Resultados de búsqueda - "International Institute of Tropical Agriculture"

Forages research in Malawi: Take away from a national seminar por Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Chiumia, Daniel, Kawonga, Bettie

Enlace del recurso

Stakeholders Mapping and Capacity Gap Assessment: Mixed Farming Systems in Nepal por Bastakoti, Ram Chandra, Shrestha, Ram Kumar, Khadka, Manohara, Koirala, Sanju, Neupane, Nilhari, Kharki, Darshan, KC, Jibesh

Enlace del recurso

Gender Norms: Implication for Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems in Malawi por Tufa, Adane H., Kanyamuka, Joseph, Manda, Julius, Kotu, Bekele, Ziblila, Rashida C., Webber, Hope

Enlace del recurso

Mating and oviposition behavior in the legume pod borer, Maruca testulalis por Jackai, L., Ochieng, R.S., Raulston, J.R

“…Experiments were conducted outdoors and in the insect rearing laboratory at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria. Four or five nights pairing duration gave the highest mating percentage and oviposition by the pod borer. …”
Enlace del recurso

Soil fertility mapping and site-specific nutrient recommendations for Eastern Zambia por Omondi, J.O., Mwila, M., Banda, A., Kadwala, P., Kyei-Boahen, S., Chikoye, D.

Enlace del recurso

Establishing a colony of endemic, critically endangered red-bellied guenons (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) in a newly reconstituted forest in Benin: a personal perspec... por Neuenschwander, P.

“…The sustainability of this site depends on the acceptance by the local population and its use as a research and demonstration site by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NGOs and the local university.…”
Enlace del recurso

Comparative biology of some Cicadulina species and populations from various climatic zones in Nigeria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) por Okoth, V.A.O., Dabrowski, Z.T., Van Emden, H.F.

“…The C. triangula population that is used in mass rearing for resistance screening at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, developed much more rapidly than the wild C. triangula population from Ibadan. …”
Enlace del recurso

Forage seed production, processing and handling in Ethiopia por Bezabih, Melkamu, Habte, Ermias, Adie, Aberra

“…To address these challenges, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in collaboration with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a four-day regional training workshop on forage seed production, processing, and handling. …”
Enlace del recurso

Multipurpose tree selection for silvopastoral systems on acid Ultisols. The effect of grass competition on early growth of tree and shrub species por Larbi, Asamoah, Ladipo, D.O., Adekunle, I.O., Smith, Jimmy W., Jabbar, M.A.

“…An experiment was conducted on an Ultisol at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) High Rainfall Station, Onne, in the humid forest zone of south-eastern Nigeria. …”
Enlace del recurso

A cassava clonal evaluation trial based on a new cassava breeding scheme por Ojulong, H, Labuschagne, Maryke T., Fregene, Martin A., Herselman, L.

“…The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) recently initiated a scheme to try and correct this, by introduction of replication and blocking in the clonal evaluation trial (CET) and collection of data on all genotypes at early stages of breeding. …”
Enlace del recurso

Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach por Douthwaite, Boru, Baker, Derek, Weise, Stephan F., Gockowski, J., Manyong, Victor M., Keatinge, J.D.H.

“…In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. …”
Enlace del recurso

Comparison of physicochemical properties of soils under contrasting land use systems in Southwestern Nigeria por Watanabe, Y., Kikuno, H., Asiedu, Robert, Masunaga, T., Wakatsuki, T.

“…Soil physicochemical properties were determined for soils under cropland and forest at the headquarters of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria to examine the 30-year effects of different land use on the fertility of five soil series toposequences underlain by a Basement Complex. …”
Enlace del recurso

Monitoring and evaluation data requirement guide por Azzarri, Carlo, Haile, Beliyou

Enlace del recurso

Development of mapping populations for genetic analysis in yams (Dioscorea rotundata and D. alata) por Sartie, A.M., Asiedu, Robert

“…Progress is being made at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture to develop molecular tools for marker-assisted selection that would complement and expedite conventional breeding approaches for genetic improvement of yams (Dioscorea spp.). …”
Enlace del recurso

Effect of processing on the proximate, mineral, and pasting properties of whole flour made from some new plantain and banana hybrids pulp and peel mixture por Adeniji, T.A., Tenkouano, A.

“…The effect of processing on the proximate and mineral composition, as well as pasting properties of whole flour produced from a selection of new Musa hybrids generated by the International Institute ofTropical Agriculture (IITA) was investigated. …”
Enlace del recurso

Endophyte enhanced banana tissue culture: technology transfer through publicprivate partnerships in Kenya and Uganda por Dubois, T., Coyne, Danny L., Kahangi, E., Turoop, L., Nsubuga, E.

“…Endophyte-enhanced tissue culture technology is being developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Tissue culture production facilities in Uganda are in their infancy, while in Kenya the situation is more developed. …”
Enlace del recurso

Determining genetic similarities and relationships among cowpea breeding lines and cultivars by microsatellite markers por Li, C., Fatokun, C.A., Ubi, B., Singh, B., Scoles, Glen A.

“…The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been working on the improvement of cowpea for more than 30 yr. …”
Enlace del recurso

Perspectives on the application of biotechnology to assist the genetic enhancement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) por Crouch, J.H., Vuylsteke, D.R., Ortíz, R.

“…It highlights current advances by research teams across the world and reviews progress in molecular breeding of Musa by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and its collaborators.…”
Enlace del recurso

Plantable stem supply system for IITA cassava varieties in Oyo State of Nigeria por Akoroda, M.O., Oyinlola, A.E., Gebremeskel, T.

“…The overall system for supplying plantable stems of improved cassava varieties from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was surveyed for Oyo State where IITA is situated. …”
Enlace del recurso

Agronomic performance of maize cultivars representing three decades of breeding in the Guinea Savannas of West and Central Africa por Kamara, A.Y., Menkir, A., Fakorede, M.A.B., Ajala, S.O., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Kureh, I.

“…Maize improvement at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), which began in the 1970s, built on the germplasm and experience of earlier years. …”
Enlace del recurso