Abstract Biodiversity is fundamental for ecosystem functioning, sustainable crop production, soil health, and attainment of food nutrition security. Loss biodiversity in Africa across the globe, its negative impacts on security, climate, health must be curbed. African indigenous underutilized crops are not likely to cause diet-related diseases. In addition, some them cannot adversely affected b...

Beekeeping, otherwise known as apiculture is a lucrative business providing supplementary or major income to the people in rural areas. Honey has certain health benefits, with its nutritional composition closely similar fruits and natural sweetener. Honeybees are also good pollinator gives valued products such beewax, propolis, bee venom, etc. However, for commercial beekeeping, selection of sp...

In recent decades, significant international assistance has been provided to assist the establishment of market information systems (MISs) in a range of developing countries, including many in Africa. However, experience with state-run MISs, looking to provide current price information to market participants, has not been encouraging. Volatile horticultural markets provide particular challenges...

With the removal of hemp from controlled substances list, is now one emerging crops in Florida. There limited information on how to grow this crop Like hops, another recently introduced state, with major yield-limiting factors premature flowering induced by inadequate day length. This article provides guidelines for growers Florida use supplemental lighting control and improve growth under Flor...

Genetic improvement of agronomic crops through breeding, which typically are marketed as commodities, are grower directed. Breeding objectives principally involve increasing yield, often based on resistance to biotic and non-biotic stress. For example improvement in hybrid maize yields have relied on increasing yield stability under high populations. In horticultural crops, breeding objectives ...

Phytophthora pathogens are responsible for some of the most serious diseases of cocoa including phytophthora pod rot (PPR) or black pod, stem canker, leaf and seedling blight, chupon wilt and flower cushion infections. PPR causes 10–30% annual losses in production of cocoa beans globally, and much higher losses locally in particularly wet and humid conditions. Stem canker causes further losses ...

Drought stress is one of the main factors limiting horticultural crops, especially in environments such as Mediterranean basin, which often characterized by sub-optimal water availability [...]

Vitamin C, including ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid, is one of the most important nutritional quality factors in many horticultural crops and has many biological activities in the human body. The content of vitamin C in fruits and vegetables can be influenced by various factors such as genotypic differences, preharvest climatic conditions and cultural practices, maturity and harvesting ...