Populations of the leaf-feeding moth Pareuchaetes insulata from Florida (USA), Jamaica and Cuba were mass-reared by the South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) and released extensively in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa from 2001-2009 for biological control of the invasive...
Author(s)
Zachariades, C.; Uyi, O. O.; Dube, N.; Strathie, L. W.; Muir, D.; Conlong, D. E.; Assefa, Y.
Publisher
South African Sugar Technologists' Association, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa
Citation
Proceedings of the Annual Congress - South African Sugar Technologists' Association, 2016, No.89, pp 291-306
Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum L.) is an annual/biennial species in the family Boraginaceae. Native to N.W. Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and Atlantic Western Europe, it is a noxious weed in Australia and has spread over 30 million ha resulting in >A$250 million annual losses to...
Author(s)
Zhu XiaoCheng; Gopurenko, D.; Skoneczny, D.; Lepschi, B. J.; Spencer, M. A.; Gurr, G. M.; Callaway, R. M.; Serrano, M.; Weston, L. A.
Publisher
Weeds Society of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Citation
20th Australasian Weeds Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 11-15 September 2016, 2016, pp 157-161
This study evaluated the performance of different dairy cattle technologies adopted by dairy farmers in 16 States of Northern Nigeria. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select the study area due to the presence of improved dairy farms in the area. Questionnaire was used to collect data from...
Author(s)
Saleh, M. K.; Atala, T. K.; Omokore, D. F.; Ahmed, B.; Ali, F. S.; Kajang, G. Y.
Publisher
Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), Ilorin, Nigeria
Citation
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2016, 20, 1, pp 1-12
A comparative foliar anatomical study of the invasive and non-invasive species of Dracaena in Obafemi Awolowo University Campus in Nigeria was carried out. A specific aim of the study was to determine the foliar and morphological traits in Dracaena mannii, which may be responsible for its invasive...
Author(s)
Folorunso, A. E.; Adifagbade, O. C.
Publisher
AcademicPres, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2016, 8, 2, pp 216-219
Cassava green mite (CGM) of the Mononychellus genus is an invasive species in Africa, introduced from South America. Its phylogenetic diversity over geographical localities has never been assessed in East Africa, where mite density dynamics oscillate from few individuals to a peak of hundreds. The...
Author(s)
Mutisya, D. L.; Molo, R.; El-Banhawy, E. M.; Miano, D.; Kariuki, C. W.; Owiti, A.; Aool, W.
Publisher
African Crop Science Society, Kampala, Uganda
Citation
African Crop Science Journal, 2016, 24, Suppl. 1, pp 63-71
Evaluation study is essential to ascertain performance and adaptation of improved genotypes across new environment. Field experiments were conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Research Farm, Minjibir, Kano State, Nigeria over two years to assess the performance of twelve...
Author(s)
Ezeaku, I. E.; Ajeigbe, H. A.; Okechukwu, E. C.
Publisher
Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum, Lahore, Pakistan
Citation
JAPS, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2016, 26, 1, pp 163-169
Publisher
Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur, India
Citation
25th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Hyderabad, India, 13-16 October 2015. Proceedings, Volume III (poster papers), 2015, pp 589
Stem borers constitute an important constraint in sugarcane production. However, stem borer research in South Africa is concentrated on commercial farms because of their economic significance. Studies on the diversity and abundance of stem borers in small-scale sugarcane farms of South Africa are...
Publisher
South African Sugar Technologists' Association, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa
Citation
Proceedings of the Annual Congress - South African Sugar Technologists' Association, 2015, No.88, pp 292-303
The distributions of endemic tick vector species as well as the presence of species not endemic to Free State Province, South Africa, were determined during surveys or opportunistic collections from livestock, wildlife and vegetation. Amongst endemic ticks, the presence of Rhipicephalus...
Author(s)
Horak, I. G.; Jordaan, A. J.; Nel, P. J.; Heerden, J. van; Heyne, H.; Dalen, E. M. van
Publisher
AOSIS OpenJournals, Tygervalley, South Africa
Citation
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 2015, 86, 1, pp Art. #1255
An experiment was carried out to evaluate some reproductive and growth traits of Nigerian indigenous light ecotype and exotic chicken for possible egg and meat-type chicken development. This study was undertaken to contribute to the genetic improvement of the Nigerian indigenous chicken by crossing ...
Author(s)
Ndofor-Foleng, H. M.; Oleforuh-Okoleh, V.; Musongong, G. A.; Ohageni, J.; Duru, U. E.
Publisher
Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal, India
Citation
Indian Journal of Animal Research, 2015, 49, 2, pp 155-160