Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the second most important staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa, providing up to 285 calories per person per day. Cassava starch is a potentially important industrial material in Malawi. Industries hesitate to use cassava starch because the powder sold by so...
Benesi, I.R.M.
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Labuschagne, M.T.
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Dixon, A.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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[Genotype x environment interaction effects on native cassava starch quality and potential for starch use in the commercial sector]
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Genotype x environment interaction effects on native cassava starch quality and potential for starch use in the commercial sector
Hauser, S.
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Ekeleme, F.
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Dixon, A.
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Olojede, A.
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Lagoke, S.T.O.
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Olorunmaiye, P.
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Usman, H.
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Egbe, O.M.
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[Cassava root yield response to first and second season planting in Nigeria]
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Cassava root yield response to first and second season planting in Nigeria
Cassava is the most important root and tuber crop in Sierra Leone. Its low yield can be attributed to several production-limiting factors including cassava mosaic disease (CMD). This study examined in a much wider scope the diversity, prevalence, distribution, incidence and level of severity of t...
Samura, A.E.
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Massaquoi, F.B.
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Mansaray, A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Koroma, J.P.C.
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Fomba, S.N.
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Dixon, A.
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[Status and diversity of the cassava Mosaic disease causal agents in Sierra Leone]
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Status and diversity of the cassava Mosaic disease causal agents in Sierra Leone
Providing correct estimates of the carotenoid content of cassava varieties is very important in any cassava-breeding program for improving vitamin A intakes in sub-Saharan Africa especially among high-risk groups. The effect of different sampling methods-sampling with cork-borer(SPM1) and samplin...
Maziya-Dixon, A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Dixon, A.
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[Variation in the evaluation of cis- and trans-<beta>-carotene in yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz) varieties as a function of the storage root portion and sampling method]
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Variation in the evaluation of cis- and trans-<beta>-carotene in yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz) varieties as a function of the storage root portion and sampling method
Micronutrients content in a cleared forestland continuously cropped for seven years with cassava, maize, pigeon pea and their combinations and subsequently fallowed for eight years were monitored in this study in order to determine the availability of these nutrients after these years. Soil sampl...
Asadu, C.
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Chibuike, G.
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Dixon, A.
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[Micronutrients availability in a cleared forestland after seven years of continuous cultivation and eight years of natural fallow in an Alfisol, eastern Nigeria]
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Micronutrients availability in a cleared forestland after seven years of continuous cultivation and eight years of natural fallow in an Alfisol, eastern Nigeria
The International Institute of Tropical of Agriculture (IITA) established its East and Southern Africa Regional Research Centre (ESARC) in Uganda at the former Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Research Institute (NAARI), presently Namulonge Animal and Crops Research Institute (NaCRRI), to addres...
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Dixon, A.
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Kanju, E.
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Ssemakula, G.N.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Whyte, J.
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Obiero, H.
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Bigirimana, S.
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Gashaka, G.
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Lukombo, S.
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Mkamilo, G.S.
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Ndyetabula, I.
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Tata-Hangy, W.
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Otim Okello, F.
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Schofield, J.
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[Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region]
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Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region
The Southern Africa Root Crops Research Netwrok (SARRNET), in collaboration with national research programmes in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC ) have made considerable impact in the SADC region in terms of promoting cassava (Manihot esculenta) and sweetpotato (Ipomea batatus) produc...
Le réseau de recherche du sud de l'Afrique en racines des plantes (SARRNET), en collaboration avec les programmes de recherche national des communautés de développement du sud de l'Afrique (SADC) ont rapporté des impacts considérables dans la région du SADC en termes de promotion de production de...
Mahungu, N.M.
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Sandifolo, V.S.
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Dixon, A.
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Whyte, J.A.
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Mhone, A.
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Terri, J.M.
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Álvarez, M.N.
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Andrade, M.I.
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Kolign, S.
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Jumbo, S.
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Moyo, C.C.
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[Contribution of SARRNET to food security in the SADC region]
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Contribution of SARRNET to food security in the SADC region
The aim of this study was to investigate under a controlled environment, the effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans Distant, a cassava anthracnose disease vector. The insect P. devastans was collected from young cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) field ...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Dixon, A.
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Ikotun, T.
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[Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector]
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Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector
Onyeka, T.
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Dixon, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Okechukwu, R.
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Bamkefa, B.
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[Distribution and current status of bacterial blight and fungal diseases of cassava in Nigeria: ICP technical report 01]
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Distribution and current status of bacterial blight and fungal diseases of cassava in Nigeria: ICP technical report 01
Studies were conducted at the advance pathology laboratory and glasshouse at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine the inoculums threshold of fungal suspensions at different concentration levels, and also to investigate latent infection of cassa...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Akem, C.
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Ikotun, T.
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Tembe-Fokunang, E.A.
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Koona, P.
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Dixon, A.
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[Investigation of inoculum threshold and latent infection in Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis in cassava cultivars]
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Investigation of inoculum threshold and latent infection in Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis in cassava cultivars