Twenty-four multiparous Zebu × Friesian crossbred cows, were fed maize-lablab stover as basal diet and allocated to four graded levels of lablab hay (0%, 0.4%, 0.8% and 1.2% BW) treatments in a study to investigate effects of levels of lablab supplementation on body weight changes and reproductiv...
Mpairwe, D.R.
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Sabiiti, E.N.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Body weight changes and reproductive performance of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover ad libitum and supplemented with graded levels of lablab hay]
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Body weight changes and reproductive performance of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover ad libitum and supplemented with graded levels of lablab hay
A classification of the major ruminant livestock production systems in West Africa is proposed. The proposed typology has two major classes of systems-sole livestock and crop-livestock. The sole livestock class has two systems (rangeland-based and landless) and the crop-livestock class has three ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Okike, I.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa]
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Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa
Integration of forage legumes into traditional fallow management systems can help to improve both forage supply at a time of feed scarcity and soil fertility. At two sites in south-west Nigeria, 11 legume species with generally low nutrient requirements were evaluated on-station in a short-term l...
Muhr, L.
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Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Fallow improvement with forage legumes: Potentials and constraints of an integrative technology for crop-livestock systems in sub-humid West Africa]
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Fallow improvement with forage legumes: Potentials and constraints of an integrative technology for crop-livestock systems in sub-humid West Africa
On-farm trials were conducted in 2001 to 2003 in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria to evaluate integrated Striga hermonthica control methods under farmer-managed conditions. These included intercropping a Striga-resistant maize variety with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and also cropping thi...
Kureh, I
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Kamara, A.Y.
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[Effects of sole cropping, intercropping and rotation with legume trap-crops on striga control and maize grain yield in farmers' fields in the Guinea savannas]
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Effects of sole cropping, intercropping and rotation with legume trap-crops on striga control and maize grain yield in farmers' fields in the Guinea savannas
Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. is a parasitic weed that seriously constrains maize (Zea mays L) production in sub-Saharan Africa. Yield losses from the infestation of S. hermonthica on maize can reach up to 100%. Host plant resistance is the most effective means of control of the weed, but the ...
Striga herntonthica (Del) Benth., est une herbe parasite limitant laproduction du mais Vea ntoys L.) en Afrique sub-Saharienne. Lespertes en rendement du mais dues ir S. hermontfu'co peuvent atteindre 100 %. La rEsistance genetique est la m6thode la plus efficace pourlutter contre cette plante pa...
Yallou, C.
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Menkir, A.
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Adetimirin, V.
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Kling, J.
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[Combining ability of diverse maize inbred lines under Striga infestation in Nigeria and Benin]
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Combining ability of diverse maize inbred lines under Striga infestation in Nigeria and Benin
Maize (Zea mays L) research at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru was initiated in the 1950s with the goal of developing adapted high yielding varieties and hybrids. Germplasm materials were collected from local sources as well as from different countries, including Columbia, K...
La recherche sur le mais i Samaru a ete initi€e dans les ann6es 50avec le proiet d'am6lioration varietale centre sur le d6veloppementd'hybrides et de vari6tes adapt€s b hauts rendements' Les ressourcesg6n6tiques comprenaient du matdriel de source locale ainsi que desintroductions de diff6rents pa...
TA-WECAMAN ont et6 honrologu6es et vulgarisdes auprdsdes agriculteurs Nig€rians. Recemment, des essais de mais richesen proteines de qualit6 ont 6t€ inities en collaboration avec l'llTA-WECAMAN, SG2000 et le CIMMYT et des resultats prometteursont et6 obtenus. L'institut continue ) cooperer avec l...
Ado, S.
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Showemimo, F.
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Alabi, S.
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Badu-Apraku, B.
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Menkir, A.
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Usman, I.
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Abdullahi, U.S.
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[Maize research at IAR Samaru]
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Maize research at IAR Samaru
Maize was relay cropped with the cover crops Mucuna pruriens or Pueraria phaseoloides for between 1 and 7 consecutive years in three sites, Ngoungoumou, located in an area of low land use intensity (LUI), about 100 km away from the next major market, and at Evendissi and Andok, in a medium LUI ar...
Hauser, S.
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Bengono, B.
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Bitomo, O.
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[Maize yield response to Mucuna pruriens and Pueraria phaseoloides cover crop fallow and biomass burning versus mulching in farmer managed onfarm experiments]
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Maize yield response to Mucuna pruriens and Pueraria phaseoloides cover crop fallow and biomass burning versus mulching in farmer managed onfarm experiments
Kumar, P.L.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Akinbade, S.
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Kumar, M.
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[Development of an in house diagnostic test for monitoring aflatoxin contamination in agriculture commodities]
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Development of an in house diagnostic test for monitoring aflatoxin contamination in agriculture commodities
Striga hermonthica is a major constraint to increased maize production and productivity in the savannas of West and Central Africa OVCA. The IITA-WECAMAN Maize Program has developed two extra-early source populations and several extra-early varieties, synthetics and inbred lines with resistance/t...
Striga hermonthica est une contrainte maieure i l'augmentation de laproduction et de la productivite du mais dans les savanes d'AfriqLrede l'ouest et du Centre (AOC). Deux populations sources de maturitdpr6coce et deux autres de maturit6 extra-pr6coce, des synthetiques et des lignees dotdes de re...
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Menkir, A.
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Lum, A.F.
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Fakorede, M.A.B.
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Ibikunle, O.
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[Recent advances in breeding for Striga resistant extraearly maize for the savannas of West and Central Africa]
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Recent advances in breeding for Striga resistant extraearly maize for the savannas of West and Central Africa
