The Sixth Regional Wheat Workshop: For Eastern, Central and Southern Africa : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2-6, 1989

Douglas G. Tanner, Maarten Van Ginkel, Wilfred Mwangi

CIMMYT, 1989 - Wheat - 344 pages

Contents

• Opening remarks Dr Getinet Gebeyehu Wheat Research Coordinator IAR Ethiopia: 1
• Opening address and official welcome Dr Seme Debella General Manager IAR Ethiopia: 3
• CIMMYTs wheat program activities in 1989 R A Fischer: 6
• Breeding for durable resistance to pathogens J E Parlevliet: 14
• Wheat rust virulences in Ethiopia in 1988 Getinet G M van Ginkel Mentwab H Mengistu H Yeshi A and Ayele: 28
• Partial resistance in wheat to wheat leaf rust L Broers: 39
• Identification of chromosomes carrying genes for yellow rust seedling resistance in some wheat varieties W W Wagoire: 45
• Utilization of exotic durum wheat germplasm in Ethiopia Getachew B Tesfaye T and Kimia M: 52
• Effect of sowing dates on severity of leaf and stem rust and on yield of wheat at Debre Zeit Yeshi A Mengistu H and Seid: 59
• onfarm trials in the peasant sector Ammanuel G D G Tanner Lemma Z Tilahoun G Zewdu Y and Eyasu: 63
• Susceptibility of wheat lines to eyespot Rebeka D and A Bainbrldge: 73
• Correction of manganese deficiency in wheat with chemical fertilizers south of Mt Meru W K Modestus: 78
• A survey of wheat diseases in Tanzania in 198889 C Kuwite L Braun A Sariah and B Grace: 82
• Effect of time of planting on the grain yield and yield components of rainfed wheat grown at three locations in Malawi F C Munthali: 90
• Onfarm verification of four bread wheat varieties under high and farmers weed management levels Dereje D D G Tanner and W Mwangi: 96
• Investigations on chemical weed control in triticale and bread wheat in the Mt Elgon area of Uganda M P E Wetala: 103
• Selection for partial resistance in wheat to wheat leaf rust Th Jacobs and L F van Zanten: 112
• Conservation tillage E H Stobbe: 120
• Grain yield of wheat as influenced by different tillage systems in Kenya J N Kamwaga: 133
• The response of bread wheat to rate and time of nitrogen application Asnakew: 146
• Water as a limiting factor in wheat production at two areas of the northern highlands: 166
• Reliability of kernel weight and test weight as components determing yield potential: 181
• Wheat nutrition in high altitude N Mugamba and midaltitude Kirimiro areas in Burundi: 198
• The relative importance of yield limiting factors on bread wheat in the Ethiopian: 214
• Reaction of durum wheat lines to septoria leaf blotch Yeshi A Mengistu H: 229
• Onfarm evaluation of three bread wheat varieties in the Wolmera red soil zone Chilot: 244
• The role of the Ethiopian Seed Corporation in the multiplication and distribution of seed: 257
• The economics of rainfed versus irrigated wheat production in Pakistan J Longmire: 264
• Constraints to increasing wheat production in Ethiopias smallholder sector Hailu B: 284
• Performance of bread wheat genotypes grown in three environments in Ethiopia: 303
• Ethiopian wheat germplasm collection conservation characterizationevaluation: 327
• Regional Wheat Workshop Participants and Observers: 343

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sixth Regional Wheat Workshop: For Eastern, Central and Southern Africa : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2-6, 1989
• Authors: Douglas G. Tanner, Maarten Van Ginkel, Wilfred Mwangi
• Contributor: Canadian International Development Agency
• Publisher: CIMMYT, 1989
• ISBN: 9686127453, 9789686127454
• Length: 344 pages