Background: Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] plays an important role in ensuring food security and incomes for local communities. It is particularly grown in southern region of Benin, and its production over the last few years has declined [...]
Rice (Oryza spp.) is one of the most important crops that significantly contribute to food security in Benin. In the current context of climate change, drought is known to be the main abiotic stress in crops and a major yield-limiting factor for ag [...]
Pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth] is a valuable multipurpose crop locally used for household food security as well in traditional medicine in Benin. However, due to the neglected status of the crop, its genetic resources are not well evaluated [...]
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Dioscorea dumetorum is an important native tuber crop commonly grown in West Africa. The present study aimed to document the indigenous knowledge related to its diversity and distribution as well its ethnobotanical importance in the production a [...]
Fonio millets (Digitaria exilis, D. iburua) are minor but important indigenous cereals in the semiarid areas of West-Africa. Recent interest in breeding strategies for these crops requires a better understanding of their biology and genetics. Amp [...]
Fonio (Digitaria exilis (Kipp.) Stapf, white fonio; Digitaria iburua Stapf, black fonio), is one of the oldest native, but neglected, cereal crops of cultural, nutritional and economic importance of West Africa. To gather key information that wil [...]
Objectif: L’igname est l’une des plus importantes cultures vivrières à tubercules en Afrique de l’Ouest, en particulier au Bénin. Dans le but de renforcer la variabilité génétique des ignames cultivées D. alata (L.) au Bénin, une collection de 21 a [...]
Garcinia kola is a tropical plant which grows in moist forest. It seeds are edible and are consumed for their multiple property. This study aimed at making phytochemical screening and evaluating some biological activities of G. kola organs (bark, l [...]
Ploidy level and nuclear DNA content of some accessions 01 water yam (Dioscorea a/ala) collected at Save, a district 01 central Benin The nuclear DNA content and the ploidy levels of 43 acces sions of wat er yam (Dioscorea alata) collected at [...]