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Quinoa, A Model Crop for Tomorrow’s Agriculture
2021The worldwide interest in cultivating quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd.) is mainly due to the plant's hardiness and its strong nutritional potential. It is one of the main foods of the Andean people before the Incas. The expansion of the crop that was until now considered relatively minor because it was geographically limited to a few Andean countries
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Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement
2012Crop improvement through different means: Challenges and prospect, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Munir Ozturk and Ahmad Aksoy PART I. Breeding for crop improvement Bridging genomic and classical breeding approaches for improving crop productivity, Mehboob-ur-Rahman, Tayyaba Shaheen, Muhammad Ashraf, Yusuf Zafar Breeding for improved ...
AKSOY, Ahmet +3 more
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Engineering virus resistance in agricultural crops
Plant Molecular Biology, 1989Plant viral genomes are relatively small and in the past decade many have been characterized at the molecular level. This has prompted research into the development of virus resistance based on interference with the viral multiplication cycle by teh introduction of viral sequences into the plant genome. Several strategies have been tested.
P J, van den Elzen +5 more
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Tropical Agriculture: Crop Diversity and Crop Yields
Economic Geography, 1977Agricultural land use in the tropics is characterized by marked regional contrast, diversity of crops, and less acreage in cereal crops but more in legumes than in the temperate zone.
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Conservation agriculture in Australian dryland cropping.
2013This chapter describes the role of conservation agriculture (CA) in Australian dryland cropping. The advantages and disadvantages of crop stubble retention in Australian agricultural systems, and the benefits of crop rotations are discussed. The current trends in Australian CA practices are also described, including machinery advances, weed herbicide ...
Rochecouste, Jean-Francois (John) +1 more
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Essential Oil Crops for Sustainable Agriculture – A Review
2009Multifunctionality and diversification of farming systems, integration of agricultural practices with the non-agricultural productive systems operating on the territory, biodiversity safeguards, and reduction in off-farm inputs, are key factors for all modern development strategies in agricultural areas.
CARRUBBA, Alessandra, CATALANO, Caterina
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Irrigation of Agricultural Crops
Soil Science, 1991B. A. Stewart, D. R. Nielsen
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