Twelve cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes were planted under natural field conditions for two different cropping seasons (wet and dry), in 1992 and 1993 at the research farm of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. The trial studied the effect of p...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Akem, C.N.
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Ikotun, T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Effect of planting season on cassava anthracnose disease development]
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Effect of planting season on cassava anthracnose disease development
Introduction: Taro leaf blight disease cause by Phytophtora colocasiae has become an economic disease in Cocoyam growing regions of Cameroon.
Aims: To screen for resistance 10 improved and 4 local cultivars of taro against taro leaf blight disease.
Study Design: A randomized complete block design...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Mbong, G.
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Manju, E.
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Tembe-Fokunang, E.A.
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Hanna, R.
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[Screen house and field resistance of taro cultivars to taro leaf blight disease (Phytophtora colocasiae)]
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Screen house and field resistance of taro cultivars to taro leaf blight disease (Phytophtora colocasiae)
A study was conducted at the greenhouse of the international institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan,Nigeria to investigate the synergistic relationship of xanthomonas campestris pv. Manihotics (causal agent of cassava bacteria blight CBB), and colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f.sp manihotics (cau...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Ikotun, T.
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[Synergistic relationship of bacterial blight and anthracnose disease pathogen in cassava multiple infection]
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Synergistic relationship of bacterial blight and anthracnose disease pathogen in cassava multiple infection
The aim of this study was to evaluate the post-harvest survival of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis on infected cassava materials. Infected stem cuttings from 5 cassava cultivars 88/01084, 88/01983, 91/00395, 91/00317 and 91/00052, incubated at 25±2°C for 8 months, showed a signifi...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Dixon, A.
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[Postharvest evaluation of Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis on cassava genotypes]
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Postharvest evaluation of Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis on cassava genotypes
Cyanide a by-product from cyanogenic glucosides is toxic to humans and most living organisms due to its ability of binding to metals such as iron, zinc and copper functional groups of the ligands of most bio enzymes. The cyanide inhibits the reduction of oxygen in the respiratory electron transfe...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Tomkins, P.T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Tembe-Fokunang, E.A.
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Salwa, B.
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Nukenine, E.N.
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Horan, I.
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[Cyanogenic potential in food crops and its implication in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) production]
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Cyanogenic potential in food crops and its implication in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) production
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
Cassava anthracnose disease (CAD) caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. manihotis has become one of the major economic diseases of cassava in Africa. The expansion of cassava production farmlands particularly in the humid rainfall zones of West and Central Africa has led to an...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Ikotun, T.
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Tembe-Fokunang, E.A.
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Akem, C.N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Anthracnose: an economic disease of cassava in Africa]
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Anthracnose: an economic disease of cassava in Africa
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
This study was conducted to investigate a cheap and readily available alternative control measure for cassava anthracnose disease causal agent (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis), through the use of antimicrobial crude plant extracts such as neem (Azadirachta indica), bitter leaf (V...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Akem, C.N.
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Ikotun, T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Efficacy of antimicrobial plant crude extracts on the growth in Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis]
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Efficacy of antimicrobial plant crude extracts on the growth in Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes f. sp. manihotis
The population dynamics of Mononychellus tanajoa as influenced by varietal resistance of cassava was determined over two cassava planting seasons (dry and wet season), using biweekly samples from 11 cassava genotypes in Ibadan, Nigeria. The population size of M. tanajoa and the damage scores were...
Nukenine, E.N.
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Hassan, A.T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Fokunang, C.N.
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[Population dynamics of cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae) as influenced by varietal resistance]
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Population dynamics of cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae) as influenced by varietal resistance