CROP CATEGORY
Other Root Crops
Beyond cassava, yam, and sweet potato, WAVE RESEARCH supports the development of various other root and tuber crops including cocoyam, taro, and potato. Our research encompasses crop diversification, disease surveillance, and sustainable production systems to enhance food security and agricultural resilience across the region.
Publications
Spatial dynamics and hidden spread of banana bunchy top disease in Benin
Merveille Koissi Savi1 *, Corneille Ahanhanzo 2 , Fidèle Tiendre´ be´ ogo1, Angela Obiageli Eni1 and Justin S. Pita1,3
Introduction: Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD), caused by the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) and transmitted by the aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa, poses a growing threat to banana production in West Africa, often resul...
First report of sugarcane white streak virus infecting sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in Côte d’Ivoire
M. L. Kouman1,2 J. S. Pita1,2 E. B. Tibiri3 M. B. Boua4 M. Ouattara4 G. Yeo5 N. K. Kouassi1,2 A. O. Eni1 F. Tiendrebeogo1
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is an important interspecific hybrid crop grown for sugar and ethanol production in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. However, its vegetative propagation makes it vulnerable...
Challenges and opportunities of developing bioinformatics platforms in Africa: the case of BurkinaBioinfo at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Ezechiel B. Tibiri 1,* , Palwende R. Boua2,3,4 , Issiaka Soulama5 , Christine Dubreuil-Tranchant6,‡, Ndomassi Tando6,‡, Charlotte Tollenaere7 , Christophe Brugidou7 , Romaric K. Nanema8 , Fidèle Tiendrebeogo1,9
Bioinformatics, an interdisciplinary field combining biology and computer science, enables meaningful information to be extracted from complex biological data. The exponential growth of biological data, driven by high-th...
Challenges and opportunities of developing bioinformatics platforms in Africa: the case of BurkinaBioinfo at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Ezechiel B. Tibiri 1,* , Palwende R. Boua2,3,4 , Issiaka Soulama5 , Christine Dubreuil-Tranchant6,‡, Ndomassi Tando6,‡, Charlotte Tollenaere7 , Christophe Brugidou7 , Romaric K. Nanema8 , Fidèle Tiendrebeogo1,9
Bioinformatics, an interdisciplinary field combining biology and computer science, enables meaningful information to be extracted from complex biological data. The exponential growth of biological data, driven by high-t...
OCCURRENCE OF TOMATO LEAF CURL VIRUS ON CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta Crantz) IN TOGO
Kodjovi Atassé Dansou-kodjo1,2, Assion Sétu Mivedor1, Kossikouma Djodji Adjata1, Jérôme Duclercq2 , Emmanuelle Muller3 And Yawovi Mawuena Dieudonné Gumedzoe1
Background and Objective: Climate change forces insect vectors to adapt to plants that were not their natural hosts, and this contributes to the emergence of begomoviruses. Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by cassav...
First report of a tomato leaf curl virus (genus Begomovirus) on Corchorus olitorius in Togo
Atassé DANSOU-KODJO1,2* , Djodji Kossikouma ADJATA1, Assion Sétu MIVEDOR1, Jérôme DUCLERCQ2 , Emmanuelle MULLER3, Yawovi Mawuena Dieudonné GUMEDZOE1
Vegetables play a major role in the livelihood- of the poor rural Africans. Among major constraints to vegetable production worldwide, are diseases caused by a group of viruses belonging to the genus Begomovirus, family...
Other Root Crops
Protocols
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Standard Biosecurity & Sampling Procedures
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 24 p.
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Plant Disease Epidemiology Annual Report 2024
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 48 p.
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Clean Seed Production Guidelines
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 32 p.