Participatory varietal selection (PVS) was used to try to identify an alternative to the most popular rice variety, Pusa 44, in the Patiala district of the Punjab. Pusa 44 (released in 1993 in India but not recommended for the Punjab) is grown in over 50% of the rice area in Patiala. It is highly...
Mali, S.S.
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Virk, Daljit S.
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Singh, K.B.
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Witcombe, John R.
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[Participatory varietal selection in rice in the Punjab]
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Participatory varietal selection in rice in the Punjab
Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes
remain major objectives for breeders, other issues such as
environment-friendly, resource use efficiency including symbiotic
performance, resilient production in the context of climate change,
adaptation to sustainable cropping systems (...
Duc, G.
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Agrama, H.
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Bao, S.
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Berger, J.
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Bourion, V.
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Ron, A.M. de
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Gowda, C.L.L.
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Mikic, A.
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Millot, D.
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Singh, K.B.
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Tullu, A.
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Vandenberg, A.
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Vaz Patto, Maria C
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Warkentin, T.D.
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Zong, X.
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[Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: New methods to approach complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes]
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Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: New methods to approach complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes
An invaluable guide to anyone involved in chickpea cultivation, this booklet examines the characteritics and production of this important crop in a variety of different agricultural conditions and zones. It provides a complete information resource on the subject, from basic biology and genetics, ...