Seed yams are an essential input into the Dioscorea yam economy of West Africa. Till date, the agronomic separation of seed yam production from that of ware tuber production for food has not been fully achieved. ‘Milking’ of food tubers to get seed yam continues as a dominant channel of seed yam ...
Akoroda, M.O.
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Cladius-Cole, B.
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Kikuno, H.
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Okonkwo, C.C.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Acha, A.I.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Enhancing seed yam supply systems in West Africa]
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Enhancing seed yam supply systems in West Africa
Standard stake yield (SSY) was estimated using data from multi-locational trials in 11 locations. These were: Onne, Obrikom, Warri, Obayantor, Umudike, Nanka, Akure, Ajibode, Ibadan, and Zaria during 2003-2005 season. The aim was to identify location suitable for stem production and also to estim...
Akoroda, M.O.
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Yomeni, M.O.
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Oyadiran, T.F.
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Dixon, A.
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Okoro, E.
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[Standard stake yield of 43 CMD cassava genotypes in 11 locations of Nigeria: implications for stem supply systems]
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Standard stake yield of 43 CMD cassava genotypes in 11 locations of Nigeria: implications for stem supply systems
There is strong relationship between the weight of stake to be planted and it ability to emerge. Therefore, only good quality stem should be cut, partitioned into stakes, and treated for planting to optimise the limited resource of land area and other input engaged in the cassava cultivation ente...
Akoroda, M.O.
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Oyadiran, T.F.
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Yomeni, M.O.
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Okoro, E.
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Dixon, A.
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[Pattern of stake weight along the stem axis from its base and non emergence of planted stakes]
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Pattern of stake weight along the stem axis from its base and non emergence of planted stakes
A field collection of 90 sweetpotato (lpomoea batatas) accession collected. from various sources within and outside Nigeria were characterized at the llTA High Rainfall Station in Onne, Rivers State between June and August 2006. The objective of the study was to identify their distinctive charact...
Egeonu, I.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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Tarawali, G.
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[Characterizing 90 accessions of sweetpotato in high rainfall sites of southern Nigeria]
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Characterizing 90 accessions of sweetpotato in high rainfall sites of southern Nigeria
Crouch, J.H.
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Ortiz, R.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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[Safe movement of Musa germplasm in West and Central Africa]
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Safe movement of Musa germplasm in West and Central Africa
This study intended to develop and/or adopt the best cryopresentation protocol for the African cassava germplasm. Eleven protocols were investigated. One protocol focused on the tolerance of pregrowth meristems to DMSO (Dimethyl sulphoxide). The other 10 were cryopresentation protocols and were e...
Sanni, L.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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Phillips, T.
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Dixon, A.
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[Strategies for effective cassava postharvest system in Nigeria]
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Strategies for effective cassava postharvest system in Nigeria
Sweetness, consistency, fibre content and yield are good criteria determining consumer's preference of boiled sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) roots in the south-western Nigeria. From July 2000 to September 2001, some 15 sweet potato clones were evaluated at Ibadan so as to recommend suitable on...
Edebiri, O.
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Egeonu, I.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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[Evaluating sweetpotato clones for consumers in southwestern Nigeria]
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Evaluating sweetpotato clones for consumers in southwestern Nigeria
The comsumption of garri- a dry granule processed from cassava roots in Nigeria is now a nation-wide habit and practice. Its price fluctuates so much that the question is now being asked as to whom should the commodity be target to? The poor or the rich? This paper reports a study of the faqctors...
Meludu, N.
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Ajani, O.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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[Gari: food for the rich or the poor consumers in Nigeria]
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Gari: food for the rich or the poor consumers in Nigeria