January 2011

Methods of braking seed dormancy on germination and early seedling growth of African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) (JACQ.) Benth

  An experiment was conducted under a net house in the department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management of the Federal University of Technology Akure. This was to investigate the most effective pre-sowing treatments to break seed dormancy, to stimulate seed germination and to identify morphological traits for the assessment of Parkia biglobosa seedling vigour.  Matured seeds of P....

Author(s): A. I. Okunlola, R. A. Adebayo and A. D. Orimogunje

January 2011

Pollen Isolation Method Affects Interspecific Hybridization in Eucalyptus

  The ultimate test for utility of a pollen sample is the seed yield following control pollination (CP). In the present study, two different methods of eucalyptus pollen isolation (PI) viz., wet-lyophylisation (WL) and conventionally dry-sieving (DS) were followed. The pollen thus isolated was used to carry interspecific hybridization in order to evaluate and compared the efficiency the above two methods of PI...

Author(s): Girijashankar V

January 2011

Effect of cultivar on minor components in Tunisia olive fruits cultivated in microclimate

  This paper evaluates the usefulness of three chemical parameters (composition of volatiles compounds, total phenols and fatty acids) as a tool to discriminate the olive oils obtained from three varieties (Oueslati, Chemlali and Chetoui). These varieties are included among the cultivars permitted by the disciplinary for the production of the ‘‘Kairouan olive oil’’, a Tunisian protected...

Author(s): Ouni Youssef, Flamini Guido, Douja Daoud and Zarrouk Mokhtar

January 2011

Woody plant species used in urban forestry in West Africa: Case study in Lomé, capital town of Togo

  Many studies have been conducted on the flora of Togo. However, none of them is devoted to the ornamental flora horticulture. This survey aims to establish an inventory of the woody plant species in urban forests of Lomé, the capital town of Togo. It covers the trees planted along the avenues, in the gardens, courtyards, shady trees and trees used as fences for houses or trees at the seaside. In total,...

Author(s): Radji Raoufou, Kokou Kouami and Akpagana Koffi