By W. Eddo-vves, Assistant-Surgeon, Erinpoorah Irregular Force. Ox referring to the standard works which treat of the above subject, it is not difficult to meet with clear and accurate descriptions of the appearances of, and the appropriate treatment for, this peculiar disease when of very long standing, when it has penetrated to the bones and ruined the articulations. But of this disease in an...

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping" (A.G. Dassou, D. Carval, S. Dépigny, G.H Fansi, P. Tixier, 2015) [1]. This article describes how associated crops maize (Zea mays), cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) intercropped i...

Although marginal cost pricing is necessary for welfare maximization, firms that produce under conditions of decreasing average cost incur losses if they price at marginal cost. In this paper, the Coase two-part tariN is extended to several cases of common costs by assessing surplus in order to recover the losses of the regulated natural monopolist; the existence of equilibria in these cases is...

Modern Concepts & Developments in Agronomy In Vitro Plant Response of Taro cv. ‘INIVIT MC- 2012’ (Colocasia Esculenta (L.) Schott) to Water Stress Induced with Polyethylene Glycol 6000 Arletys Santos Pino*, Jorge López Torres, Aymé Rayas Cabrera and Víctor Medero Vega Division Biotechnology, Cuba *Corresponding author:Arletys Pino, Associate Researcher, Biotechnology. Research Institute Tropica...

Cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] also known as taro is regarded an important staple crop in the Pacific Islands, Asia and Africa. But, Africa has been unpopular international market though it accounted for highest share of global production level last two decades. Therefore, this study explores outlook decades (2000–2019) with a special focus on African countries noting their challenge...

The general objective of this work was to assess the functional properties composite flours obtained from flour Ivorian taro corms (Colocasia esculenta, Cv Fouê) with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). results concerning revealed significant differences (p <0.05). Indeed, water absorption capacity, solubility index and hydrated density increase considerably in various flours. On other hand, bulk ...

objective: taro (colocasia esculenta l. schott) is a perennial root crop that belongs to araceace family.  it is widely cultivated as a staple food in africa, asia and pacific islands. despite its importance, there is limited information on many aspects of the crop. in order to obtain data that can support improved and sustainable taro production, a field trial was conducted to study the effect...