Z. Bishaw

Seed Section, ICARDA, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria.

[ 1 ] - Farmers' perceptions on improved bread wheat varieties and formal seed supply in Ethiopia

The paper presents smallholder farmers' perceptions on attributes of bread wheat varietiesbased on primary data collected from 524 households in four major wheat growing areas ofEthiopia. The results indicated high value of attainment indices for improved varieties comparedto landraces, which shows how the demanded attributes are embodied more in improved ones.Grain yield and yellow and stem ru...

[ 2 ] - Wheat and barley seed system in Syria: How diverse are wheat and barley varieties and landraces from farmer’s fields?

"> The present study described the diversity of wheat and barley varieties andlandraces available in farmer’s fields in Syria using different indicators. Analysisof spatial and temporal diversity and coefficient of parentage along withmeasurements of agronomic and morphological traits were employed to explain thediversity of wheat and barley varieties or landraces grown by farmers in Syria.Farm...

[ 3 ] - Farmer’s seed sources and seed quality: 2. seed health

The study assessed the health quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seed samples collected from formal and informal sector in Ethiopia and Syria. In Ethiopia, several seed-borne fungi were found on wheat samples: Cochliobolus sativum, Fusarium avenaceum, F. graminearum, F. nivale, F. poae and Septoria nodorum. C. sativum was predominant with 84% of samples...

[ 4 ] - Wheat and barley seed system in Syria: farmers, varietal perceptions, seed sources and seed management

A total of 206 wheat and 200 barley farmers were interviewed in northeastern Syria to understand farmer perceptions and practice relating to modern varieties, seed sources and seed quality. Wheat farmers had better awareness and grew modern varieties (87%), applied fertilizers (99.5%), herbicides (93%), seed treatment (90%) or insecticides (41%). In contrast barley growers had low awareness (36...

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