Publications (280)
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Identification of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers Linked to Cowpea Resistance to Cowpea Aphid Borne Mosaic Virus (CABMV) in Burkina Faso
Barro Antoine1*, Tignegre Jean Baptiste De La Salle2, Kiebre Zakaria1, Drabo Issa3 and Sawadogo Mahamadou1
Cowpea is rich in proteins and contains essential amino acids. It is used for
nutrition. For the producers, it is an important source of incomes. Cowpea is mainly
grown for its grains, its leaves, its young pods. However several viral diseases
attack cowpea. The most dangerous one is yellow mosaic transmitted by aphids or
Cowpea Aphid Born(...)
Cowpea, microsatellite, CABMV, polymorphism, Burkina Faso
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Evaluation de la résistance de quelques lignées et écotypes de niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) WALP.) au Cowpea Aphid-Borne Mosaic Virus au Burkina Faso
Antoine BARRO1, Mahamadou SAWADOGO1, Zakaria KIEBRE1, and Bouma James NEYA2
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata [L] Walp, is one of the most important grain legume grown in all arid and semi-arid
regions of Africa. It contributes to reduce malnutrition and poverty and to achieve food security as well. However, cowpea
production is hampered by many biotic and abiotic stresses which include viral diseases. Cowpea mosaic caused(...)
Cowpea, CABMV, Severity, Transmission of CABMV
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Evaluation of Cowpea Resistance to Cowpea Aphid Borne Mosaic Virus in Burkina Faso
Antoine Barro, Mahamadou Sawadogo, Zakaria Kiébré, Bouma James Néya
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata [L] Walp, is one of the most important grain legume grown in all arid and semi-arid regions of Africa. It contributes to reduce malnutrition and poverty and to achieve food security as well. However, cowpea production is hampered by many biotic and abiotic stresses which include viral diseases. Cowpea mosaic caused by(...)
Vigna, Biology, Mosaic virus, Abiotic component, Cultivar, Legume, Agronomy, Plant disease resistance, Veterinary medicine, Horticulture, Plant virus, Virus, Medicine, Virology
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Occurrence and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Aerococcus and Enterococcus Strains Isolated from Acute and Chronic Cellulites of Dental Origin in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Kaboré WAD, Ali Konaté, Réné Dembelé, K Konaté, B. Faye, Dieu‐Donné Ouedraogo, Sylvie Boisramé, Traoré AS, Nicolas Barro, Lassana Sangaré
Cellulites of dental origin are extensive polymicrobial infections of the face and neck cell-adipose tissues. Management of infections of this nature presents significant challenges. The key to this is the identification of the causative organisms and determination of their susceptibility to antibiotics. Enterococcus and Aerococcus are pathoge(...)
Microbiology, Cefuroxime, Cefotaxime, Amoxicillin, Enterococcus, Penicillin, Antibiotic resistance, Sulfamethoxazole, Antibiotics, Trimethoprim, Medicine, Biology
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Success of three soil restoration techniques on seedling survival and growth of three plant species in the Sahel of Burkina Faso (West Africa)
Philippe Bayen, Anne Mette Lykke, Adjima Thiombiano
In the Sahel of Africa, where 90 % of the population depends on natural resources for their livelihood, a large part of the soils are structurally unstable, prone to crusting and hard setting, and have low water holding capacity, which hamper vegetation establishment. The effect of soil restoration techniques on survival and growth of seedling(...)
Acacia, Sowing, Seedling, Randomized block design, Jatropha curcas, Vegetation (pathology), Agronomy, Population, Biology, Soil water, Agroforestry, Acacia mangium, Environmental science, Forestry, Horticulture, Geography, Botany, Ecology.
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Aspects of natural history in a sand boa,Eryx muelleri(Erycidae) from arid savannahs in Burkina Faso, Togo, and Nigeria (West Africa)
Leonardo Vignoli, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Edem A. Eniang, Emmanuel M. Hema, Fabio Petrozzi, Godfrey C. Akani, Luca Luiselli
The ecology of West African arid savannah snakes is still poorly known, especially in regard to the fossorial species. Here, field data on distribution, morphometrics, habitat use and diet are reported for the sand boa Eryx muelleri (Erycidae) from three different countries, i.e. Burkina Faso, Togo and Nigeria. This snake was observed in 21 di(...)
Fossorial, Juvenile, Morphometrics, Ecology, Arid, Lizard, Biology, Habitat, Geography, Zoology
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Prevalence and diversity of Salmonella enterica in water, fish and lettuce in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Oumar Traoré, Outi Martikainen, Anja Siitonen, Isidore O Juste Bonkoungou, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro, Kaisa Haukka
Background: This study investigated the prevalence, serotypes and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of Salmonella
enterica in environment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A total of 476 samples, consisting of 36 samples of tap
water, 51 samples of well water, 87 samples of channel water, 44 samples of reservoir water, 238 samples of fish,
and(...)
