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Assessment on vulnerability of sorghum to climate change in India

It is important to analyse the impacts of climate change on target production system. However, it […]
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Robust Features of Future Climate Change Impacts on Sorghum Yields in West Africa

This paper presents the impacts of climate change for different choices of cultivars, nutrient treatments, and […]
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Use of crop models to understand genotype by environment interactions for drought in real-world and simulated plant breeding trials

Crop simulation models of plant processes capture the biological interactions between the sensing of signals at […]
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Ultrastructure of the Infection of Sorghum bicolor by Colletotrichum sublineolum

Ultrastructural studies of the infection of susceptible and resistant cultivars of Sorghum bicolor by Colletotrichum sublineolum […]
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The use of the random amplified polymorphic DNA techniques to identify mating groups in the Fusarium section Liseola

The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to determine the mating groups of several […]
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The status of ‘on-farm’ seed priming and related work under DFID Plant Sciences Research Programme

A ten page review of ‘on-farm’ seed priming projects funded by DFID. The projects reviewed were […]
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The population ecology of Helicoverpa armigera in smallholder crops in Kenya with emphasis on its natural enemies

A sampling programme for incidence and phenology of H. armigera and its natural enemies was set […]
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Susceptibility to ergot in Zimbabwe of sorghums that remained uninfected in their native climate in Ethiopia and Rwanda

Forty-four local Ethiopian and Rwandan sorghums (Sorghum bicolor) were observed to remain free of ergot, or […]
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Sorghum Genetic Enhancement for Climate Change Adaptation.

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world’s current […]
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Seed priming in wheat, barley, sorghum, pearl andfinger millet in South Asia and Africa. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Prices of sorghum

This year in Medak, Adilabad, and Mahaboobnagar districts there were heavy rains during the end of […]
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Playing the generation game

Forty-one percent of the world’s sorghum area is located in Africa, yet sorghum yields in this […]
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Natural control of Helicoverpa armigera in smallholder crops in East Africa

Research was conducted on the biological control of the pest insect Helicoverpa armigera on small farms […]
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Milking crops for all their worth

Demand for milk and meat is increasing in South Asia, and this increases the demand for […]
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Market characteristics and prices of cereal in the study area

The basic cereal consumed by the people in the study villages are sorghum and rice. While […]
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Impact of climate change on crop productivity in Western Ghats, coastal and northeastern regions of India

Assessment on impact of climate change on major crops in ecologically sensitive areas, viz. the Western […]
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Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems.

To determine the most important production constraints and associated yield losses for six major food crops […]
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From plough to plate???collaboration deliversresults. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Fussy eaters: improving the benefits of dry-seasonfeed. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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First report in the Americas of sorghum ergot disease, caused by a pathogen diagnosed as claviceps africana

A widespread and economically important epidemic of sugary disease in irrigated production of F1, hybrid seed […]
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Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture in semi-arid tropics

This document represents the final report of project R5804, “Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture […]
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Fahamu Magonjwa ya Fugwe (Smut Diseases) Na Athari za Kiduha (Striga) Kwewnye Mahatma Katika Moka wa Dodoma

Fugwe ya Mse ni ugonjwa unaosababishwa na ukungu aina ya Sphacelotheca sorghi na hushambulia sana mtama. […]
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Exploring marketing opportunities through a research, industry and users coalition: sorghum poultry feed

A Steering Committee chaired by the representative from the feed industry (Janaki Feeds) was formulated to […]
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Disease management factors influencing yield and quality of sorghum and groundnut crop residues.

Crop residues from groundnut and sorghum constitute important fodder resources for dairy production and fodder trading […]
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An overview of sorghum and millet production and utilisation in Zimbabwe’s semi-arid smallholder sector.
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Adaptation to diverse semi-arid environments of sorghum genotypes having different plant type and sensitivity to photoperiod

Climatologists, breeders and agronomists need tools to translate variable climatic conditions in semi-arid environments into probable […]
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A cytological study of compatible and incompatible interactions between Sorghum bicolor and Colletotrichum sublineolum

Cytological and physiological studies were conducted on the infection process of Colletotrichum sublineolum P. Henn. Kabat […]
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Supplemental irrigation for dry-spell mitigation of rain-fed agriculture in the Sahel

Unreliable and erratic rainfall combined with inherent low soil fertility in crust prone soils affect crop […]
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Modern variety adoption and risk management in drought prone areas: insights from the sorghum farmers of eastern Ethiopia

Adoption rates of improved or modern varieties (MV) of sorghum in eastern Ethiopia are generally low. […]