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Ecologically sustainable management of the cocoyam root rot disease caused by pythium myriotylum
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| Coordinating organisation: | Department of Crop Protection |
| Description: | Cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), a staple food for millions of people in the tropics and subtropics, suffers great losses from the root rot disease caused by Pythium myriotylum. In Cameroon, where cocoyam is the second most important crop after cassava, yield reductions up to 90% have been reported. So far, diverse types of chemical and cultural control measures have been used in an attempt to eradicate cocoyam root rot disease but were found to be inadequate. A project between IRAD Ekona (Cameroon) and the lab of Phytopathology, Ghent University (Belgium) was established to work out an ecologically sustainable strategy to control the cocoyam root rot pathogen. The strategy was based on incorporation of locally prepared compost and screening for indigenous antagonistic rhizobacteria. Promotor: M. Höfte |
| Budget (in &euro): | 301860 |
| Internet: | Projects Link |
| Start: | 2001-04-01 |
| End: | 2006-03-31 |
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| ARD-theme: | plant production plant protection/IPM biotechnology |
| Target country: | Cameroon |
| Commodity: | plant products (agroforest) root/tuber |
| Activity: | training research institution building |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 1 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2006-05-12 16:28:46 |