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Phenotyping for drought adaptation in wheat using physiological traits by Monneveux, P., Jing, R., Misra, S.C.

“…It represents the first source of calories (after rice) and an important source of proteins in developing countries. …”
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RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I); a diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity by Schut, Marc, Klerkx, Laurens, Rodenburg, J., Kayeke, J., Hinnou, L.C., Raboanarielina, C.M., Adegbola, Patrice Ygue, Ast, A. van, Bastiaans, L.

“…The application of RAAIS to analyse parasitic weed problems in the rice sector, conducted in Tanzania and Benin, demonstrates the potential of the diagnostic tool and provides recommendations for its further development and use.…”
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Land use and agricultural change dynamics in SAT watersheds of southern India by Ahmed, I.M., Gumma, Murali K., Kumar, S., Craufurd, Peter Q., Rafi, I.M., Haileslassie, Amare

“…The high resolution 30 m data and the spectral matching techniques (SMTs) provided accuracy of 91–100% for various land use classes and 80–95% for the rice and groundnut areas. The watershed studied has undergone significant land use changes between 1988 and 2012. …”
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Gender analysis in grain maize value chain in Northern and Central Benin by Adetonah, S., Coulibaly, O., Satoguina, H., Sangare, A., Dossavi-yovo, N.H.

“…Maize is one of the most important food crops in the world and, together with rice and wheat, provides at least 30% of the food calories to more than 4.5 billion people in 94 developing countries. …”
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The importance and challenges of crop germplasm interdependence: the case of Bhutan by Ghimiray, M., Vernooy, Ronnie

“…Germplasm sources include CGIAR centres such as IRRI, CIMMYT, ICARDA, and AVRDC and countries such as Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, and Thailand. Pedigree analysis of rice varieties indicated that 74% of the released varieties originated in other countries. …”
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Cassava technology transfer in Indonesia by Dimyati, Ahmad

“…Economically and politically, cassava is considered less important than rice, soybean and maize. Government's investment in the infrastructure and institutions for cassava extension and technology transfer is far less than those for the three major food crops. …”
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From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment by Ribolzi, Olivier, Evrard, O., Huon, S., Rouw, Anneke de, Silvera, N., Latsachack, K.O., Soulileuth, B., Lefevre, I., Pierret, A., Lacombe, Guillaume, Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth, Valentin, Christian

“…After the gradual conversion of rice-based shifting cultivation to teak plantation-based systems, overland flow contribution to stream flow increased from 16 to 31% and sediment yield raised from 98 to 609 Mg km-2. …”
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Resistance genes in global crop breeding networks by Garrett, K.A., Andersen, Kelsey F., Asche, F., Bowden, R.L., Forbes, G., Kulakow, Peter A., Zhou, B.

“…Here, we evaluate the general structure of crop breeding networks for cassava, potato, rice, and wheat. All four are clustered due to phytosanitary and intellectual property regulations, and linked through CGIAR hubs. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of black sigatoka resistance in IITA plantain hybrids by Gauhl, F., Mobambo, K., Pasberg-Gauhl, C., Swennen, Rony L., Vuylsteke, D.R.

“…In the first week 01 April 1991 {6 months after printing' the number of standing leaves in the non-treated plantain was 10.0, in tile fungicide-treated plantain 12.9. whereas TMP" 548•4 and TMPK 548-9 hold 11.4 and TMP" 597-4 had 11. 9leaues. …”
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Mulching effect of plant residues with chemically contrasting compositions on maize growth and nutrient accumulation by Tian, G., Kang, B., Brussaard, Lijbert

“…Effects of application of prunings of three woody species (Acioa barteri, Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala), maize (Zea mays L.) stover and rice (Oryza sativa L.) straw as mulch on maize were studied on an Alfisol in southern Nigeria in 1990 and 1991. …”
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Screening for gemini- and potyviridae-related viruses infecting cassava in South America. by Jiménez Polo, Jenyfer, Zanini, Andrea, Fernández, Elizabeth, Martínez Garay, Carlos, Bolaños, Carmen A., Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is native to South America, is the third most important food crop in the tropics after rice and maize and has become an important food security crop in Africa and Asia. …”
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A multi-scale and multi-model gridded framework for forecasting crop production, risk analysis, and climate change impact studies by Vakhtang, Shelia, Hansen, James, Sharda, Vaishali, Porter, Cheryl, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Wilkerson, Carol J, Hoogenboom, Gerrit

