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Agronomic performance of provitamin A-rich banana cultivars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Title Agronomic performance of provitamin A-rich banana cultivars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
 
Creator Kamira, Muller
Simbare, Alice
Sivirihauma, Charles
Mpoki, Shimwela
Nabuuma, Deborah
Ekesa, Beatrice
 
Subject agronomic characters
provitamins
crop performance
performance testing
vitamin A deficiency
características agronómicas
provitaminas
desempeño de cultivos
 
Description Banana researchers have been evaluating the performance of high provitaminA banana cultivars to Vitamin A deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study evaluated the agronomic performance of six provitamin A-rich banana cultivars originally from outside Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Growth and yield parameters were collected for the first, second and third crop cycles. Results revealed that growth and yield parameters were significantly affected by the interaction between sites and cultivars. The most promising cultivars in terms of yield were ‘Apantu-AAB’, ‘Lahi-AAB’, ‘Lai- AA’, ‘Bira-AAB’ and ‘Pelipita-ABB’ across all sites and crop cycles. These evaluations provide hard evidence of the high potential for adoption of the most promising cultivars by farming communities.
 
Date 2021-09
2022-02-10T09:03:21Z
2022-02-10T09:03:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Kamira, M.; Simbare, A.; Sivirihauma, C.; Mpoki, S.; Nabuuma, D.; Ekesa, B. (2021) Agronomic performance of provitamin A-rich banana cultivars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo African Journal of Agricultural Research 17(9) p. 1209-1220. ISSN: 1991-637X
1991-637X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118034
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2021.15658
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 1209-1220
application/pdf
 
Publisher Academic Journals
 
Source African Journal of Agricultural Research