During the past 20 years, cassava agronomy research in China placed major emphasis on fertility maintenance, erosion control, planting methods, time of planting and harvesting, etc. Longterm fertilization trials conducted at GSCRI, CATAS and the Upland Crops Research Institute (UCRI) in Guangzhou...
Li, Jun
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Huang, Jie
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Tian, Yinong
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Zhang, Weite
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[Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in China: Major achievements during the past 20 years]
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Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in China: Major achievements during the past 20 years
Over the years, research conducted on the crop focused mainly on agronomic, soil fertility maintenance and soil conservation practices. Very few studies were conducted on the basic physiology of the plant.
Except for the use of fertilizers and a change in varieties, very few farmers adopted the ...
Evangelio, Fernando A.
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[Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in the Philippines: Major achievements during the past 20 years]
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Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in the Philippines: Major achievements during the past 20 years
Brachiaria grasses, especially R decumbens cv. Basilisk (signalgrass), are the most widely grown pastures in subhumid and humid tropics. When fertilized with nitrogen and well managed, these pastures have high forage quality (measured as digestibility). Animal production is therefore high and rel...
Lascano, Carlos E.
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Euclides, Valéria Pacheco Batista
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[Nutritional quality and animal production of Brachiaria pastures]
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Nutritional quality and animal production of Brachiaria pastures
Endrie, B.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Desalegn, Y.
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Chali, A.
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Tilahun, S.
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Barron, Jennie
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[Feeding hungry and thirsty soils increases yield and protects the environment: some results of a Wetting Front Detectors (WFD) experiment in LIVES]
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Feeding hungry and thirsty soils increases yield and protects the environment: some results of a Wetting Front Detectors (WFD) experiment in LIVES
Current patterns of agricultural expansion and intensification are bringing unprecedented environmental externalities, including impacts on water quality. While water pollution is slowly starting to receive the attention it deserves, the contribution of agriculture to this problem has not yet rec...
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
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Zadeh, S.M.
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Turral, H.
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[More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture]
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More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture
The two years on-farm tillage research during the 1999 and 2000 cropping seasons in Ethiopian highland Vertisol area demonstrated the importance of adapting cultural practices into participatory trials. The minimum tillage package could be an effective intervention for soil conservation due to th...
Astatke, A.
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Mamo, T.
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Peden, Donald G.
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Diedhiou, M.
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[Participatory on-farm conservation tillage trial in the Ethiopian highland Vertisols: The impact of potassium application on crop yields]
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Participatory on-farm conservation tillage trial in the Ethiopian highland Vertisols: The impact of potassium application on crop yields
The vast majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa depend on rainfed agriculture for food production and livelihood. Various factors including but not limited to rainfall variability, land degradation, and low soil fertility constrain agricultural productivity in the region. The objectives of thi...
Worqlul, A.W.
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Dile, Y.T.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Jeong, J.
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Meki, M.N.
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Gerik, T.J.
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Srinivasan, R.
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Lefore, Nicole
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[Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia]
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Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
The productivity and nutritive value of Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn, Centrosema pascuorum cv. Cavalcade, Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Pucallpa and S. hamata cv. Verano as affected by single superphosphate fertilisation (SSP) and weed control were measured during the dry season in subhumid N...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Alkamper, J.
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[Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid west Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control]
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Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid west Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control
Four contrasting varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) were grown for ten months over two consecutive seasons in hillside Colombia with or without nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilization. Sequential harvests were every two months. The two varieties well adapted to acid soils (C...
Pellet, D
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El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A.
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[Cassava varietal response to fertilization: Growth dynamics and implications for cropping sustainability]
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Cassava varietal response to fertilization: Growth dynamics and implications for cropping sustainability