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DIVECOSYS: Bringing together researchers to design ecologicallybased pest management for smallscale farming systems in West Africa by Brevault, T., Renou, A., Vayssières, Jean-François, Amadji, G., Assogba-Komlan, F., Diallo, M.D., Bon, H. de, Diarra, K., Hamadoun, A., Huat, J., Marnotte, P., Menozzi, P., Prudent, P., Rey, J., Sall, D., Silvie, P., Simon, S., Sinzogan, A.A.C., Soti, V., Tamo, Manuele, Clouvel, P.

“…From Northern Senegal to Southern Benin, the research group explores a wide range of ecoregions and socio-ecological contexts, including stakeholders and their objectives, land use and agricultural practices, and management of biodiversity for enhancing biological control. …”
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Interactions between the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and consequences for the suppression of their shared prey/host Mono... by Agboton, B., Hanna, R., Onzo, A., Vidal, S., Tiedemann, A. von

“…The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae, both introduced from Brazil for control of the cassava green mite (CGM) Mononychellus tanajoa, now co-occur in cassava fields in Benin. However, studies on interactions between these two natural enemies and how they might affect CGM biological control are lacking. …”
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Perception of farmers on seed production constraints of Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae) by Datinon, B., Glitho, I.A., Tamo, Manuele, Amevoin, K.

“…The present survey was performed in 13 villages in Benin to assess farmers' perceptions on the biotic constraints. …”
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Effectiveness of native West African arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in protecting vegetable crops against root-knot nematodes by Affokpon, A., Coyne, Danny L., Lawouin, L., Tossou, C., Agbede, R.D., Coosemans, J.

“…Twenty strains of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), native to West Africa, and three commercial AMF, were evaluated for their protective effect against root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., in pots and field experiments in Benin. In pots, these strains were assessed in sterilized soil following inoculation of nematodes and in nonsterilized soil naturally infested with nematodes using tomato. …”
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Registration of striga-resistant tropical extra- early maize population by Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Ewool, M., Yallou, C.G.

“…Results of trials at three locations in Nigeria and Benin Republic, 2006 and 2007, showed that under Striga-infested conditions, the cultivars 2004 TZEE-W Pop STR C4, derived from C4 of TZEE-W Pop STR, and TZEE-W Pop × LD (Set A2), were the most promising in terms of grain yield, low levels of Striga damage and Striga emergence. …”
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Combining ability of maize inbred lines containing genes from Zea diploperennis for resistance to Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth by Yallou, C.G., Menkir, A., Adetimirin, Victor O., Kling, J.G.

“…Forty-fivediallel crosses of 10 inbred lines were evaluated in an alpha-latticedesign with and without artificialStrigainfestation at two locationseach in the Republic of Benin and Nigeria for 3 years. Results ofanalyses showed that only general combining ability (GCA) meansquare was significant (P¼0.01) for number of emergedStrigaplants(NESPP), while both GCA and specific combining ability (SCA) meansquares were significant for host damage score (HDS) and grain yieldunderStrigainfestation. …”
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Registration of Strigaresistant and Droughttolerant tropical early maize populations TZEW Pop DT STR C4 and TZEY Pop DT STR C4 by Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Yallou, C.G.

“…In multilocation trials in Benin Republic and Nigeria, 2006 and 2007, TZE-W Pop STR C4 outyielded the Striga-susceptible check TZE Comp. 4 by 44% under Striga infestation and 12% when noninfested. …”
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Comparative demography of the spider mite Tetranychus ludeni on two host plants in West Africa by Adango, E., Onzo, A., Hanna, R., Atachi, P., James, B.

“…The experiments were conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin, West Africa, in a growth chamber at 27°C, 70% ±10% RH and 12: 12 (L:D). …”
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Evaluation of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) germplasm for reaction to yam anthracnose and virus diseases and their effect on yield by Egesi, Chiedozie N., Odu, B., Ogunyemi, S., Asiedu, Robert, Hughes, J.

“…In a search for sources of resistance, 40 water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions from Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Puerto Rico were screened under natural disease infection conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria. …”
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Characteristics of speargrass (Imperata cylindrica) dominated fields in West Africa: crops, soil properties, farmer perceptions and management strategies by Chikoye, David, Manyong, Victor M., Ekeleme, F.

