Occurrence of mistletoes on shea trees in Northern Ghana
| العنوان: | Occurrence of mistletoes on shea trees in Northern Ghana |
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| المؤلفون: | J.A. Dogbatse, E.W. Anyomi, S.W. Avicor, E.K. Asare |
| المصدر: | African Crop Science Journal; Vol 27, No 4 (2019); 679-686 |
| بيانات النشر: | African Journals Online (AJOL), 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0106 biological sciences, biology, 05 social sciences, Ficus, General Medicine, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, 050906 social work, Agelanthus dodoneifolius, Ficus popenoei, Tapinanthus bangwensis, Horticulture, Tapinanthus, Infestation, medicine, Key (lock), Epiphyte, 0509 other social sciences, Agelanthus, 010606 plant biology & botany |
| الوصف: | In an attempt to establish the cause of reported death of shea trees at Maluwe and Gindabo in the Northern Region of Ghana, a survey of mistletoes on shea trees was conducted. In August 2018, 50 shea trees were randomly sampled at each study site and inspected for the presence of mistletoes. Two species of mistletoes, Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl. & K Krause) Danser and Agelanthus dodoneifolius (DC) Danser were identified on shea trees. Agelanthus dodoneifolius was the dominant mistletoe species at both Maluwe (50% infestation) and Gindabo (84% infestation). None of the mistletoe infested trees were found dead at both study sites. An epiphytic plant, Ficus popenoei Standl. was identified on a shea tree at Gindabo. Further studies need to be conducted to determine the distribution, severity and impact of mistletoes on the productivity of the shea trees. Key words: Agelanthus dodoneifolius, Ficus popenoei, Tapinanthus bangwensis |
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| تدمد: | 2072-6589 1021-9730 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a3061346ba6e5d62d428366df537a471Test https://doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v27i4.9Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a3061346ba6e5d62d428366df537a471 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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