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...

In terms of conceptual structures theory, the objective of our project is the development of a pattern directed inference systemm7]. It is to operate over conceptual graph terms extended to express constraints on the referent values, and the matching mechanism is to combine order sorted uniication with the action of a constraint solver. This combination leverages type representation technology ...

We apply the dressing method on Non Linear Sigma Model (NLSM), which describes propagation of strings $\mathbb{R}\times \mathrm{S}^2$, for an arbitrary seed. obtain a formal solution corresponding auxiliary system, is expressed in terms solutions NLSM that have same Pohlmeyer counterpart as Accordingly, we show can be applied without solving any differential equations. In this context superposi...

This paper analyzes some important issues surrounding possible deployment of genetically engineered (GE) insect-resistant potato in Peru, based on a large farmer survey held in Peru in 2003. We found that the formal seed system plays a limited role compared with the informal seed system, especially for smallholder farmers. Although 97% of smallholder farmers would buy seed of an insect-resistan...

We present a bootstrapping approach to infer new proteins, locations and protein-location pairs by combining UniProt seed proteinlocation pairs with dependency paths from a large collection of text. Of the top 20 system proposed protein-location pairs, 18 were in UniProt or supported by online evidence. Interestingly, 3 of the top 20 locations identified by the system were in the UniProt descri...

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...

Formal breeding strategies and processes focus on developing uniform non-evolutionary populations. However, many farmers continue to cultivate heterogenous cultivars To understand the recognition of genetic diversity (heterogenous populations) in policies fields, a literature survey along with field survey, interaction action research were carried out 15 districts Nepal. Existing demand varieti...