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Screening Musa genotypes for BBTD Incidence in Abang Minko’o
Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is a serious threat to banana and plantain (Musa spp.) production. BBTD is caused by the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus) which... -
Screening for resistance against the banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa (He...
Banana and plantain (Musa spp) represent an important food and cash crop worldwide. Their cultivation faces many pest and disease constraints amongst which banana bunchy top... -
Rwanda Single Diseased Stem Removal Trials Data
Bioversity and IITA saw great benefits for Rwandan farmers and the public agricultural administration should SDSR become an accepted option for the management of BXW. To achieve... -
Reconnaissance study on ecological niche of Ensete ventricosum
Sustainable Enset farming systems for food security and livelihood improvement in Gamo highlands -
Physicochemical alterations of plantain flour as affected by ripening stage a...
Enhancing nutritional quality of plantain food products through improved access to endophyte primed and high pro vitamin A plantain cultivars under integrated soil fertility... -
Physicochemical alterations of plantain chips as affected by ripening stage a...
Enhancing nutritional quality of plantain food products through improved access to endophyte primed and high pro vitamin A plantain cultivars under integrated soil fertility... -
Phenology of Fopius arisanus
Fopius arisanus (Sonan), a koinobiont solitary egg-pupal endoparasitoid of numerous tephritid fruit fly specie, was recently introduced into Africa for the control of the... -
Natural enemies of Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuida...
Identifying parasitoids (natural enemies) of armyworms and testing their acceptability, suitability and host range on Spodoptera spp. -
Feasibility of using male annihilation techniques for suppression of Bactroce...
This report summarizes the findings from male annihilation experiments in northern Benin using methyl eugenol - for suppression of Bactrocera dorsalis - and terpinyl acetate for... -
Maize response to N and P
Taking Maize Agronomy to Scale in Africa -
Light intensity under canopy in three vegetation types in southern Cameroon
Anoplolepis tenella is an afrotropical ground-dwelling ant species with widespread distribution in the forest zones of Central Africa, where it is largely found in association... -
In vitro microtuber production and dormancy as affected by some cultural factors
Scarcity of planting materials, pest and diseases are major constraints to yam production. The tissue culture techniques, meristem culture combined with heat therapy has been... -
Intercropping for BBTD management
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is transmitted persistently by the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel. To effectively and sustainably manage BBTV threat, this study... -
Interactions between the African weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda, the invasiv...
The project aims to understand the interactions between the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (predator) and the wasp Fopius arisanus (parasitoid) two natural enemies of the... -
HumidTropic Baseline and Impact assessment of CIALCA project in Rwanda
IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic program... -
HumidTropic Baseline and Impact assessment of CIALCA project in Burundi
"IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic... -
Gliricidia impacts on soil fertility, crop yields and nutrition in Zambia
The main objective of the research is to advise Norad on the relevance of continued support to Gliricidia based agroforestry systems under CA – and to assess the potential... -
GF-120 and Control of Cucurbit crops in Benin
Fruit flies belong to family Tephritidae are the most destructive pests of horticultural crops in Benin, West Africa. Given their economic losses in zucchini and watermelon... -
Farmer's perception on culinary uses of new plantain hybrid in the humid fore...
The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were... -
Farmer's perception on agronomy performance of new plantain hybrid in the hum...
The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were...
