The yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB Simmonds) declines sharply after 1–2 years of cropping in West and Central Africa, due mainly to weeds and nematodes. A trial was carried out from January 2002 to October 2005 under two land-use systems (LUS) comprising 4–5 year-old bush fallow, dominated by ...
Banful, B.
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Hauser, S.
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Ofori, K.
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Kumaga, F.
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[Nematodes and weeds control effects of Pueraria phaseoloides and Flemingia macrophylla fallows on establishment, survival and yield of plantain]
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Nematodes and weeds control effects of Pueraria phaseoloides and Flemingia macrophylla fallows on establishment, survival and yield of plantain
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
Plantain (Musa spp. AAB, French, cv. Essong) was grown on an acid ultisol in southern Cameroon to determine yield response to (1) a hot-water treatment to control nematodes and (2) the application of fertilizer. Observations were made for 42 months. Establishment was unaffected by hot-water treat...
Hauser, S.
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[Effects of fertilizer and hot water treatment upon establishment, survival and yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, French)]
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Effects of fertilizer and hot water treatment upon establishment, survival and yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, French)
Plantain grown after forest slash-and-burn raises concerns due to the release of CO2 and the destruction of biodiversity. Plantain yields are presented after forest biomass was burned or retained in combination with sucker sanitation versus traditional planting. Biomass burning did not affect pla...
Hauser, S.
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Mekoa, C.
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Ngo Kanga, F.
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[The effects of burning forest biomass on the yield of plantain (cv. Ebang, Musa spp. AAB, false horn) after hotwater and boilingwater treatment in Southern Cameroon]
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The effects of burning forest biomass on the yield of plantain (cv. Ebang, Musa spp. AAB, false horn) after hotwater and boilingwater treatment in Southern Cameroon
Deforestation in the humid tropics poses an increasing threat to natural forests and future timber supplies. Smallholder slash and burn farming and timber extraction are the major causes of deforestation in the Congo basin. Therefore, the feasibility of an alternative to slash and burn, the combi...
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Yield of plantain grown under different tree densities and slash and mulch versus slash and burn management in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon]
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Yield of plantain grown under different tree densities and slash and mulch versus slash and burn management in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon
Plantain is an important staple in West and Central Africa, where it is predominantly grown by smallholder farmers. On-farm data are rare but yields are considered to be low. We collated actual yields in the region, reviewed regional plantain research published from 1976 to 2013, then estimated w...
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Improving plantain (Musa spp. AAB) yields on smallholder farms in West and Central Africa]
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Improving plantain (Musa spp. AAB) yields on smallholder farms in West and Central Africa
Information on the effects of soil physical properties on plantain yield is rare. A factorial trial was conducted in three southern Cameroonian villages comparing four cropping systems comprising: two planted legumes, (1) Flemingia macrophylla and (2) Pueraria phaseoloides; a crop, (3) hot pepper...
Tueche, J.R.
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Hauser, S.
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Banful, B.
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Influence of different plantain cropping systems on physical properties of soil and plantain bunch yield]
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Influence of different plantain cropping systems on physical properties of soil and plantain bunch yield