
Gaiji, S.
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Zapata, E.
Full Citation
Jarvis, A.; Gaiji, S.; Ramirez, J.; Zapata, E. -2009-GBIF: Mobilising information…
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Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106663
Abstract
To identify wild plants used as food and assess their frequency of consumption over a year in a region of Tunisia where agriculture is undergoing a major transformation from smallholder farming to an intensive high-input agricultural system.Qualitative ethnobotanical study followed by a survey of…
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Genetic improvement and related activities. Regional activities. Africa. East Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82383
Abstract
Detailed information is presented on the activities of the Eastern Africa regional bean program. This regional project covers Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda. CIAT's regional activities aim primarily at strengthening national capabilities to conduct research relevant to small farmers' needs. Special attention is being…
