Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is a drought-tolerant cereal commonly grown for grain and fodder in arid areas throughout the world. Senegalese millet fields are infested with Helicotylenchus. The native evergreen woody shrub Piliostigma reticulatum is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Its coppiced residues are used by small farmers as mulch in crop fields. The shrub's nematicidal eff...

Beet powdery mildew incited by Erysiphe betae is a serious foliar fungal disease of worldwide distribution causing losses of up to 30%. In the present work, we searched for resistance in a germplasm collection of 184 genotypes of Beta vulgaris including fodder (51 genotypes), garden (60 genotypes), leaf (51 genotypes), and sugar (22 genotypes) beet types. Resistant genotypes were identified in ...

Moringa oleifera (MO) and M. stenopetala (MS) are two commonly cultivated species of the Moringaceae family. Some households in southern Ethiopia (S. ETH) and Kenya (KEN) plant MS and MO, respectively. The edible parts of these species are rich in amino acids, vitamins and minerals, especially selenium. Despite their nutritional value, Moringa is sometimes considered as a "famine food". The aim...

the objective of this study was evaluation of salt tolerance of elite forage sorghum lines in laboratory and field conditions. salinity treatments were 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 decisimens per meter in laboratory and distilled water as control. lines were kfs1, kfs2, kfs3, kfs4, mfs1, mfs2 and lfs56. the lines also cultivated in saline and non saline field conditions during 2004-2005. electrical co...

The 1993 and 1995 Oslo accords resulted in the classification of the West Bank into three zones, referred to as Areas A, B and C. Area A is under Palestinian civil and security authority; Area B is under the Palestinian Authority while security responsibilities are shared by both the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities. Area C which comprises around 60 percent of the West Bank is under Isra...

Arsenic contamination in groundwater in Bangladesh has become an additional concern vis-à-vis its use for irrigation purposes. Even if arsenic-safe drinking-water is assured, the question of irrigating soils with arsenic-laden groundwater will continue for years to come. Immediate attention should be given to assess the possibility of accumulating arsenic in soils through irrigation-water and i...

In “Making the Case for History in Medical Education,” David Jones et al. identify a promising inroad for the history of medicine into the medical curriculum: the ability to satisfy multiple curricular competencies. Alongside the field’s virtues, however, they discuss persistent difficulties with inconsistent funding, curricular time, and qualified instructors that reflect a lower priority for ...