Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the second most important food crop after rice, the staple in Sierra Leone; it is also the most important root and tuber crop. It is followed by sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.), yam (Dioscorea spp.), which forms
part of the traditional farming system and ha...
Fomba, S.N.
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Massaquoi, F.B.
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Norman, P.E.
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Samura, A.E.
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Mansaray, A.
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Jalloh, A.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Anthony, N.A.
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Benya, M.T.
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Fornah, D.S.
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Sawi, M.K.
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Sartie, A.M.
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Onadipe, O.
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Sanni, L.O.
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[Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone]
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Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone
The aim of the Integrated Cassava Project (ICP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture was to pre-emptively manage the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) to avert an imminent and increasing possible threat of the Ugandan strain of the CMD virus of the pathogen from doing damage to the N...
Dixon, A.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Ogbe, F.
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Ilona, P.
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Sanni, L.O.
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Ezedinma, C.
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Lemchi, J.
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Ssemakula, G.N.
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Yomeni, M.
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Okoro, E.
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Tarawali, G.
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[Fast track participatory approach to release of elite cassava genotypes for various uses in Nigerias cassava economy]
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Fast track participatory approach to release of elite cassava genotypes for various uses in Nigerias cassava economy
The aim of the study was to investigate the chemical composition and pasting properties of 43 cassava mosaic desease (CMD) resistant clones planted at different locations (Ibadan, Onne and Mokwa) in Nigeria under rainfed conditions in 2003 and 2004. Ranges of chemical contents (%) were for amylos...
Sanni, L.O.
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Adebowale, A.A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Dixon, A.
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[Chemical composition and pasting properties of CMD resistant cassava clones planted at different locations]
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Chemical composition and pasting properties of CMD resistant cassava clones planted at different locations