In Côte d'Ivoire, dessert bananas account for 8-10% of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), 3-4% of national GDP and directly employ 11,000-12,000 people. It is the leading fresh fruit export, accounting for around 95% of production. This makes the country the leading Afric...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i51039
Kouamé Konan Didier, KASSI Koffi Fernand Jean- Martial, YAO Kouadio Jacques- Edouard, Kouassi Kouassi Virgile, Sorho Fatogoma & Kone Daouda·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2025
This study aims to understand cassava producers' perceptions of the disease and to identify the endogenous control methods used by producers. Cassava is a crop of great socio-economic importance in Côte d'Ivoire. However, this crop faces major constraints, particularly tuber rot....
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2025/v28i4700
Côte d'Ivoire is the third largest supplier of mangoes to the European Union. However, its export to the European market is prone to significant losses due to its perishable nature. This problem prompted this study, which aims to improve the quality of mangoes exported to cold ro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i41007
Kouamé Konan Didier, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Koné Klinnanga Noël, EPONON Eboua Christophe, KOUADIO Kouadio Yann Henoc, Sorho Fatogoma & Kone Daouda·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
Root rot of cassava tubers, Manihot esculenta Crantz, has become a scourge that devastates plantations and limits production in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of cassava root rot on the one hand, and to assess the incidence and severity o...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i42253
Kouamé Konan Didier, N’GUESSAN Patrick Henri, Kassi Koffi Jean Fernand Martial, YAO Kouadio Jacques Edouard, Kouame Koffi Gaston, SYLLA Tata, KONE Klinninga Noël & Kanga N’guessan Martial·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2025
Background: In Côte d'Ivoire, dessert banana production has been estimated at around 450,000 tonnes in 2019, representing 7% of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 3% of national GDP. However, it has been repeatedly observed that the application of synthetic fungicides...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2025/v25i4926
Desmodium adscendens is a plant in the Fabaceae family. This plant is very important to humans for both agricultural and medical purposes. However, its availability is becoming increasingly rare and its collection in forests is contributing to the degradation of biodiversity due...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2024/v20i12467
Kouamé Konan Didier, N’guessan Aya Carine, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, Kouame Koffi Gaston, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Yobouet Aya Ange Naté, Kone Daouda & Zouzou Michel·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2018
Aims: Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) is an important industrial crop in Côte d’Ivoire. However, many biotic constraints such as smut du to Sporisorium scitamineum lead to yield limitation. The management of this pathogen includes thermotherapy, which is not always eff...
Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is the main stem borer of sugarcane and causes substantial economic losses in the sugarcane-growing areas of Côte d'Ivoire. This study, conducted at the Zuénoula integrated agricultural unit, aimed to identify the fungi naturally...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2026/v15i5491
The stem borer Eldana saccharina Walker causes substantial production losses in the sugarcane estates of Côte d'Ivoire, where its control still relies largely on synthetic chemical insecticides that are harmful to human health and the environment. The present study aimed to evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i102458
This study assessed the current spatial distribution and ethnomedical uses of Desmodium adscendens in Côte d’Ivoire. Field surveys were conducted in 22 localities across the southern, central, eastern, western and northern regions. Ethnobotanical data were collected through semi-...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2026/v37i41372
Kouassi Kouassi Virgile, Kouamé Konan Didier, Johnson Félicia, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Ble-Binaté Nozéné, Koné Klinnanga Noël & Kone Daouda·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2023
This study is part of the search for means and methods of sustainable control of Eldana saccharina, the main pest of sugarcane cultivation in Côte d'Ivoire. Despite efforts to control the pest through the selection of resistant varieties, the cultivation of healthy cuttings and t...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2023/v26i6625
Kouadio Edouard Yves Gilchrist, Kouamé Konan Didier, Camara Brahima, Yeo Gnénakan, CHÉRIF Mamadou, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, Tuo Seydou, Kakou Didier Junior, Yao Akissi Sandrine, Abo Kouabenan & Dick Acka Emmanuel d·Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition·2023
Context: In Côte d’Ivoire, industrial banana plantations are faced with the problem of weediness. However, the use of herbicides as a means of control presents significant risks for human health and the environment. The abandonment of these products for more ecological alternativ...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i3181
From years ago, climate change effects are happening in different areas of the world, including Rwanda. Potato as one of main commodities grown mainly in the cooler and wetter highlands of Rwanda, its production could be facing the global warming. The purpose of this study is to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i11626
Ouattara Dadjo, Kouamé Konan Didier, Johnson Félicia, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean Martial, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Yao Kouakou & Kone Daouda·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2022
