Rural communities in many parts of the tropics are dependent of forests for their livelihoods
and for environmental services. Forest resources in the tropics have declined rapidly over …

Root development is critical to successful establishment after seedlings are outplanted on a
forest restoration site. There is an array of practices nursery practitioners and foresters use to …

We execute tree 'domestication'as a farmer-driven and market-led process, which matches
the intraspecific diversity of locally important trees to the needs of subsistence farmers …

This article builds on an action research process involving Ugandan smallholder farmers in
collaborative experimentation on the use of human urine as a crop fertilizer. The aim is to …

An important strategy for meeting global landscape restoration goals is nursery production of
high-quality seedlings. Growing seedlings with attributes that promote post-planting survival …

In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly
specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps …

Plant quality greatly relates to the seedling vigor (SV), survival and growth of plants after
transplantation. The objective of this study was to use the nondestructive measurements of …

A glasshouse experiment to control RKN (Meloidogyne javanica) on tomato with aqueous
extracts of marigold (Tagetes erecta) leaves and flowers, castor beans (Ricinus communis) …

Aims: Monkey kola is a common name given to some edible wild relatives of West African
kolanut, viz Cola lateritia K. Schum, C. lepidota K. Schum and C. pachycarpa K. Schum …

In this chapter, we review the state of knowledge about germplasm delivery and the
propagation and nursery management of miombo fruit trees in Africa. The chapter will be …