Seventy-seven upland rice genotypes including popular cultivars in Nigeria and introduced varieties selected from across rice-growing regions of the world were evaluated under optimal upland ecology. These genotypes were characterised for 10 traits and the quantitative data subje...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40406
Sorghum is the most important crop grown in Burkina Faso and is a staple food for millions of people in rural areas. However, sorghum grain production is mainly from local varieties which are low yielding. Introduced exotic varieties were high yielding but low adopted due to bad...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82709
Nofou Ouédraogo, Issouf Kouraogo, Edouard Drabo, Antoine Waongo, Armel W P Sawadogo, Baloua Nébié, Vernon Gracen & Louis-Marie Raboin·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2024
Sorghum is a staple food for millions of people in rural areas of Burkina Faso and is the most important crop grown in the three different climatic zones. However, in the Eastern part of the country, its production is considerably reduced by sorghum midge, Stenodiplosis sorghicol...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111712
Maize is an important staple crop for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and, particularly in Burkina Faso, where it ranks first among cereals since 2020. Available maize varieties are low yielding. To enhance maize production SEMAFORT, a seed company founded recently in Bu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183508