White Guinea yam (
Dioscorea rotundata
Poir.) is
an important staple to millions of people in West Africa.
Obtaining good quality planting material for yam cultivation
is a major challenge. Multiplication ratios are low, and seed
tubers are prone to contamination with pests and pathogens in
the t...
Aighewi, B.A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Maroya, N.
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Balogun, M.
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[Improved propagation methods to raise the productivity of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)]
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Improved propagation methods to raise the productivity of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)
Mignouna, Djana B.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Akinola, Adebayo A.
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Maroya, N.
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[Baseline protocols: the case of Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project; YIIFSWA working paper series, No. 4]
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Baseline protocols: the case of Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project; YIIFSWA working paper series, No. 4
Mignouna, Djana B.
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Akinola, Adebayo A.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Maroya, N.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Wobill, T.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Impact evaluation protocols for agricultural projects: the case of yam improvement for income and food security in West Africa]
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Impact evaluation protocols for agricultural projects: the case of yam improvement for income and food security in West Africa
Aighewi, B.A.
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Maroya, N.
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Mignouna, Djana B.
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[Key for a profitable and sustainable seed yam business enterprise: business plan and market development with record keeping for seed yam farmers]
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Key for a profitable and sustainable seed yam business enterprise: business plan and market development with record keeping for seed yam farmers
Twenty-one yellow-fleshed cassava genotypes were evaluated over two years in five major cassava growing agroecological zones in Nigeria. The trials were established in a randomized complete block design with four replications to assess genotype performance and Genotype × Environment interaction f...
Maroya, N.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Dixon, A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
,
[Genotype X Environment interaction of mosaic disease, root yields and total carotene concentration of yellowfleshed cassava in Nigeria]
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Genotype X Environment interaction of mosaic disease, root yields and total carotene concentration of yellowfleshed cassava in Nigeria
Yams are staples in West Africa. They are propagated from tubers in an informal seed system. This encourages a build-up of diseases, and necessitates the rapid development of a formal seed system where certified seeds are functional. Although few reports exist on the use of meristem culture to ge...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Augusto, J.
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Ajayi, A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Asiedu, Robert
,
[Relative efficiency of positive selection and tissue culture for generating pathogen-free planting materials of yam (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Relative efficiency of positive selection and tissue culture for generating pathogen-free planting materials of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
Yam production is constrained by scarcity of clean seed, pests, diseases and low soil fertility in the informal seed system, which is still operational, causing up to 90% yield losses. Although meristem culture can be effective for producing healthy seed yam, its use is limited by slow rate of re...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors]
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Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors
Cassava is an important starchy root crop and a major staple for more than 70 million people in Nigeria. New yellow-fleshed genotypes are being developed to combat vitamin A deficiency. Trials of 18 yellow-fleshed genotypes and two officially released white-fleshed clones, used as checks for 2008...
Maroya, N.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Dixon, A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Bakare, M.A.
,
[Genotype X Environment interaction of carotene content of yellowfleshed cassava genotypes in Nigeria]
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Genotype X Environment interaction of carotene content of yellowfleshed cassava genotypes in Nigeria
Multilocational trials were conducted in several agroecological zones in West Africa to assess the magnitude of genotype x environment (G x E) interaction and to identify stable varieties which could be used in breeding programs in the region. The reaction of the varieties to major cassava diseas...
Otoo, J.
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Dixon, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Okeke, J.E.
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Maroya, N.
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Tougnon, K.
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Okoli, O.
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Tetteh, J.P.
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Genotype environment interaction studies with cassava]
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Genotype environment interaction studies with cassava