Salmonella, Serotypes, Water, Fish, Lettuce, Antimicrobials
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Retrospective versus prospective designs for studies of crop-raiding by elephants in Kakum, Ghana
R. F. W. Barnes, Emmanuel Danquah, Emmanuel M. Hema, Umaru-Farouk Dubiure, Mildred Manford, Awo Nandjui, Yaw Agyeman Boafo
include distance of farm to reserve boundary line, area under cultivation, number of crop types on farm and Additional key words: Résumé La maraude des cultures par les éléphants continuera à être exacerbée par l'expansion des populations
Crop, Geography, Boundary (topology), Agricultural science, Forestry, Biology, Mathematics
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Does Jatropha curcas L. show resistance to drought in the Sahelian zone of West Africa? A case study from Burkina Faso
Philippe Bayen, Tene Kwetche Sop, Anne Mette Lykke, Adjima Thiombiano
Abstract. Land degradation is an environmental problem which weakens agro-sylvo-pastoral productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. The most common manifestation of land degradation is the appearance of denuded land. We carried out an experiment to test the effect of three soil and water conservation techniques on survival and growth of Jatropha curc(...)
Jatropha curcas, Seedling, Dry land, Land degradation, Dry season, Land restoration, Soil water, Biology, Agronomy, Productivity, Horticulture, Forestry, Geography, Land use, Ecology.
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The use of biomass production and allometric models to estimate carbon sequestration of Jatropha curcas L. plantations in western Burkina Faso
Philippe Bayen, Fidèle Bognounou, Anne Mette Lykke, Makido Ouédraogo, Adjima Thiombiano
The topic of carbon sequestration in plants has received much attention recently due to concerns about global climate change, which is being exacerbated by deforestation. In the early days of the global bioenergy boom, the private sector and non-government organizations enthusiastically promoted the planting of Jatropha curcas L. as a key cand(...)
Carbon sequestration, Biomass (ecology), Bioenergy, Environmental science, Jatropha curcas, Tree allometry, Allometry, Agronomy, Shrub, Biofuel, Agroforestry, Forestry, Biology, Ecology, Botany, Biomass partitioning, Carbon dioxide, Geography.
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Population Structure in Natural Stands, Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Sterculia setigera under Nursery Conditions in Burkina Faso (West Africa)
Philippe Bayen, Anne Mette Lykke, Amadé Ouédraogo, Adjima Thiombiano
The present study aimed at evaluating S. setigera population structure in natural stands and estimating the effect of pretreatment methods on seeds’ germination capacity and seedling establishment. Dendrometrical measurements were performed on 504 S. setigera trees for population structure assessment. The bell shaped structure obtained indicat(...)
Seedling, Germination, Biology, Horticulture, Population, Natural population growth, Agronomy, Botany, Geography, Demography
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Population structure in natural sands, seed germination and seedling growth of Sterculia setigera trees under nursery conditions in Burkina Faso (West Africa)
Philippe Bayen, Anne Mette Lykke, Ouédraogo, Amadou, Adjima Thiombiano
The present study aimed at evaluating S. setigera population structure in natural stands and estimating the effect of pretreatment methods on seeds’ germination capacity and seedling establishment. Dendrometrical measurements were performed on 504 S. setigera trees for population structure assessment. The bell shaped structure obtained indicat(...)
Seedling, Germination, Botany, Population, Geography, Biology, Horticulture, Demography
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Impact de l’artisanat minier sur les sols d’un environnement agricole aménagé au Burkina Faso
Ousmane BAMBA, Souleymane PELEDE, Aboubakar SAKO, Nicolas KAGAMBEGA Mariette Y. W. MININGOU
Au Burkina Faso, l’orpaillage contribue aux revenus des populations rurales. Cependant, cette activité utilise des technologies mal adaptées qui causent des impacts négatifs sur l'environnement et les ressources naturelles, en l’occurrence les sols. Dans un contexte du cours de l’or favorable, le nombre de mines artisanales s’est accru et il e(...)
sol ; unités morphopédologiques ; orpaillage ; environnement
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Elephants or Excrement? Comparison of the Power of Two Survey Methods for Elephants in West African Savanna
Emmanuel M. Hema, R. F. W. Barnes, Wendengoudi Guenda
Statistical power is the key issue when evaluating wildlife trends. Wildlife managers in West Africa lack light aeroplanes and must often estimate wildlife trends on foot, either by counting the animals themselves or by counting their dung. We compared direct ground counts of elephants and dung counts in two consecutive years in Nazinga Game R(...)
Transect, Wildlife, Geography, Woodland, Habitat, Aerial survey, Ecology, Biology, Cartography
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Distribution of savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana africana Blumenbach 1797) within Nazinga game ranch, Southern Burkina Faso
Emmanuel M. Hema, R. F. W. Barnes, Wendengoudi Guenda
We tested the hypothesis that elephant distribution inside the Nazinga Game Ranch (Southern Burkina Faso) during the wet season is influenced by villages outside, while in the dry season elephants are restricted only by water. Occupancy was evaluated by recording elephant dung-piles on 54 line transects in each of three seasons: wet 2006, dry(...)
Dry season, Geography, Transect, Wet season, Forestry, Occupancy, African elephant, Ecology, Biology, Cartography