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River bank erosion and channel evolution in sand-bed braided reach of River Chenab: role of floods during different flow regimes by Ashraf, M., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Shakir, A.S.

“…The findings of the present study can help develop better understanding about the bank erosion process and constitute a key element to inform and improve river bank management.…”
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Where to Target Conservation Agriculture for African Smallholders? How to Overcome Challenges Associated with its Implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa by Baudron, Frédéric, Thierfelder, Christian L., Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Gerard, Bruno G.

“…When implemented within this niche, CA may still be limited by “performance challenges” that do not constitute drivers or barriers to adoption, but limitations to the performance of CA. …”
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The Bonsai as an alternative safety duplication system of the world cassava collection preserved at CIAT by Niño, Diana Patricia, Aranzales Rondón, Ericson, Erazo, Juan Camilo, López, Jhon Jenry, Vélez, Mónica

“…The germplasm bank of CIAT houses more than 6,000 accessions of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) constituting the most important collection for this crop. …”
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Two new species of Steinernema Travassos, 1927 from the humid forest of southern Cameroon by Ngo Kanga, F., Trinh, P.Q., Waeyenberge, L., Spiridonov, S.E., Hauser, S., Moens, M.

“…According to D2D3 LSU rDNA sequences the two new Steinernema species from Cameroon constitute a separate group related to inner nodes of Steinernema phylogeny.…”
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Overexpression of an Arabidopsis thaliana galactinol synthase gene improves drought tolerance in transgenic rice and increased grain yield in the field by Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Ishizaki, Takuma, Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando, Ogawa, Satoshi, Dedicova, Beata, Ogata, Takuya, Yoshiwara, Kyouko, Maruyama, Kyonoshin, Kusano, Miyako, Saito, Kazuki, Takahashi, Fuminori, Shinozaki, Kazuo, Nakashima, Kazuo, Ishitani, Manabu

“…Extensive confined field trials using transgenic lines expressing AtGolS2 under the control of the constitutive maize ubiquitin promoter (Ubi:AtGolS2) in Curinga, tropical japonica and NERICA4, interspecific hybrid across two different seasons and environments revealed the verified lines have the proven field drought tolerance of the Ubi:AtGolS2 transgenic rice. …”
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Ecoviability for ecosystem-based fisheries management by Doyen, Luc, Béné, Christophe, Bertignac, Michel, Blanchard, Fabian, Cissé, Abdoul Ahad, Dichmont, Catherine, Gourguet, Sophie, Guyader, Olivier, Hardy, Pierre-Yves, Jennings, Sarah, Little, Lorne Richard, Macher, Claire, Mills, David Jonathan, Noussair, Ahmed, Pascoe, Sean, Pereau, Jean-Christophe, Sanz, Nicolas, Schwarz, Anne-Maree, Smith, Tony, Thébaud, Olivier

“…Fisheries and marine ecosystems constitute a difficult application of this bio‐economic challenge. …”
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Efficacy of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for promoting white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) growth in West Africa by Tchabi, A., Coyne, Danny L., Hountondji, F.C.C., Lawouin, L., Wiemken, A., Oehl, F.

“…Our study indicates that inoculation of micro-propagated yam plantlets with selected indigenous AMF could potentially constitute a sustainable measure to boost yam productivity again in degraded African soils.…”
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Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Sivirihauma, Charles, Ocimati, W., Valimuzigha, K., Karamura, D., Adheka, J., Ibanda, B., Dhed’a, B., Kamira, M., Blomme, Guy

“…Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes an area where the East African Highland bananas (Musa-AAA-EA) and plantains (Musa-AAB) meet. …”
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Identifying aflatoxin resistance related proteins/genes through proteomics and RNAi gene silencing by Chen, Z.Y., Brown, R.L., Guo, B.Z., Menkir, A., Cleveland, T.E.

