Sowing density is a major management factor that affects growth and development of grain crops by modifying the canopy light environment and interplant competition for water and nutrients. While the effects of sowing density and plant architecture on static vegetative and reproductive growth trai...
Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer
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Clavijo Michelangeli, Jose A.
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Sinclair, Thomas R.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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[Sowing density effect on common bean leaf area development]
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Sowing density effect on common bean leaf area development
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume in the diet of poor people in the tropics. Drought causes severe yield loss in this crop. Identification of traits associated with drought resistance contributes to improving the process of generating bean genotypes adapted to ...
Polanía Perdomo, José A.
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Poschenrieder, Charlotte
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Effective use of water and increased dry matter partitioned to grain contribute to yield of common bean improved for drought resistance]
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Effective use of water and increased dry matter partitioned to grain contribute to yield of common bean improved for drought resistance
The consequence of harvesting young leaves of cassava as vegetable on the vulnerability of the crop to cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and on storage root yield was investigated using 30 cassava genotypes planted in IITA fields located in the humid forest (Port Harcourt : Onne), forest-savannah tran...
Ariyo, O.A.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Atiri, G.I.
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[Cassava leaf harvesting as vegetables: a cause of vulnerability of cassava plants to cassava mosaic disease and eventual yield reduction]
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Cassava leaf harvesting as vegetables: a cause of vulnerability of cassava plants to cassava mosaic disease and eventual yield reduction
Single node cuttings of two genotypes each of Dioscorea alata and D. rotundata from both plants grown in screen houses and in vitro plantlets were cultured in a tuberization medium. The screen house explants had significantly higher plantlet tuberization and primary nodal complex formation, and m...
Balogun, M.O.
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Ng, S.Y.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Ng, N.Q.
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Fawole, I.
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[Comparative effects of explant source and genotype on in vitro tuberization in Dioscorea alata and D. rotundata]
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Comparative effects of explant source and genotype on in vitro tuberization in Dioscorea alata and D. rotundata
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume crop in Africa and Latin America where rainfall pattern is unpredictable. The objectives were to identify better yielding common bean lines with good canning quality under drought, and to identify traits that could be used as s...
Assefa, Teshale
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Cannon, Steven B.
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Wu, Jixiang
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Gutema, Zenbaba
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Blair, Matthew W.
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Otyama, Paul
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Alemayehu, Fitsume
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Dagne, Belete
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[Improving adaptation to drought stress in white pea bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Genotypic effects on grain yield, yield components and pod harvest index]
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Improving adaptation to drought stress in white pea bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Genotypic effects on grain yield, yield components and pod harvest index
The progress in identification of genotypes with roots showing greater ability to penetrate compacted soils under moisture stress and understanding the physiological basis and morphological expression of the characteristics associated is fundamental to improving crop’s tolerance to drought and to...
Rivera, Mariela
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Polanía, José A.
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Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer
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Borrero, Gonzalo
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Soil Compaction Induced Changes in Morpho-physiological Characteristics of Common Bean]
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Soil Compaction Induced Changes in Morpho-physiological Characteristics of Common Bean
Odogwu, Blessing A.
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Nkalubo, Stanley T.
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Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha
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Odong, Thomas
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Awale, Halima E.
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Rubaihayo, P.R.
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Kelly, James D.
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[Phenotypic and genotypic screening for rust resistance in common bean germplasm in Uganda]
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Phenotypic and genotypic screening for rust resistance in common bean germplasm in Uganda
Cowpea is a multipurpose pulse crop grown by poor farmers in marginal and drought prone areas of Ethiopia. Information on the extent of genetic variation in cowpea genotypes is crucial to identify diverse genotypes for crop improvement and for efficient utilization of the existing genetic resourc...
Walle, T.
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Mekbib, F.
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Amsalu, B.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic diversity of Ethiopian cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp] genotypes using multivariate analyses]
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Genetic diversity of Ethiopian cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp] genotypes using multivariate analyses
The African root and tuber scale (ARTS), Stictococcus vayssierei Richard, is an insect species indigenous to Africa, which has recently become an economic pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in many parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D R C). This scale infests underground parts...
Lema, K.M.
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Tata-Hangy, K.
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Bidiaka, M.
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[Management of African root and tuber scale using improved cassava genotypes and mineral fertilizers]
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Management of African root and tuber scale using improved cassava genotypes and mineral fertilizers
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the second most important staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa, providing up to 285 calories per person per day. Cassava starch is a potentially important industrial material in Malawi. Industries hesitate to use cassava starch because the powder sold by so...
Benesi, I.R.M.
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Labuschagne, M.T.
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Dixon, A.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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[Genotype x environment interaction effects on native cassava starch quality and potential for starch use in the commercial sector]
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Genotype x environment interaction effects on native cassava starch quality and potential for starch use in the commercial sector