In many parts of Asia food security and poverty remain issues even though arable land is available to produce nutritious food. Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems has been proposed to produce more outputs on same land area whilst minimizing environmental degradation. Tradeoffs, ho...
Gatto, M.
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Petsakos, A.
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Hareau, G.
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[Sustainable intensification of rice-based systems with potato in eastern indo-gangetic plains.]
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Sustainable intensification of rice-based systems with potato in eastern indo-gangetic plains.
Potato is the important food crop after wheat and rice, and its nutritious tubers are becoming increasingly popular in the developing world. Keeping up with the demand means adapting the potato to thrive in various soils and climates. It must also resist new threats from pests, disease, heat, and...
Stokstad, E.
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[The new potato. Breeders seek a breakthrough to help farmers facing an uncertain future.]
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The new potato. Breeders seek a breakthrough to help farmers facing an uncertain future.
Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus (PhopGV) is infectious for larvae of different Gelechiidae insect species, including Tuta absoluta and Phthorimaea operculella. As these are major economic pests in North and sub‐Saharan Africa as well as in the Mediterranean area, the development of locally s...
Ben Tiba, S.
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Larem, A.
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Laarif, A.
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Fritsch, E.
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Undorf-Spahn, K.
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Ekesi, S.
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Wennmann, J.T.
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Kroschel, J.
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Fattouch, S.
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Jehle, J.A.
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Mohamed, S.A.
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[The potential of novel African isolates of Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus for the control of Tuta absoluta.]
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The potential of novel African isolates of Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus for the control of Tuta absoluta.
Continuous cultivation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in monoculture systems represents the greatest factor deteriorating soil organic matter (SOM) in smallholder farms. With an aim to breaking this norm, a 2-year field trial intercropping potato with two legumes: lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) ...
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Andrade, M.I.
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Demo, P.
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Moyo, C.C.
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[Brief on achievements of the 'Improving the rural livelihoods in Southern Africa project: 2004 to 2010.]
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Brief on achievements of the 'Improving the rural livelihoods in Southern Africa project: 2004 to 2010.
The aim of present study was conducted was to increase productivity of exiting cropping systems and farmers income by expanding potato in non-traditional potato growing regions by adopting an innovative technology Double Transplanting (DT) of Rice and planting early maturing potato between two ri...
Arya, S.
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Ahmed, M.
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Bardhan Roy, S.K.
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Kadian, M.S.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Sustainable intensification of potato in rice based system for increased productivity and income of resource poor farmers in West Bengal, India]
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Sustainable intensification of potato in rice based system for increased productivity and income of resource poor farmers in West Bengal, India
An experiment was conducted to study the performance of nine genotypes of potato under hill zone of Karnataka. Among nine genotypes, maximum tuber sprout percentage was observed in Kufri Jyoti (100) followed by TT7011 (98.75) and least percentage was in C-28 (89.16). Kufri Jyoti performed better ...
Lavanya, K.S.
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Srinivasa, V.
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Devaraju, D.
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Lakshmana, D.
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Shahid, A.
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Kadian, M.S.
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Archana, R.
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Nandini, K.S.
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[Performance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes under hill zone of Karnataka.]
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Performance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes under hill zone of Karnataka.
Segregating progenies from 19 crosses of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) developed at the International Potato Center (CIP), Peru were tested during 2008-2013 for adaptation and yield attributes in the sub-tropical plains of India i.e. Modipuram, Uttar Pradesh. The progenitors of the crosses showed...
Luthra, S.K.
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Sharma, N.
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Gupta, V.K.
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Singh, S.V.
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Kumar, V.
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Singh, B.P.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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Kadian, M.S.
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[Evaluation and selection of true potato (Solanum tuberosum) seed families in North-Central plains of India.]
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Evaluation and selection of true potato (Solanum tuberosum) seed families in North-Central plains of India.
La marchitez bacteriana causada por Ralstonia solanacearum E.F. Smith es una de las enfermedades bacterianas más importantes que ataca a cultivos agrícolas como papa, tomate, banana, entre otros, causando grandes pérdidas en la producción. Desafortunadamente, su control ha sido difícil por su amp...
Fernández, E.
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Gutarra, L.
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Kreuze, J.F.
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[Evaluacion del gen que codifica la enzima <beta>HPMEH para la inhibicion de la marchitez bacteriana causada por Ralstonia solanacearum.]
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Evaluacion del gen que codifica la enzima <beta>HPMEH para la inhibicion de la marchitez bacteriana causada por Ralstonia solanacearum.
India has experienced rapid growth in potato production during recent past and the country has almost doubled its potato production during 2003–2013. The potato productivity improved 31.4% over this period of time. However, potato production scenario in southern states of India is quite grim and ...
Rana, R.K.
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Arya, S.
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Kumar, S.
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Singh, B.P.
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Adinarayana, G.
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Kumar, S.
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Quiróz, R.
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Kadian, M.S.
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[Benchmarking farmers' economic and social status in Anantapuramu and Kurnool arid districts of Andhra Pradesh for probable introduction of potato crop.]
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Benchmarking farmers' economic and social status in Anantapuramu and Kurnool arid districts of Andhra Pradesh for probable introduction of potato crop.