Impact assessment of the project ‘Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Borno State’ (PROSAB, 2004-2009) from indicate that yields and per capita production of major crops (maize, rice, soybean, and cowpea) were increased. Food insecurity d…
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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Borno State, Nigeria
New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars exhibit different levels of post-attachment resistance against the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica.
New Phytologist (2011). Pages: 952-963. Mamadou Cissoko, Arnaud Boisnard, Jonne Rodenburg, Malcolm C Press, Julie D Scholes et al.• Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica are root parasitic weeds that infect the major cereal crops of sub-Saharan Africa c…
Host-plant defence against Striga spp.: reconsidering the role of tolerance
Weed Research (2011). Volume: 51, Issue: 5. Pages: 438-441. J Rodenburg, L Bastiaans et al.
Challenges for weed management in African rice systems in a changing climate
The Journal of Agricultural Science (2011). Volume: 149, Issue: 04. Pages: 427-435. J. Rodenburg, H. Meinke, D. E. Johnson et al.