The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800-1940 [PDF]
The standard treatment of U.S. agriculture asserts that, before the 1930s, productivity growth was almost exclusively the result of mechanization rather than biological innovations. This paper shows that, to the contrary, U.S.
Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode
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Common bunt in organic wheat: unravelling infection characteristics relevant for resistance breeding. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2023 Lunzer M +4 more
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Use of DNA-based genetic markers in plant breeding [PDF]
, 2005 Genetic markers have been used since the beginnings of plant breeding, but the concept of linkage and recently the availability of molecular markers have offered new and powerful tools that can help to perform the traditional tasks of selection or that ...
Backes, Gunter
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Important wheat diseases in the US and their management in the 21st century. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Singh J +4 more
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Strengthening National Wheat and Rice Research Systems [PDF]
, 1987 Report of an international consultation on 'Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems to Assume an International Role in Specific Areas of Wheat and Rice Research and Training' held in Rome January 26-28, 1987. The forward is by Idriss Jazairy,
International Fund for Agricultural Development
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Rapid molecular assay for the evaluation of clove essential oil antifungal activity against wheat common bunt. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2023 Valente MT +9 more
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Optimierung von Saatgutbehandlungsmitteln mit Wirkung gegen Flugbrand an Gerste und Weizen (Ustilago nuda, U. tritici) unter Nutzung verbesserter Verfahren zum Nachweis der Erreger [PDF]
, 2012 Ziel des Projektes war die Entwicklung von Saatgutbehandlungsmitteln zur Flugbrandbekämpfung im Ökolandbau und von Techniken die geeignet sind, die Entwicklung solcher Saatgutbehandlungsmittel zu beschleunigen.
Gebremedhin, L. +5 more
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The relative importance of crop pests in South Asia (NRI Bulletin No. 39) [PDF]
, 1991 This is the second in a series of regional studies of crop pest importance carried out by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI). The aim of this study was to assess the relative economic importance of crop pests in the cropping systems of South Asia ...
Geddes, A.M.W., Iles, Malcolm
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Proceedings of the COST SUSVAR/ECO-PB Workshop on organic plant breeding strategies and the use of molecular markers [PDF]
, 2005 In many countries,national projects are in progress to investigate the sustainable low-input approach.In the present COST network,these projects are coordinated by means of exchange of materials,establishing common methods for assessment and statistical ...
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Plant Quarantine and the International Transfer of Germplasm [PDF]
, 1988 CGIAR Study Paper on quarantine and pest and disease screening services in international transfers of plant genetic resources, and means of increasing the efficiency of germplasm exchanges. Written by Donald L.
Plucknett, Donald L., Smith, Nigel J.H.
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