September 2017

Yield improvement in hot pepper through demonstration of improved variety (Melkashote) with improved production technologies under irrigation scheme, Abergelle, Tigray, Ethiopia

The demonstration was conducted in 2014/15 production season at Tanqua-Abergelle district, particularly at Hadash-Tekhli (Zembaw) irrigation scheme at farmers’ land. The scheme has high irrigation potential for horticultural crops production. But, improved technologies have not yet demonstrated. Therefore, the objective of this research was to demonstrate improved variety of pepper with improved management...

Author(s): Hintsa Meresa, Tsegay Gebreselassie, Fantay Belay, Haftu Kelelew and Atsbha Gebreslassie

September 2017

Vegetative propagation of selected clones of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) by stem cuttings

The government of Cameroon is responsible for distributing hybrid cocoa seeds to farmers in Cameroon. These high-yielding and pod rot-resistant hybrids are obtained from self-incompatible commercial clones used for seed production by manual pollination of freshly opened flowers. The experimental procedure for the propagation technique of these clones has never been reported. The objectives of this study are to assess...

Author(s): Essola Essola Emmanuel Junior, Caspa Roseline Gusua, Tchatchoua Dorothy Tchapda and Owona Ndongo Pierre Andre