Biofortification of mungbean (Vigna radiata) as a whole food to enhance human health
Read the full article: http://203.64.245.61/fulltext_pdf/Openaccess/oa0026.pdf Nair RM, Yang RY, Easdown WJ, Thavarajah D, Thavarajah P, Hughes Jd’A, Keatinge JDH. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, online, 2013. Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata) is one of the most important pulse crops grown in South, East and Southeast Asia. It provides significant [...]
Vegetable consumption patterns in Yaounde, Cameroon
Read the full article: http://www.ajfand.net/Volume13/No2/Kamga11190.pdf Kamga R, Kouame C, Akyeampong E. 2013. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND DEVELOPMENT, 13(2):7399-7414. A survey was conducted in August and September 2008 in Yaoundé, Cameroon to assess vegetable consumption attitudes, constraints and factors that stimulate households’ consumption. Stratified sample based on district size, socioeconomic status and ethnics [...]
Handling fresh vegetable produce from urban gardens to protect quality and nutrients
Read the full article: http://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/handling-fresh-vegetable-produce-from-urban-gardens-0000653/ Nenguwo N, Hughes J d’A. 2013. RURAL 21, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Vol 47, No 1. Up to 40 per cent of households in cities in developing countries grow vegetables in urban gardens for food and income. These valuable crops grown in small spaces contribute to the nutritional [...]
First report of Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus associated with yellow vein mosaic of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in Thailand
Read the full report: http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-09-12-0847-PDN Tsai WS, Shih SL, Lee LM, Wang JT, Duangsong U, Kenyon L. 2013. PLANT DISEASE, 97(2):291. A disease of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) causing yellowing veins and mosaic on leaves and fruit has emerged in Thailand. Incidences of 50 to 100% diseased plants were observed in fields in Kanchanaburi and Nakhon [...]
Application of cytochrome oxidase I sequences for phylogenetic analysis and identification of thrips species occurring on vegetable crops
Kadirvel P, Srinivasan R, Hsu YC, Su FC, de la Pena R. 2013. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 106(1):408-418. Thrips are direct pests as well as vectors of important viruses infecting crop plants. One of the major constraints in studying the relationship between thrips vectors and tospoviruses is the difficulty of identifying the vector species because [...]
Can public GAP standards reduce agricultural pesticide use? The case of fruit and vegetable farming in northern Thailand
In response to the chronic overuse and misuse of pesticides in agriculture, governments in Southeast Asia have sought to improve food safety by introducing public standards of good agricultural practices (GAP). Using quantitative farm-level data from an intensive horticultural production system in northern Thailand, we test if fruit and vegetable producers who follow the public [...]
Climate uncertainty
“Climate uncertainty: What response is needed from vegetable agronomists worldwide?” Keatinge, J.D.H., Ledesma, D., Hughes, J.d’A. 12th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, 20-24 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Vegetable breeding in Africa: constraints, complexity and contributions toward achieving food and nutritional security
Read the full article: http://203.64.245.61/fulltext_pdf/E/2011-2015/e04523.pdf Afari-Sefa, V., Tenkouano, A., Ojiewo, C.O., Keatinge, J.D.H., Hughes, J.d’A. FOOD SECURITY , 4(1):115-127 , 2012. Many Africans are presently confronted with nutritional insecurity as their diets are often deficient in essential vitamins and minerals owing to lack of sufficient consumption of fruit and vegetables. This results from problems of [...]
Small and medium-scale public-private partnerships in horticulture for development
Read the full article: http://203.64.245.61/fulltext_pdf/Openaccess/oa0006.pdf Keatinge, J.D.H., Easdown, W.J., Hughes, J.d’A., Tenkouano, A. Affordable high quality seed of improved varieties is essential to increase crop production and to reduce poverty and malnutrition, and this is best supplied through public-private partnerships. High value horticultural crops such as vegetables produce much higher incomes than staple crops and [...]
Integrating biopesticides in pest management strategies for tropical vegetable production
Read the full article: http://203.64.245.61/fulltext_pdf/E/2011-2015/e04993.pdf R. Srinivasan. JOURNAL OF BIOPESTICIDES, 5 (suppl):36-45 , 2012. Vegetables, cultivated on 4.65 million ha with annual production of 53.5 million t in South and Southeast Asia, are subject to severe yield losses from insect pests and diseases in the tropics. Chemical pesticides account for one third to one-half of [...]