The most viable and practical option for the management of plant diseases is disease resistance. However, in most of the crop plants, natural resistance against pathogens is rare. Breeding resistant varieties is a long-term process and the possibility of resistance being broken always exists. Ind...
Mishra, A.K.
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Sharma, K.
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Misra, R.S.
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[Elicitor recognition, signal transduction and induced resistance in plants]
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Elicitor recognition, signal transduction and induced resistance in plants
Sharma, K.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Hailu, T.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Fofanah, M.M.
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[Pathways to improved nutrition in the Ethiopian Highlands]
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Pathways to improved nutrition in the Ethiopian Highlands
In 2012, Africa RISING conducted participatory community analysis (PCA) as the first phase of a participatory development approach in the Ethiopian highlands. The PCA identified trends, constraints, and opportunities – and shed light upon how farmers perceive livelihoods to be changing. Inputs, d...
Lunt, T.
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Ellis-Jones, J.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Schulz, S.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar
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Sharma, K.
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[Participatory community analysis: Identifying and addressing challenges to Ethiopian smallholder livelihoods]
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Participatory community analysis: Identifying and addressing challenges to Ethiopian smallholder livelihoods
Background:Enset Xanthomonas wilt (EXW) was first reported in 1939 and continues to threaten the sustainability of farming systems in south and southwestern parts of Ethiopia. The present study was conducted in the central zones of southern Ethiopia to assess farmers’ knowledge and perception abo...
Yemataw, Z.
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Mekonen, A.
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Chala, A.
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Tesfaye, K.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Studholme, D.J.
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Sharma, K.
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[Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia]
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia
Even though potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)-based intercropping systems are widely practised in developing countries, only a few studies have focused on legumes as the companion intercrops. This study was conducted to assess the effect of incorporating legumes into the potato production system on g...
Gitari, H.I.
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Gachene, C.K.K.
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Kamau, S.
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Nyawade, S.
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Sharma, K.
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Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar
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Karanja, N.
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[Optimizing yield and economic returns of rain-fed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) through water conservation under potato-legume intercropping systems.]
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Optimizing yield and economic returns of rain-fed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) through water conservation under potato-legume intercropping systems.
Physiological and biochemical changes in terms of chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, total sugar, reducing sugar, protein level, nitrate reductase enzyme activity, and biophysical attributes such as internal leaf temperature, internal relative humidity, diffusion resistance and ra...
Singh, V.
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Sharma, K.
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[Physiological and biochemical changes during flowering of Mango (Mangifera indica L.)]
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Physiological and biochemical changes during flowering of Mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wairimu, E.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mekonnen, A.
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Mulema, Annet A.
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Sharma, K.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Adding value in a changing world: Mechanizing small scale faba bean processing in Ethiopia]
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Adding value in a changing world: Mechanizing small scale faba bean processing in Ethiopia
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wairimu, E.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mekonnen, A.
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Mulema, Annet A.
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Sharma, K.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Bringing wheat, potato and faba bean seeds to market in the Ethiopian Highlands]
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Bringing wheat, potato and faba bean seeds to market in the Ethiopian Highlands
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important grain legume cultivated on approximately 1.24 million ha in Africa (1). Malawi ranks fourth in area of production in Africa, with 75,000 ha in 2009 (1). Soybean is also gaining importance in Mozambique and several other southern African countries due to di...
Kumar, P.L.
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Sharma, K.
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Boahen, S.
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Tefera, H.
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Tamo, M.
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[First report of soybean witchesbroom disease caused by Group 16SrII phytoplasma in soybean in Malawi and Mozambique]
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First report of soybean witchesbroom disease caused by Group 16SrII phytoplasma in soybean in Malawi and Mozambique
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wairimu, E.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mekonnen, A.
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Mulema, Annet A.
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Sharma, K.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Demand-oriented production key to sustainable and effective potato value chains in Ethiopia]
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Demand-oriented production key to sustainable and effective potato value chains in Ethiopia