“…Surveys were conducted in 1996 and 1997 in the coastal/derived savanna (Benin and Nigeria) and southern Guinea savanna (Côte d'Ivoire) to characterize farming systems, soils, and farmers’ management strategies in fields dominated by speargrass. …”
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Farm-scale trials to compare the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana with pirimiphos methy + deltamethrin and essential oil of lemon grass for protection of stored cowpea ag... by Cherry, A.J., Abalo, P., Hell, K., Korie, S.

“…In trials conducted in Benin, conidia of Beauveria bassiana were evaluated as a control method against the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, in stored cowpea. …”
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Survey of distribution and farmer perceptions of speargrass Imperata cylindrica in cassava based cropping systems in West Africa by Chikoye, David, Ekeleme, F., Ambe, J.T.

“…The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and agricultural research institutions from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria initiated the Ecologically Sustainable Cassava Plant Protection Project to diagnose cassava production constraints and to use this information to develop and implement sustainable plant protection strategies in West Africa. …”
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Estudio sobre la incorporación de los restos de poda de cítricos en diferentes municipios de la provincia de Valencia by Ferrer, E., Pomares, Fernando, Canet, Rodolfo, Albiach, Remedios, Tarazona, Francisco

“…Las aportaciones de humus, estimadas en base al modelo de Henin y Dupuis, oscilaron entre 878 y 995 kg/ha en ambos grupos de parcelas. …”
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Fodrets inverkan på förekomsten av uratstenar hos dalmatiner by Trapp, Ada

“…Rubbningen i purinkatabolismen är resultat av en mutation i SLC2A9 genen, som kodar för proteinet SLC2A9 som ansvarar för transporten av urinsyra in i njurarna och levern. …”
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Konsekvenser av ett renskötselanpassat skogsbruk ur ett skogsägarperspektiv by Jonsson, Fredrik

“…Inom större delen av norra Sverige verkar renskötsel och skogsbruk på samma marker, denna kombination av markutnyttjande kan i vissa fall leda till konflikter på grund av skogsbrukets påverkan på renens vinterbete. För att föra fram samernas talan har Svenska Samernas riksförbund gett ut policyprogrammet ”Ett renskötselanpassat skogsbruk” som ger förslag till anpassningar av skogsbrukets skötselåtgärder. …”
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Smaken av fjäll : en studie av samisk matproduktion för framtida utmaningar by Stenback, Hanne

“…Samer är Europas enda ursprungsbefolkning och en stor del av deras identitet kretsar kring rennäringen och den traditionella kulturen kring renen. Exploateringar och det instrumentella samhället hotar rennäringen och samernas traditionella leverne. …”

Gener som påverkar fjäderdräktens färg och mönster hos höns by Jonsson, Elin

“…Inom senare forskning har det även visats att genen PMRL17 kan ha en inverkan på fjäderplockning.…”
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Epigenetic regulation of the Igf2/H19 gene cluster by Nordin, Matilda

“…Präglade gener uttrycks ojämnt; den allel som ärvts från den ena föräldern uttrycks mer än den från den andra. Igf2-genen kodar för en viktig embryonal tillväxtfaktor och uttrycks till protein bara från den paternella allelen. …”

Gestión de Cooperativas Campesinas

“…Paralelamente, las cooperativas campesinas se venían manteniendo regidas por una normativa legal, el DFL W 13 del Ministerio de Agricultura, que databa de 1968 y que se justifica fundamentalmente en función de los procesos de transformación de la estructura agraria del país, que caracterizan la época comprendida entre 1961 y 1980, periodo en el que, además, se ponen en práctica, por parte de los diferentes sistemas de gobierno, al menos tres o cuatro enfoques y orientaciones distintas de las políticas de fomento relacionadas con los modelos de organización y gestión de las asociaciones de pequeños productores agrícolas.…”
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Ficha Iniciativa FIA : Modelo para el Mejoramiento de la Gestión Comercial y de la Calidad de Combustibles Sólidos de Madera (CSM) como Fuente de Energía Renovable en la Región de...

“…Se trabaja en dos ámbitos: calidad del producto y gestión comercial de empresas que producen y venden CSM. El primer ámbito genera tipologías según normas vigentes para CSM para 9 especies forestales aptas y disponibles. …”
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