Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a staple for over 39 % of the country’s population. Farmers ...
Gondwe, F.M.T.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Hillocks, R.J.
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Raya, M.D.
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Moyo, C.C.
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Soko, M.M.
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Chipungu, F.P.
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Benesi, I.R.M.
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[Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease]
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Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease
Cassava clones CH92/082, TME 6 and BA95/070 were evaluated against Mbundumali, Phoso, Mulola and Sauti as checks. These clones were evaluated at Makoka, Mkondezi, Baka and Kasinthula Research Stations that represented different agro ecologies and in Mzuzu ADD under farmers' conditions. The object...
Benesi, I.R.M.
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Mkandawire, T.
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Chipungu, F.P.
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Pamkomera, P.
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Mkumbira, J.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Moyo, C.C.
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Ntonga, A.P.
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Chilungo, S.
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[CH92/082 and TME 6 cassava clones officially released for farmer growing in Malawi]
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CH92/082 and TME 6 cassava clones officially released for farmer growing in Malawi
The objectives of this study were to collect and characterise Malawian cassava germplasm using ethnobotany, morphological and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Exploration of accessions with the help of indigenous knowledge was done. Ninety three accessions collected from f...
Benesi, I.R.M.
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Labuschagne, M.T.
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Herselman, L.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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[Ethnobotany, morphology and genotyping of cassava germplasm from Malawi]
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Ethnobotany, morphology and genotyping of cassava germplasm from Malawi
A trial was conducted in 2008/09 at Chitedze (31o 59' S; 33o 38' E) and Chitala (13o 40' S; 34o 15' E) Research stations in Malawi to evaluate commercially available pre-emergent herbicides for weed control in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Four herbicides, Bullet (chloroacetanilide, dimetha...
Moyo, C.C.
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Jumbo, S.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Benesi, I.R.M.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Sandifolo, V.S.
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[Evaluation of commercially available herbicides for weed control in cassava]
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Evaluation of commercially available herbicides for weed control in cassava