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...
Navi, S.S.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Tonapi, V.A.
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Rao, T.G.N.
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Tooley, P.W.
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Reddy, R.K.
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Indira, S.
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Pande, S.
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[Prevalence of ergot of sorghum in India]
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Prevalence of ergot of sorghum in India
The introduction of photoperiod-insensitive, short-and medium-duration, high-yielding rainy season (kharif) sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrids in India more than 20 years ago has led to dramatic increases in grain yield (from 587 kg ha -1 in 1970 to 1407 kg ha -1 in 1996). This was acc...
Hall, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Chandrashekar, A.
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Shewry, P.
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Bandyopadhyay, A.J.
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Chandrashekar, R.
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[Technical and institutional options for sorghum grain mold management and the potential for impact on the poor]
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Technical and institutional options for sorghum grain mold management and the potential for impact on the poor
The introduction of photoperiod-insensitive, short-and medium-duration, high-yielding rainy season (kharif) sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrids in India more than 20 years ago has led to dramatic increases in grain yield (from 587 kg ha -1 in 1970 to 1407 kg ha -1 in 1996). This was acc...
Hall, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Chandrashekar, A.
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Shewry, P.
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Bandyopadhyay, A.J.
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Chandrashekar, R.
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[Sorghum grain mold: the scope of institutional innovations to support sorghum based rural livelihoods]
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Sorghum grain mold: the scope of institutional innovations to support sorghum based rural livelihoods
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench) is the fifth important cereal crop after wheat (Triticum aestivumL.), maize (Zea maysL.), rice (Oryza sativaL.), and barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) in the world. It is cultivated in about 46 million ha with a total production of 62 million t (FAO 1998). Asia and A...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC)/International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program (SMIP) was started in 1983 as a regional initiative of the SADC in collaboration with one of the International Agricultural Research Centres. T...
Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Martella, D.R.
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Sanders, J.
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Kupfuma, B.
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[Ex-ante analysis of the Sorghum and millet improvement program]
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Ex-ante analysis of the Sorghum and millet improvement program
Calderón, Fausto
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Sosa Morán, José Heriberto
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Mendoza O., Víctor Manuel
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Saín, Gustavo E.
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Barreto, HJ
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[Adopción y difusión de labranza de conservación en Metalío-Guaymango, El Salvador: Aspectos institucionales y reflexiones técnicas]
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Adopción y difusión de labranza de conservación en Metalío-Guaymango, El Salvador: Aspectos institucionales y reflexiones técnicas
Episode seven of a radio program series by the Africa RISING program in Bambara dialect that is spoken in southern Mali. In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 1 December 2017, discussions focused on the gender dynamics prevailing within the community, particularly the role of women in ...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Women and sorghum (Musow ka yiriwali sira dôyé kenike sènèye)]
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Women and sorghum (Musow ka yiriwali sira dôyé kenike sènèye)
Episode five of a radio program series by the Africa RISING program in Bambara dialect that is spoken in southern Mali. In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 17 November 2017, farmers are being provided with relevant information about the animal nutritional benefits of the dual-purpose...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Value of sorghum in animal feeding (Siga tala kenike kala dioyôrôba be baganw ka baloko sabatili la)]
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Value of sorghum in animal feeding (Siga tala kenike kala dioyôrôba be baganw ka baloko sabatili la)