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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN SEYCHELLES

Article number

153_11

Pages

91 – 94

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Abstract

Conditions for vegetable production in the Seychelles are outlined, including soils and climate.
Recommendations are made on the use of artificial fertilizers, drip irrigation, shade and crop rotation, and the performances of some locally selected cultivars are reviewed.

Publication

IX African Symposium on Horticultural Crops

Authors

C.S. Adam, R.T. Wurster

Keywords

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https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1985.153.11

Online Articles (61)

2. FAO COMMUNICATION

W.O. Baudoin

3. INTRODUCTION EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL FRUITS IN THE SEYCHELLES

C.S. Adam

4. A SELECTION FOR DISEASE-FREE MATERIAL OF CITRUS, STONE AND POME FRUITS IN REUNION ISLAND

B. Aubert

5. A REVIEW OF RECENT FRUIT CROP RESEARCH IN SRI LANKA

H.M.E. Herath

6. CLIMATIC EFFECTS ON THE FLOWERING AND FRUITING OF WOODY PERENNIAL FRUIT TREES IN ZANZIBAR

A.I. Khatibu | A.J. Carpenter | M.H. Makame | M.M. Saleh

7. THE INFLUENCE OF PLANTING MATERIAL, SPACING and ETHREL ON PINEAPPLE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY

Y.W. Mwaule

8. EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS IN SHORTENING THE JUVENILE PERIOD AND ROOTING OF APPLE (MALUS SYLVESTRIS L.) AND PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA L.) CUTTINGS

A.M.S. Nyomora

9. IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF APPLES IN THE VAKINANKARATRA DISTRICT

Mrs. M.A. Razaimanana

10. DECIDUOUS FRUIT CULTIVAR EVALUATIONS IN MALAWI

D.N. Tembwe | C.E. Arnold

11. GROWTH PERFORMANCES OF EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES IN KENYA

K. Waithaka | C.W. Ngugi

12. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN SEYCHELLES

C.S. Adam | R.T. Wurster

13. SOME EXPERIENCES IN GROWING VEGETABLES IN ASSOCIATION WITH RICE IRRIGATION PROJECTS ON ZANZIBAR ISLAND

A.J. Carpenter

14. IDENTIFICATION AND NUTRITIONAL IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS GREEN LEAF VEGETABLES IN KENYA

J.A. Chweya

15. VEGETABLE FARMING IN THE COMORES. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. CULTURES MARAICHERES AUX COMORES: PROBLEMS ET FUTUR.

A. Ben Daoud | E.B. Scheltens

16. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE TOMATO AT THE MAURITIUS SUGAR INDUSTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

N. Govinden

17. A NON-CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF SUPPORT FOR TOMATO PLANTS (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM)

M.K. Kotsokoane

18. SELECTION AND PLANTING DENSITY OF EARLY-YIELDING LEAF VEGETABLES AND THE ‘CONSUMPTION INDEX’

K.F. Lan Chow Wing | I. