Collecting missions under the auspices of the IITA to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Chad, Swaziland, Lesotho and Somalia covered over 24 000 km and collected 2023 accessions of cultivated crops and wild material. Details are given for each of the 6 missions, with information on routes taken, regions visite...
Padulosi, S.
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[Plant germplasm collecting missions carried out from Mar 1987 to January 1989 in six African countries]
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Plant germplasm collecting missions carried out from Mar 1987 to January 1989 in six African countries
The increasing interest in crop-livestock integration in sub-Saharan Africa has emphasised the beneficial uses of forage legumes in cereal-based cropping systems. Forage legume-cereal cropping systems were evaluated in 1989 and 1990 at the ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the S...
Kouame, C.
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Hoefs, S.
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Powell, J.M.
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Roxas, D.
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Renard, C.
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[Intercrop Stylosanthes effects on millet yields and animal performance in the Sahel]
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Intercrop Stylosanthes effects on millet yields and animal performance in the Sahel
Most of the farmers in the dry savannas of West Africa 'plant local varieties of cowpea, millet, sorghum, and groundnut in various intercropping systems with little or no purchased inputs. In this system, the cowpea and groundnut yields are low due to shading by cereals and lack of plant protecti...
Singh, B.B.
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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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[Improving cowpea cereals based cropping systems in the dry savannas of West Africa]
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Improving cowpea cereals based cropping systems in the dry savannas of West Africa
Two parasitic flowering plants, Striga gesnerioides (Wild.) Vatke and Alectra vogelii (Benth.), cause substantial yield reduction in cowpea in the dry savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Alectra is more prevalent in the northern Guinea savanna and southern Sudan savanna of West Africa, as well as in ...
Singh, B.B.
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[Breeding cowpea varieties for resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii]
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Breeding cowpea varieties for resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii
Considerable progress has been made in breeding improved cowpea varieties in the last five years. The major breeding objectives were to develop high yielding cowpea varieties for sole cropping as well as intercropping with acceptable seed types and resistance to major diseases, insect pests, nema...
Padmaja, V.K.
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Vadez, Vincent
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Hash, C.T.
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Ravi, D.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Evaluation of pearl millet mapping population parental lines for yield and stover quality in low soil phosphorus conditions]
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Evaluation of pearl millet mapping population parental lines for yield and stover quality in low soil phosphorus conditions
Nepolean, T.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Hash, C.T.
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[Improving straw quality traits through QTL mapping and marker-assisted selection in pearl millet]
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Improving straw quality traits through QTL mapping and marker-assisted selection in pearl millet
Samireddypalle, A.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Nepolean, T.
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Hash, C.T.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Identification and validation of morphological, chemical and in vitro fodder quality traits for use in multidimensional crop improvement of pearl millet]
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Identification and validation of morphological, chemical and in vitro fodder quality traits for use in multidimensional crop improvement of pearl millet
A study conducted to determine the effect of intercropping cowpea on dry-matter and grain yield of millet in the semi-arid zone of Mali. Presents and discusses physical and chemical characteristics at various depths of loamy sand soil, planting density and plant population, number of millet and c...
Hulet, H.
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Gosseye, P.
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[Effect of intercropping cowpea on dry-matter and grain yield of millet in the semi-arid zone of Mali]
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Effect of intercropping cowpea on dry-matter and grain yield of millet in the semi-arid zone of Mali