The average length of time from the application of a variety right to its acquisition in China varies, which can range from about 10 months to 9 years. For crops such as rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, and cotton, generally, it takes 3 to 4 years. Cases with delay of over 5 years may...
Pairwise comparison was performed by Tukey’s HSD test at a significance level of p = 0.05. In the absence of a normal distribution, the data were analyzed by methods of nonparametric statistics. The significance of the factor effects was determined using a Kruskal–Wallis H-test (one-way ...
Although it is documented that sesame is the one of the most ancient oilseed crops known to humans, its origins are still a subject of debate, and its progenitor also is not determined [1,10,11,12]. Yu et al. [13] found that the domestication of sesame in China and India might have...
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China 5 Rice Research and Training Center, Field Crops Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Kafrelsheikh 33717, Egypt 6 Cereal Crops Research Institute (CCRI) Pirsabak Nowshera, Agriculture Research Sy...
Keywords: Pakistan; climate change; yield; major food crops; food security; agricultural development 1. Introduction Change in climate is mainly attributed to the unabated increase in greenhouse gases, including fluorinated gases, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, whichbring changes in rain ...
They also have regional and even international importance for the provision of ecosystem services through watershed protection (run-off control, water infiltration, soil retention) in the Nile Basin. The agricultural land consists of mainly smallholder farms with diverse crops and homegardens [9]. ...
Yanxin Zhang 1, Daniel Fonceka 2,3, Wenjuan Yang 1, Diaga Diouf 4, Boshou Liao 1, Ndiaga Cissé 2,* and Xiurong Zhang 1,* 1 Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Scien...