Aims: To identify, using standard biochemical tests, a polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, the soft rot species presumed to be the cause of potato soft rot and blackleg affecting potatoes in commercial farms around the Harare area in Zimbabwe. Study Design: Biochemical test...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/24553
The planting methods currently used by Irish potato farmers were optimized for old varieties more than three decades ago. No such work has since been done regardless of the newer varieties that have been introduced since then. Hence, an experiment was conducted to investigate the...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/9980
Our review confirms that stem density is affected by seed factors, seedbed conditions and planting methods. Physiologically old seed tubers develop into a ‘weak’ stem density. A loose friable soil that is warm and moist increases sprout emergence leading to a high stem number per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9973
Aims: The main objectives of the study were to establish the current production practices, constraints, and identity of the different landraces of Livingstone potato (Plectranthus esculentus) that are grown in Zimbabwe as well as the potential for improvement of the indigenous tr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/19612