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INTRODUCTION - with Summary of Personal Research Programme, and Acknowledgements

HISTORY OF BANANA CULTIVATION AND ITS PROBLEMS

THE KAGERA REGION OF TANZANIA

Linked pages

• AN ILLUSTRATED TOPOGRAPHY OF KAGERA REGION (clickable vista)
• A RAINFALL AND GENERAL SITE MAP OF THE REGION
• MAP OF BUKOBA DISTRICT (clickable map)
• MAP OF MULEBA DISTRICT (clickable map)
• MAP OF KARAGWE DISTRICT (clickable map)
• MAP OF NGARA DISTRICT (clickable map)

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE 1987-1990 RESEARCH PROGRAMME

• THE "LIMITING FACTOR" CONCEPT
• THE "KEY PEST" CONCEPT - Banana weevils and Nematode pests
• FIELD TRIAL METHODOLOGY
• ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE CLONES TO COUNTER THE "LIMITING FACTOR"
• ASSESSMENT OF CROP ROTATION AND OF POTENTIAL BREAK CROPS
• SEARCH FOR AND POSSIBLE EVALUATION OF BIOCONTROL ACENTS TO CONTROL PESTS

SURVEY FINDINGS AND TRIALS PLANNING

• FIELD SURVEY CRITERIA
• FIELD SURVEY FINDINGS
• FIELD TRIAL PLANS
• WEEVIL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT GAUGE

FIELD TRIALS PROGRESS AND RESULTS UP TO MAY 1990

• CATEGORIES OF DATA RECORDED FROM THE FIELD TRIALS
• EVALUATION OF NEMATODE AND WEEVIL INCIDENCE AT SITES BEFORE LAND PREPARATION FOR TRIALS
• VEGETATIVE GROWTH RESULTS FROM DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION TRIALS
• VEGETATIVE GROWTH RESULTS FROM FACTORIAL TRIALS
• OVERALL VEGETATIVE GROWTH RESULTS
• FLOWERING AND IDENTITIES OF VARIETIES IN DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION TRIALS
• FIRST HARVEST RESULTS FROM DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION TRIALS

ANALYSIS OF RESULTS FROM TRIALS UP TO MAY 1990

• DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION TRIALS
• ANALYSIS OF RESULTS FROM FACTORIAL TRIALS UP TO MAY 1990
• OVERALL OBSERVATIONS ON PLANT GROWTH UP TO MAY 1990
• OBSERVATIONS ON FLOWERING
• OBSERVATIONS ON VARIETIES GROWN IN THE TRIALS OR OTHERWISE ENCOUNTERED
• DISCUSSION OF THE OBSERVATIONS MADE OF BANANA PLANT GROWTH AND THE CONCEPT OF "SOIL QUALITY"
• DISCUSSION OF THE FACTORIAL TRIAL DESIGN

ACHIEVMENTS OF THE BANANA PROJECT BY MAY 1990

POSTSCRIPT RESEARCH

DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FIELD TRIAL SITES

• IBARAIZIBU DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, BUKOBA DISTRICT
• IZIMBYA DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, BUKOBA DISTRICT
• KALEMA DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, BUKOBA DISTRICT
• KALONGE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, BUKOBA DISTRICT
• RUBALE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, BUKOBA DISTRICT
• KATOKE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, MULEBA DISTRICT
• KAIGARA DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, MULEBA DISTRICT
• KANGANTEBBE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, MULEBA DISTRICT
• BISHESHE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, KARAGWE DISTRICT
• KAYANGA DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, KARAGWE DISTRICT
• BUGENE DEMONSTRATION & EVALUATION TRIAL, KARAGWE DISTRICT
• KIBETA FACTORIAL TRIAL
• NYAKATO FACTORIAL TRIAL

CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHS

REFERENCES

Brian Taylor publications

©2000, 2013 - Brian Taylor CBiol FSB FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. Comments to dr.brian.taylor@ntlworld.com

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