“…Recently, resistance-associated proteins(RAPs) were identified through proteomic com-parison of constitutive protein profiles betweenresistant and susceptible maize genotypes. …”
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Effect of weed competition on upland rice production in north-eastern Nigeria by Ekeleme, F., Kamara, A.Y., Oikeh, S.O., Chikoye, David, Omoigui, L.O.

“…Five rice varieties CG14 (Oryza glaberima), WAB56-104 (O. sativa, tropical japonica, type), NERICA1, NERICA2 and NERICA4 (New Rice for Africa) constituted the subplot treatments. In the weedy plot, grain yield did not differ significantly between varieties. …”
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Gender dynamics in smallholder vegetable production: insights from Tanzania by Patt, N.

“…The analysis shows that distrust and low cooperation within the households constitute obstacles for food security, poverty alleviation and women empowerment. …”
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Economic analysis of balanced nutrient management technologies for maize production in Kaduna state, Nigeria by Omadachi, U.O., Ahmed, B., Manyong, Victor M., Olukosi, J., Yusuf, O.

“…Findings from the partial budget analysis showed that, BNMS-soybeanmaize was the best in both the demonstration and adaptation trials by having the highest gross margins of 18,462 and 19,785, respectively, with the inorganic fertilizer cost constituting over 50% of the total production cost. The farmers gave overall best perception to both the BNM-soybeanmaize and the BNMS-manure technologies.…”
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Storage of nutriments in black anthropogenic soils from the East-African Great Lakes Region by Delstanche, S., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Gaidashova, S.V., Delvaux, B.

“…We determined soil physico-chemical properties and total elemental contents, as well as soil mineralogical constitution.Typical black anthropogenic soils similar to the Amazonian Dark Earths (Terra Preta) occurred where banana cropping was ancient and soils benefited from frequent supply of organic manure and ash cooking residues. …”
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Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda by Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Almekinders, Conny J.M., Ebanyat, Peter, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Climbing beans offer potential for sustainable intensification of agriculture, but their cultivation constitutes a relatively complex technology consisting of multiple components or practices. …”
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Assessing climate smart agriculture and its determinants of practice in Ghana: a case of the cocoa production system by Akrofi-Atitianti, F., Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika, Bockel, Louis, Asare, R.

“…While GHG emissions in Africa are relatively minimal in global dimensions, agriculture in the continent constitutes a major source of GHG emissions. In Ghana, agricultural emissions are accelerating, mainly due to ensuing deforestation of which smallholder cocoa farming is largely associated. …”
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Host species and vegetable fruit suitability and preference by the parasitoid wasp Fopius arisanus by Ayelo, P.M., Sinzogan, A.A.C., Bokonon-Ganta, A.H., Karlsson, M.F.

“…We also discuss whether some fruits might constitute a refuge for Tephritidae flies and whether this will affect the current biological control efforts against B. dorsalis.…”
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Productivity and residual effects of legumes in rice-based cropping systems in a warm-temperate environment I. Legume biomass production and N fixation by Schulz, S., Keatinge, J.D.H., Wells, G.J.

“…The cultivation of temperate legume crops therefore, constitutes an alternative to traditional cropping practices such as growing wheat or leaving the land fallow. …”
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PCRRFLP of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) provides markers for the A and B genomes in Musa L. by Nwakanma, D.C., Pillay, M., Okoli, B.E., Tenkouano, A.

“…These markers can be used to determine the genome constitution of Musa accessions and hybrids at the nursery stage, and, therefore, greatly facilitate genome classification in Musa breeding.…”
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Exante evaluation of nutrition and health benefits of biofortified cassava roots in nigeria: the dalys approach by Manyong, Victor M., Bamire, A., Sanusi, I., Awotide, D.

“…Results showed that Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) causes an annual loss of about 553,000 years of healthy life in Nigeria with children constituting more than forty percent. Biofortified cassava would reduce VAD by 4.42%, 11.73%, and 3.14% for children, pregnant women, and lactating women respectively in the pessimistic scenario. …”
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Strategies for the identification of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence factors = Estrategias para la identificación de factores de virulencia de Bacillus thuringiensis by Sauka, Diego Herman

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