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
Reddy, B.V.S.
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Rangel, AF
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Iglesias, C.A.
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Bernal Riobo, Jaime Humberto
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[Evaluation of sorghum and pearl millet for acid-soil tolerance in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia]
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Evaluation of sorghum and pearl millet for acid-soil tolerance in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia
Striga is a major constraint to crop productivity in the savanna zones of northeast Nigeria. In a community livelihood survey, farmers in the region ranked Striga infestation as the topmost priority constraint. A field survey was, therefore, conducted to assess the level of field infestation by S...
Dugje, I.Y.
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Kamara, A.Y.
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Omoigui, L.O.
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[Assessment of striga infestation in crop fields in the savanna zones of northeast Nigeria]
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Assessment of striga infestation in crop fields in the savanna zones of northeast Nigeria
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...
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...