Cassava is a major staple, bio‐energy and industrial crop in many parts of the developing
world. In Southeast Asia, cassava is grown on> 4 million ha by nearly 8 million (small‐scale) …

The species of plat parasitic nematodes infesting rice are presented (Ditylenchus angustus,
Aphelenchoides besseyi and Meloidogyne, Hirschmanniella, Heterodera, Pratylenchus …

Fusarium species are a significant component of the set of fungi associated with cassava
root rot. Yield losses due to root rot average 0.5 to 1 ton/ha but losses> 3 ton/ha, an …

This is a revised and updated edition of a book first published in French by Maisonneuve et
Larose, as' L'igname, plante à tubercule tropicale'in 1986. The morphology of yams, the …

The yam is an important food crop, especially in the so-called 'yam zone'of West Africa: total
world production is about 19 million tonnes per annum, some 70 per cent of it grown in …

CROPS, STARCH CROPS, OIL CROPS, FRUIT CROPS, TROPICAL FRUITS, VEGETABLE
CROPS, STIMULANT CROPS, DRUG PLANTS, FIBRE CROPS, PLANT ANATOMY, PLANT …

This paper focuses on the nematode parasites of cassava (Manihot esculenta), yams
(Dioscorea spp.), taro (Colocasia esculenta), tannia (Xanthosoma spp.), giant taros …

Among the seven cassava diseases observed in a survey in the cassava-growing regions of
Benin and Ghana, cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) occurred most frequently in all …

Bacterial, Fungal and Nematode Diseases Page 1 Chapter 13 Bacterial, Fungal and Nematode
Diseases Rory J. Hillocks1 and Kerstin Wydra2 1Natural Resources Institute, University of …

The objective of this study was to identify the causal agent of anthracnose disease of
cassava in Thailand. The study was carried out by collecting cassava samples with …