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Rhizobacteria-Based Technology for Sustainable Cropping of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
(Springer, 2019-08-15)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide but
its cultivation is affected by numerous challenges including pests, diseases and high
fertiliser requirements which have associated ...
Post-harvest losses in maize store-time and marketing model perspectives in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Academic Journals, 2019-01-31)
Post‒harvest losses of maize are almost half of the produced grains in Sub‒Saharan Africa. Efforts to reverse this trend are recommended. Thus, there is a prerequisite to create a post‒harvest loss resilient strategy ...
Botanical Pesticides in Management of Common Bean Pests: Importance and Possibilities for Adoption by Small-scale Farmers in Africa
(Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 2017-06-17)
Botanical Pesticides (BPs) have been cited and are used as alternative to synthetic pesticides in agricultural systems worldwide. The BPs are believed to be safe to the environment and are used in pest control to avoid ...
Role of Potyviruses in Synergistic Interaction Leading to Maize Lethal Necrotic Disease on Maize
(International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2016-06-10)
Synergistic interactions among pathogenic viruses are common in plants.
Though not all, but a number of reported cases involving such interactions
have a potyvirus partner during co-infection. The presence of the ...
Physiochemical Properties and Identification of Elite Genotypes for Improved Sorghum Breeding in Tanzania
(Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 2019-02-15)
Variability in physiochemical properties in sorghum is critical in cultivar development for optimum grain quality and crop resistance against fungal and insect pests. These traits are not well studied. The objective of ...
Carrot-Weed: A Noxious Plant That Threatens Biodiversity in Africa
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-03-20)
Carrot-weed (
Parthenium hysterophorous L.) is a flowering plant of the As-
teraceae family (tribe: Heliantheae). The weed became famous due to its no-
torious invasive role in the environment and agricultural fields. ...
Detection and characterization of cashew leaf and nut blight disease in the Eastern and the Southern Zones of Tanzania
(Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2019-04)
Cashew (Anacardium occidentale Linn.) is export crop zones of Tanzania. However, its productivity is facing Previously cashew powdery mildew was known to be Disease (CLNBD) has been cited as one of the most d cashew nut ...
Evaluation of acute toxicity and sub-acute toxicity of the methanolic extract of Aloe rabaiensis Rendle in BALB/c mice
(Academic Journals, 2019-07-10)
This study was undertaken to evaluate preclinical acute and sub-acute toxicity of Aloe rabaiensis leaf methanolic extract (ARLME) on BALB/c mice following OECD guidelines 423 and 407, respectively. In an acute oral toxicity ...
Alectra vogelii, a Threat to Bambara Groundnut Production in Singida and Dodoma Regions, Tanzania
(Advances in Research, 2016-07-07)
Aims: To document the occurrence and effect of Alectra vogelii on bambara groundnut yield in Tanzania.
Place and Duration of Study: Singida and Dodoma regions, Tanzania between 4th to 20th April 2014.
Methodology: ...
The implication of kernel phenology in convening resistance to storage weevil and varietal development in sorghum
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-09-01)
Storage weevil is a major biotic insect pest attacking sorghum during late harvest or in storage condition. In developing countries, the infestation can be up to 83% within first six months, and may cause grain loss of ...