July 2023

Natural regeneration pattern of the wild custard-apple, Annona senegalensis Pers. in the semi-arid area of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) is a multipurpose shrub species, but threatened in Burkina Faso. Therefore, understanding its natural regeneration is a challenge for the sustainable management of the species resources. Our study examines the regeneration potentials of A. senegalensis across two phytogeographic zones. The structure of Weibull showed that the distribution of the regeneration individuals based on...

Author(s): Aboubacar Baba ZOURE, Prospère SABO, Bassiaka OUATTARA, Edith Marie Sylvie DABOUE, and Amadé OUEDRAOGO  

July 2023

Assessment of forest cover changes in and around Jorgo Wato Forest, West Wollega, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

Detecting and identifying the changes in land cover provides the updated information about forest cover changes. Identifying forest cover change is also necessary information for planning and management of sustainable use of natural resources. This study was conducted to detect the dynamics of forest cover change in and around Jorgo Wato forest, West Wollega zone of Oromia National Regional State. In order to assess...

Author(s): Fikadu Kitaba Tola, Gudina Legese Feyisa and Debela Hunde Feyssa  

September 2023

Vegetative propagation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) by grafting: Aptitude of grafting on four clones

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of hormones and fertilizers on the aptitude of grafting of four types of clones used in the seed fields for the creation, the regeneration, and the production of pods. The experimental design is a factorial trial (4 × 3 × 2 × 2) with hormone as the main block and other factors completely randomized within the blocks with three replicates. The...

Author(s): Tchatchoua Dorothy Tchapda, Essola, Essola Emmanuel Junior, Caspa, Roseline Gusua and Bondoa Bondoa Donalson