The pan-tropical grass genus Brachiaria comprises about 100 species, several of which are forages of economic importance, particularly in tropical America. Acremonium implicatum is a fungus that forms an endophytic association with at least some of these economically important grasses. To ascerta...
Dongyi, H.
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Kelemu, Segenet
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[Acremonium implicatum, a seed-transmitted endophytic fungus in Brachiaria grasses]
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Acremonium implicatum, a seed-transmitted endophytic fungus in Brachiaria grasses
To satisfy a growing demand for food, global agricultural production must increase by 70% by 2050. However, pests and crop diseases put global food supplies at risk. Worldwide, yield losses caused by pests and diseases are estimated to average 21.5% in wheat, 30.0% in rice, 22.6% in maize, 17.2% ...
Carvajal-Yepes, M.
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Cardwell, K.
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Nelson, A.
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Garrett, K.A.
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Giovani, B.
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Saunders, D.G.O.
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Kamoun, S.
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Legg, J.P.
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Verdier, Valérie
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Lessel, J.
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Neher, R.A.
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Day, R.
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Pardey, P.
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Gullino, M.L.
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Records, A.R.
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Bextine, B.
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Leach, J.E.
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Staiger, S.
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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[A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies]
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A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies
Okii, Dennis
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Badji, Arfang
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Odong, Thomas
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Talwana, Herbert
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Tukamuhabwa, Phinehas
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Male, Allan
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Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha
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Gepts, Paul
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[Recombination fraction and genetic linkage among key disease resistance genes (Co-4 2 /Phg-2 and Co5/“P.ult”) in common bean]
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Recombination fraction and genetic linkage among key disease resistance genes (Co-4 2 /Phg-2 and Co5/“P.ult”) in common bean
Between 1991 to 1996, more than 50 Musa hybrids and 10 landraces were evaluated under field and screenhouse conditions for virus symptoms resembling those caused by banana streak badnavirus (BSV). The symptoms included chlorotic streaks, leaf deformation, stunting, cigar leaf death, distortion of...
Dahal, G.
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Gauhl, F.
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Pasberg‐Gauhl, C.
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Hughes, J.D.A.
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Thottappilly, G.
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Lockhart, B.E.L.
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[Evaluation of micropropagated plantain and banana (Musa spp.) for banana streak badnavirus incidence under field and screenhouse conditions in Nigeria]
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Evaluation of micropropagated plantain and banana (Musa spp.) for banana streak badnavirus incidence under field and screenhouse conditions in Nigeria
The compatibility of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 30 which was proved to be pathogenic to adult Spoladea recurvalis, and phenylacetaldehyde (PAA) floral attractant for lepidopteran moths, was investigated under laboratory and field conditions through spatial and tempor...
Opisa, S.
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Plessis, H. du
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Akutse, K.S.
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Fiaboe, K.K.M.
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Ekesi, S.
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[Horizontal transmission of Metarhizium anisopliae between Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) adults and compatibility of the fungus with the attractant phenylacetaldehyde]
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Horizontal transmission of Metarhizium anisopliae between Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) adults and compatibility of the fungus with the attractant phenylacetaldehyde
The livelihoods of millions of Ugandan farmers have been threatened by current outbreak of a banana bacterial wilt disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, which is very destructive and rapidly spreading in Uganda. Bananas are the highest value staple food and source of income for...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Strategies to resistance to bacterial wilt disease of banana through genetic engineering]
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Strategies to resistance to bacterial wilt disease of banana through genetic engineering
To determine the occurrence of variants of African cassava mosaic virus, 316 cassava leaf samples were collected from mosaic-affected cassava plants in 254 farmers. fields in 1997 and 1998, covering the humid forest, coastal/derived, southern Guinea and northern Guinea savannas and arid and semi-...
Ogbe, F.O.
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Atiri, G.I.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Thottappilly, G.
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[Serological and biological variations of African cassava mosaic virus in Nigeria]
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Serological and biological variations of African cassava mosaic virus in Nigeria
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
Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...
Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Coyne, D.L.
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Ferguson, M.
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Ferris, R.S.B.
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Hanna, R.
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Hughes, J.
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Ingelbrecht, I.
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Legg, J.P.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Mowbray, D.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Whyte, J.
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Hartmann, P.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development]
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Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development
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