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Bean improvement for low fertility soils in Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43211
Abstract
Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris check for this species in other resources L.) production in Africa is constrained by edaphic stresses. A pan-African effort, Bean Improvement for Low Fertility in Africa (BILFA), was initiated in 1990 to screen beans for tolerance to several edaphic stresses. In the first cycle, 280 entries consisting primarily of promising or released…
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Alimentos autóctonos de las comunidades indígenas y afrodescendientes de Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44239
Abstract
El objetivo de presente estudio fue conocer qué consumen las comunidades indígenas y poblaciones afrodescendientes en Colombia, ya que es importante para los programas sociales como los del Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF). En este trabajo se obtuvo información de alimentos autóctonos en comunidades indígenas y…
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Control de cortadera (Scleria pterota Presl.) y establecimiento de pasto
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88368
Abstract
Cutting sedge (Scleria pterota Presl.) is a common weed in pastures. It grows vigorously and forms patches in poorly drained soils and appears uniformly dispursed in pastures on rolling land. It is unpalatable to cattle and is extremely competitive with pasture species. It was found that both diuron at 2 or 3 percent plus 0.5 percent surfactant…
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Fertilizer`s rocky road
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65768
Publication year
1982
Authors
Ashby, Jacqueline A.
Full Citation
Ashby, Jacqueline Anne. 1982. Fertilizer`s rocky road. The IDRC Reports. 10(4):18-19.
Publication Type
Journal Article
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Bemisia afer sens. lat. (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) outbreak in the Americas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43215
Abstract
The first outbreak of Bemisia afer sens. Lat. in an agricultural situation in the Americas is reported. B. afer was discovered on sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) in the Cañete Valley in the central coast of Peru.
Publication year
2001
Authors
Anderson, Pamela K…
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Identifying market opportunities for Kampala`s urban and peri-urban farmers
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70513
Publication year
2004
Authors
Nyapendi, R
Kaganzi, R
Best, R.
Full Citation
Nyapendi, R.; Kaganzi, R.; Best, Rupert. 2004. Identifying market opportunities for Kampala`s urban and peri-urban farmers.…
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Cultivos biofortificados: una estrategia de los sectores agricultura y salud para mejorar la nutrición de poblaciones latinoamericanas y caribeñas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57823
Publication year
2007
Authors
Beebe, Stephen E.
Córdova, H.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Hyman, Glenn G.
Krivanek, A.
Martínez Racines, César Pompilio
Nutti…
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Effect of organic inputs and mineral fertilizer on maize yield in a ferralsol and nitisol soil in Central Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65553
Publication year
2007
Authors
Mucheru-Muna, M.
Mugendi, DN
Vanlauwe, Bernard
Merckx, Roel
Mugwe, J
Pypers, Pieter
Kung'u, J.B.
Full Citation
Mucheru-Muna, Monicah; Mugendi, Daniel N.; Vanlauwe, Bernard…
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The effect of wilting and drying on intake rate and acceptability by sheep of the shrub legume Cratylia argentea
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44166
Abstract
A series of feeding trials with sheep were carried out at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical in Colombia to assess the effect of wilting and drying on intake rate and acceptability of the shrub legume Cratylia argentea (Desvaux) O. Kuntze. In the first 2 experiments, intake rate was measured in…
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Report of the second external program review of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70388
Publication year
1985
Authors
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Publication Type
Report
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Genetic diversity of common beans as impacted on by farmer variety selection for the management of bean root rots in South Western Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58220
Publication year
2010
Authors
Buah, Saaka S.J.
Okori, Patrick
Buruchara, Robin Arani
Full Citation
Buah, S.S.; Okori, P.; Buruchara, Robin A. 2010. Genetic diversity of…
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Animal productivity and pasture management of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf in the Colombian Llanos
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65794
Publication year
1972
Authors
Tergas, Luis Eduardo
Paladines M., Osvaldo L.
Kleinheisterkamp, Ingo
Full Citation
Tergas, Luis Eduardo; Paladines M., Osvaldo L.; Kleinheisterkamp, Ingo. 1972. Animal…
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Efecto de la escarificación química en la calidad de semilla de Centrosema spp. durante el almacenamiento
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44286
Abstract
One of the most important forage legumes for acid and unfertile tropical soils is Centrosema spp. This genus is characterized by extremely hard seeds. Even with optimum conditions, because of its hard seeds, much does not germinate naturally. With this in mind, three species were selected, C. acutifolium, C.…
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Uso de la yuca en alimentación animal
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69675
Publication year
2006
Authors
Gil, Jorge L.
Full Citation
Gil, José Luis. 2006. Uso de la yuca en alimentación animal. Consorcio Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Apoyo a la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Yuca (CLAYUCA); Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (…
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Evaluación del sistema radicular del frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) como un mecanismo de tolerancia a la sequía
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54024
Publication year
1984
Authors
Sponchiado, BN
Full Citation
SPONCHIADO, B.N.. 1984. Evaluación del sistema radicular del frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) como un mecanismo de tolerancia a la sequía…
