March 2011 – CIMMYT knowledge center blog

NDVI as a potential tool for predicting biomass, plant nitrogen content and growth in wheat genotypes subjected to different water and nitrogen conditions

Written on March 29, 2011. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Cereal Research Communications 39(1); 147-159, 2011 NDVI as a potential tool for predicting biomass, plant nitrogen content and growth in wheat genotypes subjected to different water and nitrogen conditions L. Cabrera-Bosquet, G. Molero, A. M. Stellacci, J. Bort, S. Nogués, J. L. Araus The...

Influence of low-molecular weight glutenin subunits on wheat kernel elasticity and sedimentation volume

Written on March 29, 2011. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Cereal Research Communications 39(2); 238-246 Influence of low-molecular weight glutenin subunits on wheat kernel elasticity and sedimentation volume Figueroa, J.D.C.; Peña, R.J.; Rayas-Duarte, P.; Khan, K. The effect of low molecular weight (LMW) glutenin subunits (GS) in presence of...

Soil quality as affected by tillage-residue management in a wheat-maize irrigated bed planting system

Written on March 28, 2011. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Plant and Soil 340(1-2): 453-466, 2011 Soil quality as affected by tillage-residue management in a wheat-maize irrigated bed planting system Verhulst, Nele; Kienle, Fabian; Sayre, Ken; Deckers, Jozef; Raes, Dirk; Limon-Ortega, Agustin; Tijerina-Chavez, Leonardo; Govaerts, Bram There is...

Conservation agriculture for wheat-based cropping systems under gravity irrigation: increasing resilience through improved soil quality

Written on March 28, 2011. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Plant and Soil 340(1-2): 467-479, 2011 Conservation agriculture for wheat-based cropping systems under gravity irrigation: increasing resilience through improved soil quality A field experiment was conducted under furrow irrigation on a Vertisol in arid northwestern Mexico, to evaluate...

New Book in the Library: Resource Conservation Technologies For Food Security and Rural Livelihood

Written on March 14, 2011. Posted in New Acquisitions.

Resource Conservation Technologies For Food Security and Rural Livelihood Edited by A.R. Khan, S.S. Singh, R.C. Bharati, T.K. Srivastava and M.A. Khan 2010, 528 p, ISBN : 81-8321-202-6 “Understanding nuances of relevant techniques is a pre-requisite to conservation. The present book Resource...

The relative importance of drought and other water-related constraints for major food crops in South Asian farming systems

Written on March 11, 2011. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Food Security 3(1):19-33 The relative importance of drought and other water-related constraints for major food crops in South Asian farming systems. Xiaoyun Li; Waddington, S.R.; Dixon, J.; Joshi, A.K.; Vicente, M.C. de Variation in water availability is a major source of risk for agricultural...

Month: March 2011