The objective of this research was to assess the effectiveness of the innovation platform (IP) (Terbol Station) on the wheat seed sector in Lebanon. Data were collected from 16 seed producers after identifying and mapping the key stakeholders in the seed sector. Descriptive statistics was used to categorize and evaluate the efficacy of the innovati...
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Published in Ecology and evolution
Dispersal is a key process in metapopulation dynamics as it conditions species' spatial responses to gradients of abiotic and biotic conditions and triggers individual and gene flows. In the numerous plants that are dispersed through seed consumption by herbivores (endozoochory), the distance and effectiveness of dispersal is determined by the comb...
The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The role of farmer seed networks is less well understood and yet is central to debates on current issues ranging from se...
Published in PLoS genetics
Arabidopsis seeds rapidly release hydrophilic polysaccharides from the seed coat on imbibition. These form a heavy mucilage layer around the seed that makes it sink in water. Fourteen natural Arabidopsis variants from central Asia and Scandinavia were identified with seeds that have modified mucilage release and float. Four of these have a novel mu...
BACKGROUND: Before cryopreservation is routinely used, its effect on the trueness-to-type of the regenerated plant material needs to be evaluated. OBJECTIVE: In this work, we studied the effect of seed cryopreservation on the phenotypic and molecular characteristics of wild Solanum lycopersicum Mill. plants. METHODS: Thirty-five morphological trait...
Un grand nombre de sorghos sont ou ont été la propriété de groupes particuliers, jumeaux ou de cercles d'individus ayant commis des faits de bravoure. Plus souvent il s'agissait de sorghos liturgiques attachés à certains cultes ou à leurs desservants ou encore des sorghos de chefferie. Dans les monts Mandara, ces sorghos sont révélateurs d'un contr...
Un grand nombre de sorghos sont ou ont été la propriété de groupes particuliers, jumeaux ou de cercles d'individus ayant commis des faits de bravoure. Plus souvent il s'agissait de sorghos liturgiques attachés à certains cultes ou à leurs desservants ou encore des sorghos de chefferie. Dans les monts Mandara, ces sorghos sont révélateurs d'un contr...
BACKGROUND: Before cryopreservation is routinely used, its effect on the trueness-to-type of the regenerated plant material needs to be evaluated. OBJECTIVE: In this work, we studied the effect of seed cryopreservation on the phenotypic and molecular characteristics of wild Solanum lycopersicum Mill. plants. METHODS: Thirty-five morphological trait...
Un grand nombre de sorghos sont ou ont été la propriété de groupes particuliers, jumeaux ou de cercles d'individus ayant commis des faits de bravoure. Plus souvent il s'agissait de sorghos liturgiques attachés à certains cultes ou à leurs desservants ou encore des sorghos de chefferie. Dans les monts Mandara, ces sorghos sont révélateurs d'un contr...