“…Case studies for South Asia for two crops, including wheat and rice, shows its potential application for risk assessment and in-season yield forecasting.…”
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Use of MSW compost, dried sewage sludge and other wastes as partial substitutes for peat and soil by Ingelmo, Florencio, Canet, Rodolfo, Ibanez, M. A., Pomares, Fernando, García, Julio

“…For substrate production, 50% of the peat content in a common substrate used in Spanish nurseries was successfully replaced with different mixtures of MSW compost, dry sewage sludge, grape marc, rice hull and pine bark, reducing the cost of substrates while not diminishing the quality of plants produced, and using similar amounts of water and nutrients. …”
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Assessing Ethiopia's Policy and Program Landscape for Poverty Reduction, Livelihood Improvement and Job Creation by Kemgisha, D., Twine, Edgar E., Ndindeng, S.A.

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Content and retention of provitamin A carotenoids following ripening and local processing of four popular Musa cultivars from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Ekesa, B.N., Kimiywe, J., Bergh, Inge van den, Blomme, Guy, Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Davey, M.

“…The proportion of β- and α-carotene was not significantly different in the tested East African Highland Bananas (AAA-EAHB) (‘Nshikazi’ and ‘Vulambya’); in the plantains (‘Musilongo’ and ‘Musheba’), proportion of β-carotene was almost twice that of α-carotene. An increase in total pVACs was observed during ripening, with highest levels at ripening stage 3 in all four cultivars. …”
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Gender-differentiated perception of climate-smart agricultural practices in contrasting landscapes of the Ethiopian highlands by Nigussie, Abebe, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Radeny, Maren A.O., Tesfaye, Abonesh, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Solomon, Dawit

“…Farmers who adopted CSA practices were almost twice less likely to borrow or spend money for food and other goods. …”
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Farm-level emission intensities of smallholder cattle (Bos indicus; B. indicus–B. taurus crosses) production systems in highlands and semi-arid regions by Ndung'u, Phyllis W., Takahashi, T., Toit, C.J.L. du, Robertson-Dean, M., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, McAuliffe, G.A., Merbold, Lutz, Goopy, John P.

“…Although median EIs referenced to milk alone (2.3 kg CO2-eq/kg milk) were almost twice that reported for Europe, up to 50% of farms had EIs comparable to the mean Pan-European EIs. …”
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A chromosome-level reference genome of Ensete glaucum gives insight into diversity and chromosomal and repetitive sequence evolution in the Musaceae by Wang, Ziwei, Rouard, Mathieu, Biswas, Manosh, Droc, Gaetan, Cui, Dongli, Roux, Nicolas Stephan M., Baurens, Franc-Christophe, Ge, Xue-Jun, Schwarzacher, Trude, Heslop-Harrison, J.S., Liu, Qing

“…The single 5S ribosomal DNA locus had an exceptionally long monomer length of 1,056 bp, more than twice that of the monomers at multiple loci in Musa. …”
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Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions Attributable to Smallholder Livestock Systems in Western Kenya: Cradle to Farm Gate Life Cycle Assessment by Ndung'u, Phyllis W., Takahashi, T., Toit, C.J.L. du, Robertson-Dean, M., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, McAuliffe, G., Merbold, Lutz, Goopy, John P.

“…EIs referenced to milk alone revealed that while the median EI for Western Kenya (2.3 kg CO2-eq/kg milk) was almost twice that reported for Europe, up to 50% of farms had EIs comparable to the mean Pan- European EIs. …”
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Experimental cross-contamination of chicken salad with Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and London during food preparation in Cambodian households by Chea, Rortana, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tum, S., Unger, Fred, Lindahl, Johanna F., Grace, Delia, Ty, C., Koam, S., Sina, V., Sokchea, H., Pov, S., Heng, T., Phirum, O., Sinh Dang-Xuan

“…Even though raw carcasses were washed twice, Salmonella was isolated from 32 out of 36 chicken samples (88.9%, 95% CI: 73.0–96.4) and two out of 18 vegetable samples (11.1%, 95% CI: 1.9–36.1). …”
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