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Recurso clave 1/2/1999 This handbook covers a whole range of issues relating to local seed supply systems, including participatory plant breeding, and both technical and practical information on seed production and variety maintenance. It suggests new approaches and methods to support on-farm seed production by...
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Recurso clave 1/3/2002 Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population...
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Recurso clave 1/5/2007 This laboratory manual is designed to acquaint the student with many of the important facets of seed science and technology. It accompanies the text Principles of Seed Science and Technology.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) flushing is a technique by which carbon dioxide is added to a storage container of seeds in an effort to replace oxygen (which seeds use to respire) with the carbon dioxide. The idea is that the lack of oxygen will increase the seed storage ability by slowing down the...
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26/9/2016 Mike McMahon of the Charis Teaching Farm, recently contacted us about an experiment to try to adapt the CO2 seed saving technique presented in AN28 to verify if it could work for his context. Mike and his team conducted an experiment building and utilizing a root cellar at the Charis Farm in Tak...
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El Centro Mundial de Vegetales, tal como su nombre lo indica, se enfoca en los vegetales para reducir la pobreza y la desnutrición. Su sitio en la red contiene numerosas y útiles fuentes y publicaciones, entre ellas se encuentran vídeos sobre como acopiar semilla vegetal. Estos vídeos cubren el...
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8/2/2017 Smallholder farmers in rural African villages rely on their home-grown seeds for more than 85% of their needs. Due to various reasons, small holder farmers are enticed or forced to use seeds from commercial companies which create dependency. Seed saving has challenges. For farmers to produce...
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20/1/2015 El almacenamiento de las semillas en el trópico a menudo puede resultar difícil; con altas temperaturas y condiciones húmedas, las semillas pierden su capacidad de germinar rápidamente. Existen muchas técnicas de almacenamiento, desde los estándares de alta tecnología de los bancos genéticos...
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22/3/2017 Seed conservation under tropical climates is a great challenge when usual storage technology is lacking. Seed pests and the loss of seed viability are among the main risks faced by farmers and seed banks. ScientistsLawrence et. al.recently found that vacuum sealing significantly reduces stored...
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Local Treatments and Vacuum Sealing as Novel Control Strategies for Stored Seed Pests in the Tropics
Agronomy for Sustainable Development Brian Lawrence, Abram Bicksler, Kimberly Duncan Abstract : Prevention of pests while maintaining viable seed during storage is often challenging for smallholder farmers in the tropics and subtropics. Investment in costly technologies or storage equipment is...