Sorghum is a grain plant that source of food, biofuel and feed, which can be produced using the techniques ratoon cultivation. The objective this study to assess nutrition content, performance four sorghum genotypes vegetative characteristics ratoon. research was carried out from December 2020 July 2021 at Ciawi Research Garden, Livestock Institute. employed treatments (genotype) three replicat...

Sugarcane breeding is expensive because the plant is perennial and the frequency in obtaining superior clones is low. Plant breeding involves developing strategies that will increase the probability of identifying superior varieties. This paper discusses the strategies used to select varieties with high sugar yield, good disease and pest tolerance and adaptable to the South-East Lowveld of Zimb...

At least 7 species of Noctuid moths have been reared from caterpillars collected beneath trash in cane fields, and some at least feed at night on leaves of young ratooning sugarcane, the chief offender being Mythimna phaea Hamps. Feeding appeared to be initiated by onset of darkness, but a reduction in numbers feeding occurred before dawn. Natural enemies included 6 Tachinid flies, an Ichneumon...

Rice (Oryza glaberrima) is a staple food for many people in Africa. In West Africa, especially Liberia, it the main dish and plays major role political stability of country despite its insufficient production. The objective study was to evaluate how varied cutting heights affected rice yields. experiment set up Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three treatments replications. Each sam...

Yield loss of ratoon crops caused by the rolling damage to left stubble from mechanically harvesting main has been reported in previous studies. However, limited attention paid identify effect mechanical crop on yield a non-rolled zone (NRZ) crop. A two-year field experiment rice with two harvest methods (mechanical harvesting: MEH; manual MAH) was conducted whether there is border NRZ, and eva...