The effect of time to first shoot removal and the amount of shoots removed on the yield and quality of cassava leaves and tubers were investigated in two experiments carried out at IITA, Nigeria using two cassava varieties, TMS 30572 and TMS 91934. Four different times to first shoot removal, 8, ...
Simwambana, M.
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Ferguson, T.U.
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Osiru, D.
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Effect of time to first shoot removal and the amount of shoots removed on the yield and quality of cassava leaves and tubers]
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Effect of time to first shoot removal and the amount of shoots removed on the yield and quality of cassava leaves and tubers
Hahn, S.K.
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Reynolds, L.
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Egbunike, G.N.
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[Cassava as livestock feed in Africa: Proceedings of the IITA/ILCA/University of Ibadan workshop on the potential utilization of cassava as livestock feed in Africa]
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Cassava as livestock feed in Africa: Proceedings of the IITA/ILCA/University of Ibadan workshop on the potential utilization of cassava as livestock feed in Africa
The critical period of weed interference was investigated from 1982–1985 In two local cassava cultivars in Cameroon. Unweeded plots had more than 90% losses and were infested by birds and rodents which caused much damage to the fresh storage roots. One weeding round was not an effective treatment...
Wild relatives of cassava (Manihot spp.) and yam (Dioscorea spp.) have many attributes of importance to the genetic improvement of the cultivated species. Some crosses between cassava and its wild relatives have led to poly ploids (crosses to M. />laziovii and M. epruinosa) and resistance to two ...
Asiedu, Robert
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Bai, K.V.
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Terauchi, R.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Status of wide crosses in cassava and yam]
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Status of wide crosses in cassava and yam
Cassava (Manihot spp.) improvement strategies at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are discussed here in relation to the main constraints, target ecologies and utilization of exotic germplasm. Germplasm generated from IITA populations and from other African or non-African...
Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Cassava germplasm enhancement at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)]
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Cassava germplasm enhancement at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
The response of yam (Dioscorea) cultivars to artificial and natural infections with minisett rot pathogens was investigated. None of the 20 yam cultivars were resistant to Sclerotium rolfsii [Corticium rolfsii] or Trichoderma longibrachyatum. Cultivars TDa 84/093, 85/236, 85/257, TDr 608, 745, 81...
Osai, E.O.
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Ikotun, T.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Susceptibility of yam cultivars to minisett rot pathogens]
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Susceptibility of yam cultivars to minisett rot pathogens
Most cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) improvement programs depend on the range of variability available within the cultigen for breeding varieties adapted to target environments. Efforts by some programs to introduce additional variability from wild Manihot species into cassava have led to impr...
Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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Bai, K.V.
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Dixon, A.
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[Interspecific hybridization in the genus Manihot progress and prospects]
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Interspecific hybridization in the genus Manihot progress and prospects
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) contains cyanogenic glucosides which lead to the release of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) after hydrolysis. A study carried out using six cassava populations revealed that the broad-sense heritability for HCN was relatively low at 34.58 and 32.18 percent in roots and l...
Forty-seven cultivars of cassava in IITA's trials were screened for their reaction to infection by Colletotrichum gloesporiodes f. sp. manihotis in the field. The following parameters were observed: (a) distance of first canker from the soil, (b) total number of cankers per plant, (c) size of can...
Ikotun, T.
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Screening cassava cultivars for resistance to the cassava anthracnose disease (CAD)]
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Screening cassava cultivars for resistance to the cassava anthracnose disease (CAD)
Stable as well as adaptable genotypes of high-yielding cassava cultivars, should be developed and made available to farmers, to ensure increases in cassava production in a target region or country in sub-Saharan Africa. As farmer-to-farmer contact is the primary means of diffusion of new crop var...
Dixon, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Genotypic stability and adaptability: analytical methods and implications for cassava breeding for low input agriculture]
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Genotypic stability and adaptability: analytical methods and implications for cassava breeding for low input agriculture