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Improving adaptation to drought stress in white pea bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Genotypic effects on grain yield, yield components and pod harvest index by Assefa, Teshale, Rao, Idupulapati M., Cannon, Steven B., Wu, Jixiang, Gutema, Zenbaba, Blair, Matthew W., Otyama, Paul, Alemayehu, Fitsume, Dagne, Belete

“…Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume crop in Africa and Latin America where rainfall pattern is unpredictable. …”
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Identification of Novel Associations of Candidate Genes with Resistance to Late Blight in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja by Álvarez, María Fernanda, Angarita, Myrian, Delgado, María C., García, Celsa, Jiménez Gomez, José, Gebhardt, Christiane, Mosquera, Teresa

“…The 29 genes were amplified and sequenced in 104 accessions of S. tuberosum Group Phureja from Latin America. We identified 238 SNPs in the selected genes and tested them for association with resistance to late blight. …”
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Sustainable crop-livestock production for improved livelihoods and natural resource management in West Africa. Proceedings of an international conference by Williams, Timothy O., Tarawali, Shirley A., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Fernández Rivera, S.

“…Part II begins with a comparative analysis of crop-livestock systems in West Africa, Asia and Latin America and goes on to present various research results and natural resource management options used by smallholder farmers, carefully drawing out implications for the future development of crop-livestock systems in West Africa. …”
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Unlocking Big Data’s Potential to Strengthen Farmers’ Resilience: The Platform for Big Data in Agriculture by Jiménez, Daniel, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando

“…Yet many rural households in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean are still behind in the ICT revolution. …”
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience by Thiele, Graham, Khan, A., Heider, B., Kroschel, Jürgen, Harahagazwe, D., Andrade, M.I., Friedmann, M., Gemenet, D., Cherinet, M., Quiróz, R., Faye, E., Dangles, E., Bonierbale, Merideth W.

“…RTB crops are the backbone of food security across the humid tropics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and in more localized areas of Asia and Latin America. Around 300 million poor people in developing countries currently depend on RTB value chains for food security, nutrition and income. …”
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Genetic variability for nutritional composition and cooking time of improved cowpea lines by Nielsen, S., Brandt, W., Singh, B.

“…Walp., is a major source of dietary protein in sub-Sahara Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Current breeding objectives are disease and insect resistance and high yield potential, but efforts are being made to initiate a selection program to improve protein content and cooking quality. …”
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Identification of a torradovirus-encoded protein that complements the systemic movement of a potexvirus lacking the TGB3 gene by Jiménez Polo, Jenyfer

“…Cassava torrado-like virus (CsTLV, Family Secoviridae) is found in mixed virus infections associated with severe disease symptoms in leaves and roots of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae), which is an important staple food crop for Africa, Asia and Latin America. The virus has been reported in Colombia, Peru and Argentina, where it has a significant effect on the accumulation of total sugars in cassava storage roots. …”
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GeoFarmer: A monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects by Eitzinger, Anton, Cock, James H., Atzmanstorfer, Karl, Binder, Claudia R., Läderach, Peter R.D., Bonilla Findji, Osana, Bartling, Mona, Mwongera, Caroline, Zurita, Leo, Jarvis, Andy

“…We tested GeoFarmer in four geographic domains associated with ongoing agricultural development projects in East and West Africa and Latin America. We demonstrate that GeoFarmer is a cost-effective means of providing and sharing opportune indicators of on-farm performance. …”
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Host selection behaviour of the banded pine weevil, Pissodes castaneus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Germano, Monica Daniela

“…Pissodes castaneus represents an emerging pest species for Pinus spp. production in Latin America. This species attacks all the cultivated pine species in Patagonia Argentina causing wood damage and tree death. …”
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Intensive Soybean Management : an Integrated Systems Approach by Balboa, Guillermo R., Stewart, Mike, Salvagiotti, Fernando, García, Fernando O., Francisco, Eros Artur Bohac, Ciampitti, Ignacio A.

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Agriculturisation and trade-offs between commodity production and cultural ecosystem services: A case study in Balcarce county by Auer, Alejandra Denise, Maceira, Nestor Oscar, Nahuelhual, Laura

“…Increased production of commodities in Latin America has transformed the rural landscape with a potential loss of cultural ecosystem services (CES). …”
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First report of grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Argentina by Debat, Humberto Julio, Luna,Facundo, Moyano, Sabrina Noé, Zavallo, Diego, Asurmendi, Sebastian, Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo

“…Pinot gris (Giampetruzzi et al. 2012). In Latin America, GPGV has been detected in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.…”
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Desarrollo de tecnología para la valorización de los dsechos agroindustriales - La red en el campo de la utilización de desechos de frutas. by Durán Cavaria, M., Moya, M., Starbird, R., Umaña, E., Jiménez, G., Nikolaeva, S.

“…The network has worked with some fruit biowaste projects, like pineapple, banana and orange. In Latin America the network has projects with international cooperation. …”
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Patrones para cacao : cartilla by Gómez Santos, Raúl, Mejia F., Luis Antonio, Palencia Calderon, G. E.

“…En la producción comercial de clones en las biofábricas, las platas que se obtienen por semillas son llamadas patrones (del latín patronus o protector) de los cuales hay clones específicos. …”
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The modernization of the agricultural sector and rural-urban migration in Colombia by Sandilands, Roger

“…This article is an extended and up-dated version of a paper -ith the same title published as Occasional Paper No. 1 of the Institute of Latin-ALerican Studies, University of Glasgow, 1971. …”
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Sistema de información de suelos para el Altiplano Cundiboyacense (Iraka) by Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo Alfonso, Martínez Maldonado, Fabio Ernesto, Varón Ramírez, Viviana Marcela, Gómez Latorre, Douglas Andrés, Estupiñán Casallas, Jhon Mauricio, Silva Arero, Elías Alexander, Jaramillo Barrios, Camilo Ignacio, Molina Varón, José Alfredo, Vergara Rivas, David, González Jaimes, Eduardo

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Ecosystem services and gender in rural areas of Nicaragua: Different perceptions about the landscape by Cifuentes-Espinosa, Jaime A., Feintrenie, Laurène, Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel A., Sibelet, Nicole

“…Despite the great biological and cultural diversity, in Latin America, research in this field has been growing at a much slower rate than in the rest of the world. …”
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Mejoramiento de la educación forestal universitaria. ¿Debe prestarse más atención a los productos forestales no maderables? by Guariguata, Manuel R., Evans, Kristen

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Assessing Impacts of Value Chain Development on Poverty : A Case-Study Companion to the 5Capitals Tool by Sheck, Ree, Donovan, Jason, Stoian, Dietmar

“…The tool has been tested through 23 case studies carried out over two iterations in Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America. This chapter summarizes the process for development of the tool and the concepts that underpin its design, including the rationale for adopting an asset-based approach to pro-poor VCD. …”
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Effects of trees on infiltrability and preferential flow in two contrasting agroecosystems in Central America by Benegas Negri, Laura A., Ilstedt, Ulrik, Roupsard, Olivier, Jones, J., Malmer, A.

“…Since the coffee plants at this site are established (40 years)perennial vegetation with substantial residues and extensive root systems like trees, they improve soilphysical properties similarly to trees.Trees increase hydrologic services in pasture lands, a rapidly expanding land use type across LatinAmerica, and therefore may be a viable land management option for mitigating some of the negativeenvironmental impacts associated with land clearing and animal husbandry. …”
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