Study Design and Objectives: Sugar cane production is threatened by the devastating action of the larval populations of Eldana saccharina Walker. Faced with this situation, the search for sustainable control solutions is a major challenge for sugar producers. This study contribut...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2022/v15i4367
Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Kouamé Konan Didier, Kouame Koffi Gaston, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, N’guessan Aya Carine, Camara Brahima & Kone Daouda·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2020
The sugarcane smut disease caused by Sporisorium scitamineum occurs in all production areas. In order to contribute to the management of this disease, a study was carried out in vitro conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal efficacy and to determine the i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2020/v5i230094
N’guessan Aya Carine, Kouamé Konan Didier, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, Kouame Koffi Gaston, Konan Dawa Richard, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard & Kone Daouda·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Aims: The present investigations describes bactericidal potential of essential oil for management of Xanthomonas albilineans (Ashby. 1929) Dowson 1943, pathogen responsible for sugarcane Leaf scald disease in Côte d'Ivoire. Study Design: the study was conducted at the Ferké 1 sug...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v41i130388
Sugarcane is the main sugar producing a crop in Côte d’Ivoire. However, improvement of this crop through breeding is limited due to the lack of genetic diversity. Therefore, genetic variability and diversity assessment are necessarily important for the sugarcane clones obtained b...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44360
Oura Otchou Jean-Didier Thierry, Kouamé Konan Didier, Ouattara Yah, Boua Bomo Mélanie & Péné Bi Crépin·Advances in Research·2018
Aims: The study was to estimate and characterise the existing genetic variability of new candidate imported sugarcane varieties under Northern agro-climatic conditions of Côte d'Ivoire. Study Design: A randomised complete block design with nine genotypes (clones) and four replica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44264
Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, KOUADIO Kouadio Y. Henoc, Kouamé Konan Didier, KASSI Koffi F. Jean-Martial, KONE K. Noël, Sorho Fatogoma & Kone Daouda·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2025
Background and Objective: Cassava is an important crop for the Ivorian population. However, yields are relatively low. This low productivity is due to cassava root rots, which are sometimes caused by bacteria. The general objective was to identify the main bacterial diseases resp...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2025/v40i12191
Kanga N’guessan Martial, YAO Kouadio Jacques Edouard, Kouamé Konan Didier, Blafou Adjoua Grace Vanessa, Motchié Fato Edouard & Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2024
The exclusive use of mineral fertilisers for production contributes to the destruction of certain microflora and microfauna in the soil, as well as reducing the organic matter content, which in turn reduces soil fertility. With the aim of finding an alternative to crop fertilisat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54528
Kouame Koffi Gaston, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial, Kouamé Konan Didier, Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Fiéni Kouassi Kra Dimitri & Kone Daouda·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2021
Aims: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of potassium carbonate (58 p.c) on agronomic and phytosanitary parameters in tomato crops. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out from May to September 2020 at N'gattakro, a village near the international airpor...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i830725
N'GUESSAN Patrick Henri, Camara Brahima, M'Bo Kacou Antoine Alban, Kouamé Konan Didier, YAO Kouadio Jacques Edouard, Kassi Koffi Jean Fernand Martial, ZION Bah Franck, KANGA N' guessan Martial & Kone Daouda·Biotechnology Journal International·2025
Ivory Coast produces nearly 2 million tons, which represents 15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), more than 50% of exports and provides seven million jobs to Ivorians. However, its production is severely limited by the brown rot disease of cocoa pods. In order to increase pro...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i3778
Yao Kouadio Jacques-Edouard, Kanga N’guessan Martial, Ouattara Tcheba Victor, Kouamé Konan Didier, Kassi Koffi Fernand Jean-Martial & Kone Daouda·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2024
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of treatments of young sugarcane regrowth with a formulation based on the essential oil Zingiber officinale on the incidence of Sporisorium scitamineum, on agromorphological parameters and on the technological quality...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i92911
Sugar cane Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) is an important industrial crop in the Ivory Coast. Cane production involves two types of culture. The irrigated cultivation of sugar cane which is that practiced by industrialists and the cultivation in rainy conditions which is that of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i34414
N'guessan Henri Patrick, YAO Kouadio Jacques Edouard, Kassi Koffi Jean Fernand Martial, Amari Ler-N’Ogn Dadé Georges, Kouamé Konan Didier, Diawara Issa, Kouame Koffi Gaston & Kone Daouda·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2026
Tomato cultivation (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plays an important role in Côte d'Ivoire's agricultural system and local economy, contributing to food security and producer incomes. However, despite the use of chemical inputs and organic fertilisers, yields remain below national dem...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i42385