Emphasis has been placed on the screening of hybrid selections for resistance to rust, anthracnose, BCMV and Empoasca sp., yield and sensitivity to photoperiod. A total of 1464 materials (937 selections from the breeding program) were screened in the Bean Team Nursery and 700 (200 breeding selections) in the Preliminary Yield Trial. Results from the latter demonstrated major gains in yield among colored materials and a very high proportion of lines resistant to BCMV. Many lines demonstrated multiple-disease resistance.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979Ecuador, Panama, Central America, South America
Se presentan resultados de la investigacion en produccion y utilizacion de pastos y forrajes que indican que en condiciones relativamente buenas de fertilidad natural y de retencion de humedad de los suelos, representadas por la region del litoral ecuatoriano entre Quevedo y Santo Domingo, es posible obtener aumentos de peso diario en novillos de engorde del orden de 450 g/animal y, con cargas de hasta 3 animales, lograr producciones promedio de carne de hasta 1,5 kg/ha/dia, o sea mas de 500 kg/ha/ano, de modo que los animales alcanzan el peso de mercado antes de los 2,5 anos de edad; tambi
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 1980Canada
Section 4 of the above-mentioned Act establishes a body corporate to be known as the Wakamow Valley Authority.
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Library ResourceLegislationApril, 1979United Kingdom
This Act concerns the protection of ancient monuments and also provides with respect to acquisition and guardianship of land in the vicinity of an ancient monument and other easements and other similar rights to protection of monuments affecting such land. The Act also concerns monuments in territorial waters of the UK.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1979Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Study on the contribution of agriculture and the livestock sector to the Nigeria national economy, w. data on trend of agricultural production, import, export and prices of agricultural products, geographic distribution of livestock, meat supplies and livestock development projects in third national plan.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979
Potential of tropical Africa for agro-industrial by-products suitable for animal feeding and fattening w. data on feed value of byproducts from cereals, tubers, oilseeds, sugar canes and others.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979Botswana, Africa, Southern Africa
Survey on the economy of Botswana, w. emphasis on mining production, gross domestic product, prices, cereal production, and livestock and meat export.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979Africa, Western Africa
Research review on sheep and goat production in the humid zone of West Africa, w. respect to animal population, production parameters, reproduction, forage production, supplementary feeding based on agro - industrial byproducts, disease incidence, particularly peste petits ruminants & helminthiasis, housing, and economic aspects of small and large scale production, w. proposals for further research.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1979Central America, South America, Caribbean
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