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G. A. Owusu D. Nyadanu K. Obeng-Antwi R. Adu Amoah F. C. Danso S. Amissah 《Euphytica》2017,213(12):287
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal crop produced in Ghana. However, yield of the crop is generally low, producing just about 1.7 t/ha. The low yield is attributed to continuous use of local/unimproved varieties. Generally, hybrid varieties have proven to out-yield the local/unimproved varieties due to improved vigour. Development of hybrid varieties depend on good understanding of combining ability and inheritance of important quantitative traits such as grain yield (GY). 45 half-diallel crosses generated from 10 extra-early maturing yellow inbred lines were evaluated in 2015 under rain-fed conditions. The objectives were to determine the genetic control, breeding value and estimate heritability for GY and agronomic traits of the inbred lines under contrasting growing environments in Ghana. General combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) were important in the inheritance of GY and agronomic traits of the inbred lines. However, GCA was more important than SCA across environments to suggest that additive gene action was more important than non-additive gene action in the inheritance of GY and agronomic traits in the inbred lines. High broad-sense heritability, for GY and other agronomic traits indicated preponderance of additive gene action in trait expression, thus, selection based on phenotypic expression could be feasible. Inbred lines P1, P4 and P8 were good combiners for high GY. The genotype, P4 × P8, was identified as the ideal and most yielding single-cross hybrid across research environments and should be further tested on-farm before commercialization. 相似文献
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Akesse-Ransford Geoffrey Owusu Ebenezer Oduro Kyerematen Rosina Adu-Acheampong Samuel 《Agroforestry Systems》2021,95(5):791-803
Diversity of insect communities can be used as bioindicators for change in the environment especially in farms under different management systems. In line with that, we conducted a research on insect species associated with cocoa under organic and conventional management systems in the Eastern and Central regions of Ghana. Insect collection was done using Hand height visual count, Canopy, and “Knock down”, pitfall, coloured bowl and fruit-baited traps. A total of 13,742 individual insects belonging to 138 species from 63 families and 12 orders were recorded in the study. Insect abundance and diversity were generally higher in organic farms compared to conventional farms with Oecophylla longinoda as the most dominant species in both management systems and especially more dominant in organic cocoa farms. Our study revealed that most of the insect species recorded were known cocoa pests although there was high abundance of beneficial insects too. Some of the pest species were Planococoides njalensis, Salhbergella singularis, Helopeltis spp and Pseudococus spp, while some of the beneficial insects recorded were Pheidole spp, Tegenaria spp, Camponotus spp, Crematogaster spp. We can conclude that cocoa farms are potential habitats for insect biodiversity conservation. We recommend that management and/or agronomic practices used in cocoa farms should be geared towards protecting beneficial organisms for instance pollinators and natural enemies by effectively suppressing insect pest populations while enhancing good seed production.
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A coppicing technique was used to assess the incidence of latent and missed infection around 76 outbreaks of cocoa swollen shoot disease found during routine surveys of cocoa farms in Ghana. When all apparently healthy trees were coppiced within at least 27 m of trees found with symptoms, some failed to regenerate, with overall mortalities of 15% and 19% in progenies of Upper Amazon and West African Amelonado parentage, respectively. Many of the regenerating shoots developed stem and/or leaf symptoms of swollen shoot disease within 3 years of coppicing. There were great differences between sites, with overall incidences of infection of 21% and 16% in the Amazon and Amelonado plantings, respectively. The infections revealed by coppicing were not usually grouped closely around trees originally found with symptoms. Gradients of infection were seldom evident and the overall incidence of infection within 3 m of the initial outbreak areas (17%) was little greater than that beyond (14%). The original inspections of the standing trees detected only c. 12% and 18% of all the infected trees present at the Amazon and Amelonado sites, respectively. These results emphasize the limitations of routine inspections in determining the true incidence of infection. They have an important bearing on the conduct and effectiveness of the eradication measures adopted in Ghana and are discussed in relation to the future policy for limiting spread. 相似文献
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Aidoo Owusu Fordjour Cunze Sarah Guimapi Ritter A. Arhin Linda Ablormeti Fred Kormla Tettey Elizabeth Dampare Frank Afram Yayra Bonsu Osei Obeng Joshua Lutuf Hanif Dickinson Matthew Yankey Ndede 《植物病害和植物保护杂志》2021,128(5):1313-1325
Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Coconut is recognized for its popularity in contributing to food and nutritional security. It generates income and helps to improve rural livelihood.... 相似文献
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Ousmane Boukar Nouhoun Belko Siva Chamarthi Abou Togola Joseph Batieno Emmanuel Owusu Mohammed Haruna Sory Diallo Muhammed Lawan Umar Olusoji Olufajo Christian Fatokun 《Plant Breeding》2019,138(4):415-424
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.), is an important grain legume grown in the tropics where it constitutes a valuable source of protein in the diets of millions of people. Some abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect its productivity. A review of the genetics, genomics and breeding of cowpea is presented in this article. Cowpea breeding programmes have studied intensively qualitative and quantitative genetics of the crop to better enhance its improvement. A number of initiatives including Tropical Legumes projects have contributed to the development of cowpea genomic resources. Recent progress in the development of consensus genetic map containing 37,372 SNPs mapped to 3,280 bins will strengthen cowpea trait discovery pipeline. Several informative markers associated with quantitative trait loci (QTL) related to desirable attributes of cowpea were generated. Cowpea genetic improvement activities aim at the development of drought tolerant, phosphorus use efficient, bacterial blight and virus resistant lines through exploiting available genetic resources as well as deployment of modern breeding tools that will enhance genetic gain when grown by sub‐Saharan Africa farmers. 相似文献
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Regeneration to ensure sustainable production and conservation of mahogany species globally is considered very important to foresters, investors in plantation, conservationists and timber industries worldwide. Natural regeneration of the mahoganies has been found to be far less than the rate of exploitation hence strong efforts are being made to develop other methods to regenerate mahogany seedlings to augment the low natural replacement and to ensure sustainability. This study was commissioned to investigate the effect of rooting media (river-sand, top soil and a mix of the two (50:50 v/v) on the rooting ability of four mahogany species (Khaya grandifoliola, K. ivorensis, Entandrophragma angolense and E. utile) using non-mist propagators. We investigated the effects of the source of stem cutting within a shoot (top, middle and basal position) on the rooting ability of stem cuttings from the four species in river-sand. Roots per cutting, longest root length and rooting percentage differed significantly among species in all three rooting media. Rooting ability was greatest in K. grandifoliola, which exhibited the highest average rooting percentage (73 %), longest average single root (9.9 mm) and the most roots per cutting (4.9). Rooting percentage was higher in the Khaya species than in the Entandrophragma species in all three rooting media. The mixed medium had the highest rooting percentage and the highest number of roots per rooted cutting in the two Khaya species, while the topsoil media had the best rooting percentage in the Entandrophragma species. Rooting of the two Khaya species can be maximized using a mixture of river-sand and topsoil. Cutting position within a shoot had significant impact on rooting in all four species with rooting percentage being best from middle positions in all four species. However, length of longest root and the number of roots per rooted cutting varied between the middle and basal portions. The study provides useful information for vegetative propagation of leafy stem cutting of the four African mahogany species, which could contribute to regeneration and conservation of these important timber species in the tropics. 相似文献
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