September 2012 – CIMMYT knowledge center blog

Maximizing productivity and improving nutrition through intercropping quality protein maize and potato

Written on September 26, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Acta Agronomica Hungarica 60 (3) : 221-230, 2012 T. R. Chapagain, B. B. Khatri, P. Bhattarai, B. P. Luitel, G. Ortiz-Ferrara and R. C. Sharma Intercropping potato with quality protein maize (QPM) could improve the livelihood and nutritional status of the resource-poor farmers who produce...

Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry as a tool for zinc, iron and selenium analysis in whole grain wheat

Written on September 26, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Plant and Soil, 2012 Nicholas G. Paltridge, Paul J. Milham, J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Govindan Velu, Zarina Yasmin, Lachlan J. Palmer, Georgia E. Guild and James C. R. Stangoulis Background and aims Crop biofortification programs require fast, accurate and inexpensive methods of identifying...

Adoption of interrelated sustainable agricultural practices in smallholder systems: evidence from rural Tanzania

Written on September 26, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2012 Menale Kassie, Moti Jaleta, Bekele Shiferaw, Frank Mmbando and Mulugetta Mekuria Soil fertility depletion is considered one of the main biophysical limiting factors for increasing per capita food production for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan...

New book in the library: Diversidade e inovacoes na cadeia produtiva de milho e sorgo na era dos transgenicos

Written on September 19, 2012. Posted in New Acquisitions.

Diversidade e inovacoes na cadeia produtiva de milho e sorgo na era dos transgenicos Maria Elisa Ayres Guidetti Zagatto Paterniani, Aildson Pereira Duarte and Alfredo Tsunechiro ISBN: 978-85-85564-26-1 Instituto Agronomico 780 pages São 48 capítulos que apresentam conhecimentos básicos, opções de...

Doubled haploid technology in maize breeding: theory and practice

Written on September 10, 2012. Posted in CIMMYT Publications.

Prasanna, B.M.; Vijay Chaikam and George Mahuku Abstract: This manual is primarily intended for maize breeders in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) and small and medium enterprise (SME) seed companies in the developing countries who would like to better underst and utilizes the...

QTL mapping of adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in a population derived from common wheat cultivars Naxos and Shanghai 3/Catbird

Written on September 10, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2012 Yan Ren, Zhonghu He, Jia Li, Morten Lillemo, Ling Wu, Bin Bai, Qiongxian Lu, Huazhong Zhu, Gang Zhou and Jiuyuan Du, et al. Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Erikss., is a severe foliar disease of common wheat (Triticum...

Economics of nitrogen fertiliser application in rice, wheat and maize grown in the indo-gangetic plains

Written on September 10, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Indian Journal of Fertilisers 8 (8) : 62-71, 2012 T. Satyanarayana, Kaushik Majumdar, Vishal Shahi, Anil Kumar, Mirasol Pampolino, M. L. Jat, V. K. Singh, Naveen Gupta, Vinay Singh, B. S. Dwivedi, Dalip Kumar, R. K. Malik, Vicky Singh, H. S. Sidhu and Adrian Johnston Nitrogen (N) is a...

Association of staygreen trait with canopy temperature depression and yield traits under terminal heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Written on September 10, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Euphytica, 2012 Maya Kumari, R. N. Pudake, V. P. Singh and Arun K. Joshi The presence or absence of the staygreen trait was screened for 3 consecutive years in 963 wheat lines from various sources, including Indian and CIMMYT germplasm. Staygreen was assessed at the late dough stage by...

Productivity and sustainability of the rice-wheat cropping system in the indo-gangetic plains of the Indian subcontinent: problems, opportunities, and strategies

Written on September 3, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Advances in Agronomy 117 : 315-369, 2012 Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Gulshan Mahajan, Virender Sardana, Jagadish Timsina and Mangi L. Jat Rice and wheat are the staple foods for almost the entire Asian population and therefore they occupy a premium position among all food commodities. The era...

Optical sensor-based nitrogen management for irrigated wheat in the Indo-Gangetic plains

Written on September 3, 2012. Posted in Journal Articles.

Published in Better Crops With Plant Food 96 (3) : 18-20, 2012 Bijay-Singh, R.K. Sharma, Jaspreet-Kaur, M.L. Jat, K.L. Martin, Yadvinder-Singh, Varinderpal-Singh, H.S. Thind, H.S. Khurana, M. Vashistha, W.R. Raun, and R. Gupta Robust relationships were observed between in-season GreenSeeker’...

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