Effects of fallow type, sucker sanitation (hot-water treatment, HWT) and fertilizer
application on yield, root and corm health of two plantain cultivars were investigated.
Most yield parameters were strongest affected by fallow type with more producing
plants, higher bunch mass and yield after fo...
Hauser, S.
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Mekoa, C.
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Jacobsen, K.S.
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[Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow]
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Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow
To assess if the nutrient supply through planted tree fallows meets crop nutrient uptake and export, N, P, K, Ca and Mg uptake and export by a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop was compared with the nutrient uptake by three planted fallow systems (Senna spectabilis, Flemingia macrophylla, Dactyla...
Hauser, S.
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[Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop]
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Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop
The effects of different fallow management systems on aggregate stability were studied on an Ultisol and an Alfisol in southern Nigeria. Aggregate stability was measured in natural regrowth, and planted fallows of Pueraria phaseoloides Benth. and Leucaena leucocephala Lam de Wit in a trial establ...
Salako, F.
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Hauser, S.
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[Influence of different fallow management systems on stability of soil aggregates in southern Nigeria]
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Influence of different fallow management systems on stability of soil aggregates in southern Nigeria
Plantain (Musa spp.) is highly susceptible to root nematodes (Radopholussimiles) and fungal diseases of the leaves, causing yield losses in the vicinity of 50%.‘FHIA 21’ (AAB genome) is a plantain hybrid with good tolerance to pests anddiseases, excellent palatability and a high level of acceptan...
Hauser, S.
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[Growth and yield response of the plantain (Musa spp.) hybrid FHIA 21 to shading and rooting by Inga edulis on a Southern Cameroonian ultisol]
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Growth and yield response of the plantain (Musa spp.) hybrid FHIA 21 to shading and rooting by Inga edulis on a Southern Cameroonian ultisol
Black leaf streak disease (BLSD) affects both bananas and plantains. Anecdotal evidence suggests that when plantain is grown under shade in agroforestry systems, there is less damage from BLSD. In this study, BLSD severity and agronomic fruit characteristics of plantain were compared under high a...
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Black leaf streak disease and plantain fruit characteristics as affected by tree density and biomass management in a tropical agroforestry system]
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Black leaf streak disease and plantain fruit characteristics as affected by tree density and biomass management in a tropical agroforestry system
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in ha...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Coyne, D.L.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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Huising, J.E.
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Masso, C.
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Schut, Marc
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer]
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Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer
Plant-parasitic nematode incidence, population densities and associated damage were determined from 153 smallholder banana and plantain gardens in Bas Congo (9 – 646 meters above sea level, m.a.s.l) and South Kivu (1043 – 2005 m.a.s.l), Democratic Republic of Congo, during 2010. Based on the freq...
Kamira, M.
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Hauser, S.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Coyne, D.L.
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Talwana, H.
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[Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo
Soil carbon stocks are commonly quantified at fixed depths as the product of soil bulk density, depth and organic carbon (OC) concentration. However, this method systematically overestimates OC stocks in treatments with greater bulk densities such as minimum tillage, exaggerating their benefits. ...
Wendt, J.
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Hauser, S.
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[An equivalent soil mass procedure for monitoring soil organic carbon in multiple soil layers]
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An equivalent soil mass procedure for monitoring soil organic carbon in multiple soil layers
Across Africa the production of high value horticultural crops is being recognized as a possible route out of rural poverty. To determine at which level of intensification tomato yields were maximized and which tomato cultivar responds best to intensification, an on-farm, factorial trial was cond...
Tueche, J.
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Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Tillage and varietal impacts on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production on an ultisol in central Cameroon]
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Tillage and varietal impacts on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production on an ultisol in central Cameroon
Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to determine the effect of earthworm casts on the production of maize and cowpea. In pot experiments with mixtures of soil and casts, shoot and root dry matter (OM) of maize and cowpea increased with increasing proportion of casts. Shoot OM of cowpea an...