Seasonally dense populations of Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar), feeding on the leaves of cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, significantly reduced the leaf, stem, and storage-root dry matter of mite-infested plants. Stressed plants met metabolic demands by remobilizing the dry matter in stems and ...
Yaninek, John S.
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Gutiérrez, A.P.
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Herren, H.R.
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[Dynamics of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Africa: impact on dry matter production and allocation in cassava, Manihot esculenta]
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Dynamics of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Africa: impact on dry matter production and allocation in cassava, Manihot esculenta
A biotype of the annual grass weed hare barley infesting an alfalfa field with a 24-yr history of the use of the bipyridylium herbicides paraquat and diquat, was investigated for resistance to these herbicides. Rates of up to 800 g ai ha–1 of each herbicide caused no mortality in the hare barley ...
Tucker, E.S.
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Powles, S.B.
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[A biotype of hare barley (Hordeum leporinum) resistant to paraquat and diquat]
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A biotype of hare barley (Hordeum leporinum) resistant to paraquat and diquat
As part of the breeding objectives to select sweetpotato materials with acceptable quality attributes for adaptation and subsequent utilisation in Ghana, the total amylase activity and physicochemical attributes (flesh colour, Beta-carotene, dry matter, starch and sugars) of 13 sweetpotato genoty...
Owusu-Mensah, E.
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Oduro, I.
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Asafu-Agyei, J.N.
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Adofo, K.
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Obeng-Bio, E.
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Asamoah-Obeng, N.
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Awoodzie, J.K.
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Carey, E.E.
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[Multi-locational assessment of some physicochemical attributes and amylase activity of sweetpotato varieties and elite materials in Ghana.]
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Multi-locational assessment of some physicochemical attributes and amylase activity of sweetpotato varieties and elite materials in Ghana.
Mwendia, Solomon W.
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Yunusa, Isa
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Sindel, Brian
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Whalley, Ralph
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Kariuki, Innocent
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[Replication Data for: Assessment of Napier grass accessions in lowland and highland tropical environments in east Africa: productivity and forage quality]
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Replication Data for: Assessment of Napier grass accessions in lowland and highland tropical environments in east Africa: productivity and forage quality
Drought stress was imposed on 2 cassava cv. (M Col 22 and M Mex 59) at Santander de Quilichao (Colombia), by withholding rainfall from field plots (plastic covers were placed over the soil surface) for 10 wk, commencing when crops were 12 wk old. The plants were then allowed to recuperate until t...
Se impuso estres de sequia en 2 cv. de yuca (M Col 22 y M Mex 59) mediante el impedimento de lluvias en las parcelas (se colocaron cobertores plasticos sobre la superficie del suelo) durante 10 semanas en Santander de Quilichao (Colombia), comenzando cuando los cultivos tenian 12 semanas; luego s...
Connor, D.
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[The effect of a period of water shortage on the growth and yield of cassava]
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The effect of a period of water shortage on the growth and yield of cassava
Cassava is an important food and cash crop in Malawi. It is also becoming increasingly important for industrial use. The aim of this study was to investigate the native starch quality of different Malawi cassava genotypes. Trials were conducted at Chitedze and Makoka in Malawi in the 2000/01 seas...
Benesi, I.R.
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Labuschagne, M.T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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[Stability of native starch quality parameters, starch extraction, and root dry matter of cassava genotypes in different environments]
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Stability of native starch quality parameters, starch extraction, and root dry matter of cassava genotypes in different environments
Forty different cultivars of cassava were grown in unreplicated plots at a plant population of 20,000 plants/ha in fertile soil. Harvests were taken at 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 mo after planting 18 varieties. The characteristics of the 2 highest yielding varieties, M Colombia 113 (66 tons/ha) and M Col...
Three varieties in one cassava trial and 5 in another were planted in a sytematic density experiment, which showed that optimum plant density for root yield changes with plant age. Some varieties showed a pronounced optimum plant population whereas others showed a flat-topped response curve. Redu...
Cock, James H.
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Wholey, D.W.
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Gutiérrez de las Casas, O.
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[Effects of spacing on cassava (Manihot esculenta)]
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Effects of spacing on cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Whole small tubers and setts from 15 genotypes of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) at their post-dormant stage were planted at the beginning of the rainy season in 2003 and 2004. Harvesting was done at monthly intervals from three months after vine emergence (MAVE) till when there was senescence o...
Akinwande, B.A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Adeyemi, I.A.
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[Determination of an effective maturity index for white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)]
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Determination of an effective maturity index for white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Presents data on the nutritional balance of cows at Kurmin Biri in Nigeria under traditional "settled" Fulani pastoralism, with particular reference to nutrient requirements, dry matter appetite, contents of available feed sources, and supplement requirements.