Water, a Looming Crisis
Water, a Looming Crisis

Author: International Rice Research Institute

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9712200795

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Working together toward a common goal; Water: a looming crisis; Rice plant types; Research program highlights; A new rice variety to meet tomorro's food production challenge; Getting to the root of drought tolerance; Coping with floods; Resisting blast in the uplands; A new concept promises to increase yield and sustainability; New frontier projects; Partnerships: making the most of research resources; Internation program highlights; Conserving and promoting genetic diversity; Strenghning international partneships program; Networks; Training; Information and knowledge exchange; Ivory towers and farmer's fields; Finance and administration; Financial statements; IRRI trustees at april 1995; IRRi international staff 1994; Consultive Group on International Agricultural Research.

Comprehensive Studies on the Development of Sustainable Soybean Production Technology in South America
Comprehensive Studies on the Development of Sustainable Soybean Production Technology in South America

Author: Kazuhiro Suenaga

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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The partnership: JIRCAS /Embrapa Soybean; Current status and future perspectives on soybean production in Argentina; Molecular analysis of abiotic stress: tolerant mechanisms in soybean and its application to breeding; Development of transgenic soybean tolerant to drought stresse; Physiological evaluation of drought tolerance in brazilian soybean cultivars: water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination; Epidemiological studies of soybean rust in South America: host susceptibility and pathogenic races; Application of DNA markers for identifying genes for resistance to soybean diseases in South America and for evaluating genectic relationship among soybean gene pools; The soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe in Paraguay: its distribution, ecology, vanation in pathogenicity and damage on soybean; Evaluation of effects of an agro-pastoral system on soybean production and soil properties; Effects of agro-pastoral systems on nitrogen balance in soil in Colónia Yguazu, Alto Paraná, Paraguay; Effect of introduction of the agro-pastoral system in South America on farm management and its current status: a comparison of management conditions betwccn soybean monoculture and the agro-pastoral system inBrazil and Paraguay; Use of agricultural by-products for cattle feed in South America: case .Argentina; Charactcrization of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity in Brachiaria humidicola; Field validation of the phenomenon of nitrification inhibition by Brachiaria humidicola and other tropical grasses.