Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Harouna, Difo Voukang"
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Agro-Morphological Exploration of Some Unexplored Wild Vigna Legumes for Domestication
Harouna, Difo Voukang; Venkataramana, Pavithravani; Matemu, Athanasia; Ndakidemi, Patrick (MDPI, 2020-01-13)The domestication of novel or hitherto wild food crops is quickly becoming one of the most popular approaches in tackling the challenges associated with sustainable food crop production, especially in this era, where ... -
Assessment of Water Absorption Capacity and Cooking Time of Wild Under-Exploited Vigna Species towards their Domestication
Harouna, Difo Voukang; Venkataramana, Pavithravani; Matemu, Athanasia; Ndakidemi, Patrick (MDPI, 2019-09-04)Some phenotypic traits from wild legumes are relatively less examined and exploited towards their domestication and improvement. Cooking time for instance, is one of the most central factors that direct a consumer’s ... -
Biochemical and agro-morphological characterization of wild, under-exploited vigna species and their utilization
Harouna, Difo Voukang (NM-AIST, 2020-05)According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recent report, the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger target by 2030 is still persistent. Therefore, the search for alternative ... -
Under-exploited wild Vigna species potentials in human and animal nutrition: A review
Harouna, Difo Voukang; Venkataramana, Pavithravani; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Matemu, Athanasia (Elsevier, 2018-09)Food insecurity, protein-energy malnutrition, and food-feed competition have motivated the search for alternative food and feed sources for human and animal nutrition. According to the FAO, only four crop species provide ... -
Wild Vigna Legumes: Farmers’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Prospective Uses for Human Exploitation
Harouna, Difo Voukang; Venkataramana, Pavithravani; Matemu, Athanasia; Ndakidemi, Patrick (MDPI, 2019-05-31)The insu cient food supply due to low agricultural productivity and quality standards is one of the major modern challenges of global agricultural food production. Advances in conventional breeding and crop domestication ...