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| Andres, Christian; Blaser, Wilma J.; Dzahini-Obiatey, Henry K.; Ameyaw, George A.; Domfeh, Owusu K.; Awiagah, Moses A.; Gattinger, Andreas; Schneider, Monika; Offei, Samuel K.; Six, Johan. |
| Currently, the only effective treatment for cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) infected with the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) is to cut and replant infected trees. Hence, the development of preventive control measures and strategies to mitigate the severity of the disease are of utmost importance. While past research has mainly focused on resistance breeding, mild strain cross protection and vector control, diversification measures such as agroforestry have received relatively less attention, despite their potential to mitigate CSSVD severity. Therefore, we studied the effects of shade on CSSVD symptom severity, capsid damage and cocoa yield along a gradient of increasing shade tree abundance in smallholder cocoa farms in Ghana. Furthermore, we... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32272/1/andres_etal_2018_AgriEcosysEnviron_Vol252_p83-92.pdf |
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| Andres, Christian; Hoerler, Raphael; Home, Robert; Jeorin, Jonas; Dzahini-Obiatey, Henry K.; Ameyaw, George A.; Domfeh, Owusu; Blaser, Wilma J.; Gattinger, Andreas; Offei, Samuel K.; Six, Johan. |
| The cocoa swollen shoot virus disease is a major factor limiting cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) productivity for West African farmers. The only treatment against this disease is to cut infected trees and replant with disease-free planting material. Research has recommended the prevention measures: (i) cordon sanitaire (leaving 10-m-wide cocoa-free zone around cocoa), (ii) barrier cropping, (iii) using partly tolerant hybrids, and (iv) removing specific alternative host tree species. Here, we evaluate the current adoption of these measures and identify their adoption constraints. We conducted a quantitative survey with 396 farmers in the Eastern and Western Regions of Ghana, held six focus group discussions and hosted a multi-stakeholder validation workshop... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33936/1/Andres_etal_2018_AgronomySustainableDevelopment_38_35_p1-11.pdf |
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| Andres, Christian; Gattinger, Andreas; Kwame Dzahini-Obiatey, Henry; Kwame Offei, Samuel; Six, Johan. |
| West Africa is the world’s most important cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) growing region. The Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) is one of the major productivity limitations, particularly in Ghana. Some 800’000 farm families’ livelihoods depend on revenues from the crop in Ghana alone. The only measure to treat CSSVD is to cut out infected trees. The national eradication program, implemented by the Ghanaian government since 1946, has cut out more than 250 million trees until today. Despite these efforts, CSSVD is still prevalent in the field. Research has tried to contribute to CSSVD control through breeding for resistant varieties, as well as investigating the effects of barriers with immune crops and protection through a “vaccination” with the mild... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Africa. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/30504/1/Andres_etal_2015_Abstract_SGAS_SAGUF_Conf_final.pdf |
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| Mathu Ndungu, Samuel; Messmer, Monika; Ziegler, Dominik; Gamper, Hannes; Mészáros, Éva; Thuita, Moses; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Frossard, Emmanuel; Thonar, Cécile. |
| Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) is an important African food legume suitable for dry regions. It is the main legume in two contrasting agro-ecological regions of Kenya as an important component of crop rotations because of its relative tolerance to unpredictable drought events. This study was carried out in an effort to establish a collection of bacterial root nodule symbionts and determine their relationship to physicochemical soil parameters as well as any geographical distributional patterns. Bradyrhizobium spp. were found to be widespread in this study and several different types could be identified at each site. Unique but rare symbionts were recovered from the nodules of plants sampled in a drier in-land region, where there were also overall more... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33099/1/Ndungu-etal-2018-AEE-Vol261-p161-171.pdf |
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