Macabo cocoyam [Xanthosoma sagittigolium (L.) Schott], Araceae is an important food crop
for more than 400 million people worldwide, especially in the tropics and subtropics. Ethnic …

… The financial assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food for this project
and the government of Nigeria for OU Onokpise are gratefully acknowledged. The technical …

Eleven clones were evaluated for height, circumference and plant vigour (at 18 months after
planting) at 4 sites. Performance, in terms of these traits, for all clones except 76 was best at …

Six muscadine grape cultivars were evaluated in two locations in Tallahassee, Florida (Campus
Vineyard and West Farm Vineyard), for in situ Brix and pruning weights. Overall …

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There are about 900 different kinds of trees in Nigeria; some are easily recognized but many
can only be named with certainty, when flower or fruits are available. Some tree species …

A progeny test of ten biparental families was conducted for four years. Heritability estimates
for dry rubber yield were 0.23, 0.24, 0.16 and 0.02 for the first, second, third and fourth year, …

… were kept even after hybridisation of available inflorescence, to determine whether any
flowers are produced after the first batch of inflorescence had either been hybridised or wilted …

Surveys to determine farmers’ practices, perceptions and the incidence of speargrass were
conducted in the forest and forest-savanna transition zones of Ghana in 1996 and 2000. …

… In the fall of 1982, after two growing seasons, heights and diameters of the trees were
measured, and the presence or absence of flowering was noted. Diameter measurements were …