Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Jean-Damascene Uzabikiriho

Publications

• Research Article
  Evaluating the Yield Response to Bio-Inoculants of Vigna unguiculata in the Kavango Region in Namibia
  Author(s): Charlie Chaluma Luchen, Jean-Damascene Uzabikiriho, Percy M Chimwamurombe and Barbara Reinhold-HurekCharlie Chaluma Luchen, Jean-Damascene Uzabikiriho, Percy M Chimwamurombe and Barbara Reinhold-Hurek
  
  The Kavango region (Northern part of Namibia) were the study was carried out, is extensively involved in agriculture and is also known to be dominated by the sandy aerosols soils. The bad soils in the region, which have poor nutrients and water holding capacity, combined with a fast rate of climate change in the region has contributed in the reduction in yield of most crops grown in the area. The main aim of the study was to determine cowpeas response to bio-inoculants by assessing yield of the pulse. Six different cultivars of Vigna unguiculata (Cow pea) were evaluated for their response to bio-inoculants. These cultivars were subjected to 3 different treatments. One with chemical fertilizer, another with Bradyrhizobium strains (14-3) and (1-7) bio-inoculants and a third which was a negative control with no treatment. After 90 days post seeding the cultivars were harvested and differ.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7471.1000456

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