...* yields might be doubled by advancing the date of sowing from spring to winter. So say researchers at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria. Yields up to 4,000 kilograms a hectare are possible from winter-sown crops. This should be a boost...

...spring in Afghanistan and Iran. The international work on this crop is also split geographically with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria responsible for the kabuli types, and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid...

...market. Acknowledgements Much of the information contained in this paper was gathered while working at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria. The contribution of that Center and the support of the organizations to which we are currently affiliated,...

...(Qualset, 1975) and high protein quality (Munck, Karlsson & Hagberg, 1971). Evaluation of some collections at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) indicates moderate resistance to lodging and higher kernel weight when compared with collections from...

...factors of production land, labour and capital in the rainfed areas of West Asia and North Africa, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria, initiated a project on Agricultural Labour and Technological Change. This volume represents the first...

...137 lines of eight wild annual Cicer species were evaluated during the 1987-1988 and 19881989 seasons at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria. Both seasons were effective for screening chickpea against cold, as the susceptible indicator...

...(Nordblom and Shomo, 1994). Nevertheless, a ray of hope is represented by the establishment in 1977 of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria. This center, affiliated to the global network of International Agricultural Research Centers seeks,...

...Laboratory in Colorado. A further 10 g sample of each wheat accession is prepared for backup storage at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria. Before they are placed in storage, all seeds are dried to reduce the relative humidity...

...Abd El Moneim 1996. Lathyrus germplasm collection, conservation and utilisation for crop improvement at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Paper presented at the Lathyrus Genetic Resources Conservation Conference, India, December 1995. Robertson,...

...This work was conducted by S. Hakim and MY Moualla at Tishreen University. Lattakia, and by AB Damania at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo. Emmer. This sample, with its remarkable number of separate seedheads (tillers), was discovered...