| Autor: |
Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, Jones Akuaku |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Trees, Forests and People, Vol 8, Iss , Pp 100232- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2666-7193 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100232 |
| Popis: |
Baobab is a very important plant with several uses, serving as a food security crop with the potential to increase the incomes of farmers. However, the plant is undomesticated. The objective of this study was to domesticate the plant to promote its cultivation and utilization. Seeds were treated with sulphuric acid to induce early germination. Germinated seedlings were grafted with matured scions with signs of previous fruiting. Twenty-two of the seedlings were transplanted at eight months of seed treatment on a field at the Ho Technical University campus. Due to destruction by bushfire and stray animals, only four seedlings survived. Twenty months after transplanting, anthesis was observed in one of the surviving trees, and four and a half months later on a second one. A review of literature indicates that this is the earliest duration to anthesis ever reported for baobab. The early observation of anthesis suggests that with good agronomic practices such as supplementary irrigation, insect pest control, manuring and protection from stray animals, baobab could start fruiting within two years of planting. Achieving this will encourage farmers who may be put off by the long maturity period of the plant to go into baobab cultivation. This would help diversify agriculture in many African countries, increase income and food security and contribute towards the attainment of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations. |
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