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| Opening Session | |
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| Welcome address | |
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| Government of Japan Project activities at ICRISAT 1984-1999 | |
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| Breeding for low-nutrient environments: Is it sustainable? | |
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| Physiological traits for crop yield improvement in low N and P environments | |
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| Prospects for using conventional techniques and molecular biological tools to enhance performance of 'orphan' crop plants on soils low in available phosphorus | |
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| Ex-ante impact assessment and economic analysis of breeding for nutrient efficiency and alternate strategies, a conceptual model and research issues: A socio-economist's view | |
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| Breeding for low-nutrient environments: Is it sustainable? | |
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| Candidate mechanisms | |
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| Breeding for low-nutrient environments | |
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| Genetic adaptation of crop plants to low-nutrient environments: morphological and ecophysiological characteristics of adaptation | |
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| Genotypic variability and physiological characteristics of crop plants adapted to low-nutrient environments | |
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| Physiological adaptations for nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum | |
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| Photosynthesized carbon translocation and distribution of crops adapted to low-nutrient environments | |
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| Varietal differences in root growth as related to nitrogen uptake by sorghum plants in low-nitrogen environment | |
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| Genotypic variability in phosphorus solubilizing activity of root exudates by pigeonpea grown in low-nutrient environments | |
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| Root cell-wall properties are proposed to contribute to phosphorus (P) mobilization by groundnut and pigeonpea | |
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| Role of soil microorganisms in improving P nutrition of plants | |
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| Phosphorus use efficiency as related to sources of P fertilizers, rainfall, soil, crop management, and genotypes in the West African semi-arid tropics | |
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| Modelling root-induced solubilization of nutrients | |
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| Scope for genetic manipulation of mineral acquisition in chickpea | |
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| Aluminum tolerance in nodulated N[subscript 2]-fixing legumes species native to two contrasting savanna sites | |
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| Effect of rock phosphate and superphosphate fertilizer on the productivity of maize var. Bisma | |
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| Candidate mechanisms | |
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| Methodology for genetic manipulation of nutrient availability | |
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| Assessing germplasm collections for traits useful in plant nutrition | |
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| Root exudates as mediators of mineral acquisition in low-nutrient environments | |
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| Genetic control of root exudation | |
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| Transporter genes to enhance nutrient uptake: Opportunities and challenges | |
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| The phosphate uptake mechanism | |
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| Breeding for better symbiosis | |
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| Genetic approaches for manipulating crop plants to enhance root exudation and access low nutrients in the rhizosphere | |
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| Combining genetic improvement with natural resource management | |
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| Breeding crops for enhanced micronutrient content | |
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| Appropriate farm management practices for alleviating N and P deficiencies in low-nutrient soils of the tropics | |
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| Farmer preferences and legume intensification for low nutrient environments | |
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| Nutrient balances: A guide to improving the sorghum- and groundnut-based dryland cropping systems in semi-arid tropical India | |
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| Preplant moisture and fertility conditions as indicators of high and stable yields in rainfed cropping systems | |
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| Role of modelling in improving nutrient efficiency in cropping systems | |
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| Combining genetic improvement with natural resource management | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Future research needs, priorities, and strategies | |
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| Participants | |