The effect of intercropping cover crops was with yam was assessed for nematode management both inpot and field conditions in Nigeria. The cover crops were sown with yams in pots containing sterile soiland inoculated with 5000 eggs of Meloidogyne incognita. In the field, each cover crop was separa...
Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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Fawole, B.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Management of Meloidogyne incognita in yambased cropping systems with cover crops]
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Management of Meloidogyne incognita in yambased cropping systems with cover crops
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region beset with challenges, not least its ability to feed itself. Low agricultural productivity, exploding populations, and escalating urbanization have led to declining per capita food availability. In order to reverse this trend, crop production systems must inte...
Coyne, D.L.
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Cortada Gonzales, L.
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Dalzell, J.J.
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Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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Haukeland, S.
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Luambano, N.
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Talwana, H.
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[Plant-parasitic nematodes and food security in sub-saharan Africa]
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Plant-parasitic nematodes and food security in sub-saharan Africa
This paper explores the results of a programme designed to facilitate entrepreneurship centred on healthy seed yam (Dioscorea rotundata) production on the eastern bank of the River Niger. Ware yam farmers residing along the eastern bank, upstream of the Niger/Benue confluence, source their planti...
McNamara, N.
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Morse, S.
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Ugbe, U.P.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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[Facilitating healthy seed yam entrepreneurship in the Niger River system in Nigeria: the value of research into use]
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Facilitating healthy seed yam entrepreneurship in the Niger River system in Nigeria: the value of research into use
Effective management of plant-parasitic nematodes
affecting yams includes practices that can break the pest cycle
from field to store. This study evaluated nematode population
changes under cover crop cultivation following a main yam
crop. Ten cover crops were planted after the harvest of the yam...
Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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Fawole, B.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Population changes of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with cover crops following a yam (Dioscorea rotundata) crop]
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Population changes of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with cover crops following a yam (Dioscorea rotundata) crop
Published studies to date have suggested that seed-yam (Dioscorea rotundata) production in Nigeria using minisett (∼0.025 kg) technology or an adapted form of the technology using larger setts (0.08 to 0.1 kg) was not profitable. But these studies were often conducted under artificial conditions ...
Ibana, S.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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McNamara, N.
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Morse, S.
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[Economic analysis of commercial seed yam production systems in the Subhumid ecologies of the river Niger]
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Economic analysis of commercial seed yam production systems in the Subhumid ecologies of the river Niger
Yam tuber dry rot caused by Scutellonema bradys results in the reduction of tuber quality. Studies were conducted on the effect of intercropping cover crops with yams on nematode damage to tubers. Eleven cover crops were intercropped with yams in pot screen house and field experiments. Plants wer...
Claudius-Cole, A.O.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Fawole, B.
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[Tropical cover crops for the management of the yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys]
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Tropical cover crops for the management of the yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys