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Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in the Enebssie area, Ethiopia
(IARC; CIMMYT, 1998)
This study in Enebssie area, Ethiopia, aimed to identify farmers' wheat seed acquisition and transfer mechanisms; explore problems related to those mechanisms; document the status of previously released wheat varieties; ...
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Adoption of improved wheat technologies by small-scale farmers in Mbeya District, Southern Highlands, Tanzania
(United Republic of Tanzania; CIMMYT, 2001)
This study was conducted to gain an understanding of how small-scale farmers in Mbeya District have adopted improved wheat technologies promoted by the wheat research program at MARTI-Uyole. The specific objectives were ...
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International wheat breeding research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1966-97
(CIMMYT, 2000)
This paper describes and analyzes some of the impacts of wheat improvement research in seven countries in the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa. the countries South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, ...
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On-farm evaluation of alternative bread wheat production technologies in northwestern Ethiopia
(African Crop Science Society, 1995)
Wheat ( Triticum spp.) is a major crop grown in northwestern Ethiopia. The primary wheat production constraints in this area include low soil fertility, use of unimproved and disease-susceptible varieties, and high weed ...
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Grass weed competition with bread wheat in Ethiopia. 2: Prediction of grain yield loss and implications for economic weed control
(African Crop Science Society, 1996)
Two multi-year studies were conducted in Ethiopia to examine the effects of competition by the predominant grass weed species on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In the first experiment, the effects of four grass weed ...
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Glutenin composition, quality characteristics, and agronomic attributes of durum wheat cultivars released in Ethiopia
(African Crop Science Society, 2002)
Eleven cultivars of durum wheat (Triticum durum L. var. durum Desf.) were evaluated across five environments in Ethiopia for grain yield, 1000 kernel weight, protein concentration, gluten strength, mixing time, mixing ...
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Implication of rate and time of nitrogen application on wheat (Triticum aestivum. l .) yield and quality in Kenya
(Elewa BioSciences, 2011)
In Kenya, Nitrogen is the first limiting macro-element on many farms where bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been grown continuously for more than a decade. On-farm trials were conducted in Kenya by superimposing the ...
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The spread of stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, with Virulence on Sr31 in wheat in Eastern Africa
(American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2006)
Stem rust resistance in wheat cultivars with Sr31 has been effective and durable worldwide for more than 30 years. Isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with virulence to Sr31 were detected in Uganda in 1999 (1). ...
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Yield stability analysis of nine spring bread wheat genotypes in the central highlands of Ethiopia
(African Crop Science Society, 1995)
Eight promising bread wheat lines and one standard check cultivars were evaluated for grain yield performance, stability and adaptation across nine environments of the central highlands of Ethiopia. Results of the combined ...
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Competitive ability of Ethiopian spring bread wheat cultivars with Avena fatua L.
(African Crop Science Society, 1995)
Competitive interactions of four spring bread wheat cultivars ( Triticum aestivum check for this species in other resources L.) with four wild oat ( Avena fatua check for this species in other resources L.) seedling densities ...