Success in breeding for cowpea with drought tolerance has not been as pronounced as for many other traits. This is partly due to lack of simple, cheap, and reliable screening methods to select drought-tolerant plants and progenies from the segre gating populations and partly due to the complexity...
Growth parameters and dry-matter yield of Sesbania sesban and S. goetzei accessions were evaluated for adaptability and response to various nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) combinations. N and P fertilisation significantly increased canopy height, growth rate, number of primary branches per plant,...
Kanyama-Phiri, G.Y.
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Dzowela, B.H.
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Kategile, J.A.
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[Screening Sesbania for response to N and P combinations and adaptability in a medium-altitude environment in Malawi]
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Screening Sesbania for response to N and P combinations and adaptability in a medium-altitude environment in Malawi
Sesbania sesban and S. goetzei accessions were screened on Vertisols at PH 6.8 and acid clay soils (Nitosols) with and without application of phosphours (60 kg P/ha). Both species were generally well adapted to the Vertisols and grew to an overall mean height of 249 cm 14 months after transplanti...
Siaw, D.E.K.A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Tothill, J.C.
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[Screening of two Sesbania species for fodder potential and response to phosphorus application on an acid soil in Ethiopia]
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Screening of two Sesbania species for fodder potential and response to phosphorus application on an acid soil in Ethiopia
Production of improved water yam (Dioscorea alata) genotypes that are suitable for the preparation of amala (a popular darkish Nigerian food) would likely enhance the economic importance of the crop in Nigeria. Fermented flour (oven dried and sun dried) made from tubers of eight new improved D.al...
Ukpabi, U.J.
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Omodamiro, R.M.
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Ikeorgu, J.G.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Screening of new improved water yam (Dioscorea alata) genotypes for the preparation of amala in Nigeria]
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Screening of new improved water yam (Dioscorea alata) genotypes for the preparation of amala in Nigeria
For quite some time, cassava breeding activities of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Uganda were mainly focused on developing genotypes resistant to cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which was the major biotic production constraint since the early 1990s. Although cassava ...
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Kiryowa, M.
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Okechukwu, R.
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Otim Okello, F.
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[Preliminary results of screening IITA improved germplasm for resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in Uganda]
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Preliminary results of screening IITA improved germplasm for resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in Uganda