January 2021

Diversity and local use of ornamental horticultural flora in the Bangui and Begoua communes/districts, Central African Republic

Ornamental plants are still one of the components of plant biodiversity, due to their beautiful flowers or folia, fruits and, shape that are of aesthetic, economic and cultural interest for people. The purpose of this study is to make an inventory of ornamental plants and their local uses in the municipalities of Bangui and Bégoua areas that can be used to establish a database of horticultural flora of Central...

Author(s): Kosh-Komba E., Semboli O., Touckia G. I., Oualengbe K. L., Mololi A. and Akpagana K.  

January 2021

Ex-situ propagation by cutting of Flemingea faginea (Guill.& Perr.) (Burkina Faso, West Africa)

Medicinal plants are especially used by vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso to solve their health problems. Flemingia faginea is a medicinal plant overexploited and its wetland habitat is threatened by climate change. Thus, this study aims to promote the ex-situ reproduction of F. faginea, and make it accessible as a remedy for people suffering from blood pressure disease. The capacity of reproduction by cutting has...

Author(s): Assan GNOUMOU, Raymond NANA, Djingdia LOMPO and Amadé OUEDRAOGO  

February 2021

Effect of NPK fertilizer rates on secondary metabolites of pepino melon (Solanum muricatum Aiton)

Secondary metabolites are bioactive compounds which are synthesized naturally in all plant parts. The quality and quantity of secondary metabolites produced by plants differ depending on the plant and environmental conditions under which they are produced. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (NPK) fertilizer (17:17:17) rates (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 kg ha-1) on...

Author(s): Carol Mwende Mutua, Joshua Otieno Ogweno and Robert Morwani Gesimba  

March 2021

A photographic method for measurement of tree height: More accurate and simpler than other methods?

In the photographic method, a photo is taken of the tree with an object of known reference height beside it. An inexpensive cell phone camera can be used. The tree height is calculated by using a ruler to measure the tree height and reference height on the photo. Previously, this method was thought to be accurate only if the distance to the camera was many times the tree height. However, if the cell phone is held...

Author(s): David E. Fulkerson