Recursos Etiquetado: Seed Selection

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  1. Improving Farm-Based Seed Selection and Storage

    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...
    Seed Saving Seed Selection Seed Storage Farm-based Smallholder JCB East Africa

  2. ECHO Crop Information Sheet

    8/5/2017 ECHO reguguarly keeps track of crop porduction records especially for crops disseminated from our Global Seed Bank. This fillable form is the sheet ECHO staff (mainly interns) use when evaluating a crop for it's potential use and distribution to ECHO's Network. This form can also be used to...
    Seed Production Seed Saving Seed Selection

  3. Ensayo de variedades de okra: Abelmoschus esculentum & Abelmoschus caillei

    1/1/2020 Un ensayo de comparación de especies y variedades de okra (quimbombó, gumbo) se llevó a cabo en la finca de ECHO en North Fort Myers (zona 9a/10b), Florida. Se evaluó la producción de vainas y el sabor de trece variedades de Abelmoschus esculentum y dos variedades de Abelmoschus caillei. Las...
    Okra Seed Selection Variety trial

  4. Seed Sorting by Flotation - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Why not try the technique of seed flotation before sowing your seed. By using this technique any poor seeds which have been attacked by insects will float to the top, leaving the good seed on the bottom. This video is part of the Rice Advice DVD. Available...
    Seed Selection AccessAgriculture Rice

  5. Spotted Seed - Diseased Seed - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video There are many problems with poor seed, and spotted and discoloured seed are some of the major ones. Spotted seeds can't be removed by winnowing or seed flotation. They can only be removed by manual sorting. This video will show you how to clean seed as one of...
    Seed Selection Seed Bank Rice AccessAgriculture

  6. What Seed Would You Take To An Uninhabited Tropical Island?

    19/5/1982 Dr. Frank is known to many of you as author of several books and articles on tropical subsistence farming. He works at the Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture (USDA) in Puerto Rico. Currently his research centers around sweet potato improvement for the tropics. We recently received from...
    Underutilized Crops Seed Selection

  7. Maize

    1/1/1989 Maize (Zea mays; corn) is the third most important food crop in the world, surpassed onlyby two other grains, wheat and rice. Maize is a widely adapted crop, capable of production during the appropriateseason in almost all parts of the world where farming is done. Maize is represented by...
    Maize Quality Protein Maize Seed Selection Agriculture Improv...

  8. Temas Relativos a la Introduccion de Nuevas Semillas en el Extranjero

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    21/1/2000 Usualmente los norteamericanos no tienen idea de cuan diferente puede ser la horticultura en el trópico. Personalmente experimenté algo de este fenómeno cuando me mudé de Ohio en 1981 para convertirme en Director de ECHO. Yo ya había comprado semillas para mi jardín en Ohio cuando surgió la...
    Vegetables Seed Sources Seed Selection Gardening Seeds

  9. Almacenamiento de semillas

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    1/6/2010 Las semillas naturalmente tienen lugar en cualquier emprendimiento de desarrollo de agricultura. Las semillas de la mayoría de los cultivos son pequeñas, y por lo tanto se transportan fácilmente y sobre más distancia que otros cortes vegetales. Para el agricultor, las semillas representan la...
    Seeds Seed Saving Seed Storage Seed Systems Seed Drying Seed Production Seed Germination Seed Selection Seed

  10. Selecting New Rice Varieties - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Participatory varietal selection or PVS is a method that allows different stakeholders to get involved in identifying constraints and selecting new varieties out of the hundreds developed by rice breeders. During three years multiple stakeholders are involved in...
    Seed Selection AccessAgriculture Rice