Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench) is the fifth important cereal crop after wheat (Triticum aestivumL.), maize (Zea maysL.), rice (Oryza sativaL.), and barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) in the world. It is cultivated in about 46 million ha with a total production of 62 million t (FAO 1998). Asia and A...
Scientific strategies for crop improvement ensue from genetic knowledge gain from the relevant breeding populations. Few genetic studies were undertaken in Musa before the 1990s, despite the importance of the crop in human diet in the tropics. It was believed that genetic studies of most cultivat...
Epidermal and histological characterization of Musa species and cultivars were carried out to investigate the descriptor value of calcium oxalate between groups and subgroups of cultivars. Epidermal peels of the bracts of selected plantain and banana cultivars stained with 0.01% safranin solution...
Osuji, J.O.
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Okoli, B.E.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm]
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Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm
Spatial nutrient distribution was studied under a multi-species hedgerow cropping with plantain on an acid ultisol in southeastern Nigeria. The objective of this study was to evaluate variation in soil nutrients under alleys formed by multi-species hedgerows at three sampling sites: 0.5 m around ...
Owoeye, L.G.
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Ortiz, R.
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Gichuru, M.P.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Variation in soil nutrient levels under multispecies hedgerow cropping with plantain]
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Variation in soil nutrient levels under multispecies hedgerow cropping with plantain
Sustainable resource management is the critical agricultural research and development challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. The accumulated knowledge on soil management gathered over the last 10 years, combined with solid crop improvement and plant health research at farmers’ level, has brought us to ...
Sanginga, Nteranya
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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Diels, J.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Lyasse, O.
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Carsky, R.J.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Asafo-Adjei, B.
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Menkir, A.
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Schulz, S.
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Singh, B.B.
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Chikoye, D.
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Keatinge, D.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.]
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Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.
Hurtado Bermúdez, Jhon J.
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Ortiz, R.
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Rodríguez, G.
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Dufour, D.L.
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[Procesamiento de ñame (Dioscorea alata, D. rotundata) : Estudio de la factibilidad técnica y económica para la producción de almidón y harina y de sus propiedades fisicoquímicas]
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Procesamiento de ñame (Dioscorea alata, D. rotundata) : Estudio de la factibilidad técnica y económica para la producción de almidón y harina y de sus propiedades fisicoquímicas
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Turyagyenda, L.F.
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Soka, G.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Comparative study of shoot and root development in micropropagated and sucker derived banana and plantain (Musa spp.) plants]
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Comparative study of shoot and root development in micropropagated and sucker derived banana and plantain (Musa spp.) plants
Reddy, B.V.S.
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Ceballos, H.
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Ortiz, R.
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[A research and network strategy for sustainable sorghum and pearl millet production systems for Latin America : Proceedings of the workshop, 24-26 November 1998, Experimental Center `La Libertad`, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia]
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A research and network strategy for sustainable sorghum and pearl millet production systems for Latin America : Proceedings of the workshop, 24-26 November 1998, Experimental Center `La Libertad`, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
The triploid plantain landrace Obino l Ewai (Musa spp., AAB genome) has been crossed with a wild diploid banana (M. acuminata subsp. burmannica var. Calcutta 4 , AA genome) to generate full-sib diploid and tetraploid hybrids combining good agronomic performance and disease resistance. Microsatell...
Crouch, J.
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Crouch, H.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Ortiz, R.
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[VNTRbased diversity analysis of 2x and 4x fullsib Musa hybrids]
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VNTRbased diversity analysis of 2x and 4x fullsib Musa hybrids
This volume of Plant Breeding Reviews is dedicated to the memory of Dirk R. Vuylsteke who died tragically in an air crash on January 30, 2000, while actively engaged in his live long passion, the betterment of efforts to fight hunger and poverty in tropical Africa. Dirk was a leading Musa scienti...