Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed; Asteraceae), is an important weed in most cropping systems of humid West and Central Africa. In plantain (Musa spp.), the most important cash food crop in Cameroon, the traditional system of slash and burn of old secondary forest with long phases of weed-free crop ...
Mekoa, C.
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Hauser, S.
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[Biomass production and nutrient uptake of Chromolaena odorata as compared with other weeds in a burned and a mulched secondary forest clearing planted to plantain (Musa spp. AAB)]
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Biomass production and nutrient uptake of Chromolaena odorata as compared with other weeds in a burned and a mulched secondary forest clearing planted to plantain (Musa spp. AAB)
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 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
Plantain (Musa spp.) is the most important food cash crop in SouthernCameroon. Farmers suffer severe income losses through yield losses due to pest anddisease infestation of suckers planted without any measure taken to remove pestsand diseases. This paper reports on the first trial conducted unde...
Mekoa, C.
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Hauser, S.
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[Survival and yield of the plantain Ebang (Musa spp., AAB genome, False Horn) produced from corm fragment initiated plants and suckers after hot water treatment in Southern Cameroon]
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Survival and yield of the plantain Ebang (Musa spp., AAB genome, False Horn) produced from corm fragment initiated plants and suckers after hot water treatment in Southern Cameroon