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Current Status and Prospects of Virus Elimination in Economically Important Crops of Ethiopia Through Tissue Culture Practices: A Review

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Currently, huge crop losses in countries’ genetic resources result from emerging or re‐emerging plant viral diseases, making food security a constant challenge. A critical examination of recent tissue culture practices in Ethiopia reveals numerous limitations that have contributed to the limited advancements of plant tissue culture (PTC) techniques ...
Ashebir Gogile, Hemalatha Palanivel, Alazar Yeshitila, Kasi Rao Mediga, Abiram Karanam   +4 more
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Barriers confronting smallholder cassava farmers in the adoption and utilization of climate‐smart agriculture in the Afigya Kwabre South District, Ghana

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 3, Issue 3, August 2024.
This study investigated the barriers faced by smallholder cassava farmers in adopting climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) practices in the Afigya Kwabre South District, Ghana. Key findings include: Smallholder cassava farmers implemented essential CSA practices, including mulching, mixed farming, crop diversification, and crop rotation.
Frank Baffour‐Ata, Louisa Boakye, Lordina Ekua Acquah, Samuel Boamah Brown, John Dagadu Kafui, Austin Appiah Marfo, Prince Acheampong, Salome Wheagar   +7 more
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Cyanide in cassava: Understanding the drivers, impacts of climate variability, and strategies for food security

Food and Energy Security, Volume 13, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
Abstract The consumption of cassava, a vital staple food for more than 1 billion people worldwide, holds particular significance in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Expansion in cassava production in SSA is driven by increasing market demand, local consumption, and adaptability to diverse environments.
Jacinta Nyaika, Louise Abayomi, Aditya Parmar, Onoriode Coast   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of maple veneer sheets from Canada

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to deliver a risk assessment on the likelihood of pest freedom from Union quarantine pests and pests subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031 for the maple veneer sheets manufactured according to the process set out by Canada, with ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Andrea Battisti, Eugen Christoph, Hugo Mas, Daniel Rigling, Massimo Faccoli, Alžběta Mikulová, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Fabio Stergulc, Franz Streissl, Paolo Gonthier   +29 more
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The effects of agricultural output market access interventions on agricultural, socio‐economic, food security, and nutrition outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2024.
Abstract Background An estimated two billion people do not have sufficient access to nutritious food, and nearly half are dependent on small‐scale and subsistence farming. Projections show that the global population is not on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
Pierre Marion, Etienne Lwamba, Andrea Floridi, Suvarna Pande, Megha Bhattacharyya, Sarah Young, Paul Fenton Villar, Shannon Shisler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pest risk assessment of Leucinodes orbonalis for the European Union

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2024.
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a quantitative risk assessment of Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), the eggplant fruit and shoot borer, for the EU. The assessment focused on potential pathways for entry, climatic conditions favouring establishment, spread and impact ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Richard Mally, Ewelina Czwienczek, Alex Gobbi, Júlia López Mercadal, Andrea Maiorano, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Marco Pautasso, Eugenio Rossi, Giuseppe Stancanelli, Sara Tramontini, Wopke Van der Werf   +30 more
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Cassava brown streak: A deadly virus on the move

Plant Pathology, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 221-241, February 2024.
A farmer reveals extensive storage root rot caused by cassava brown streak disease [Photo credit James Legg]. Abstract The beginning of the 21st century witnessed a vast and devastating upsurge in the incidence and spread of cassava brown streak ipomovirus disease (CBSD) in eastern countries of sub‐Saharan Africa that decimated crops and jeopardized ...
Fran Robson, Diane L. Hird, Eric Boa
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Determination of Mealybug Population Density for Transmission of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease in Central Uganda

International Journal of Agronomy, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Pineapple mealybug wilt disease (PMWD) is a complex and most destructive viral disease constraining pineapple production world over. Pineapple mealybug wilt disease is transmitted by mealybugs (Dysmicoccus species). Currently, in Uganda, the population of Dysmicoccus brevipes that can transmit PMWD is not known.
B. Bua, M. E. Mawa, J. Ayiga, A. Ocwa, Othmane Merah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Field evaluation of the impact of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease infection on yield traits of different cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) clones in Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Ofori A, Padi FK, Ameyaw GA, Dadzie AM, Opoku-Agyeman M, Domfeh O, Ansah FO.   +6 more
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Determining the potential distribution of Oryctes monoceros and Oryctes rhinoceros by combining machine-learning with high-dimensional multidisciplinary environmental variables. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Aidoo OF, Ding F, Ma T, Jiang D, Wang D, Hao M, Tettey E, Andoh-Mensah S, Ninsin KD, Borgemeister C.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source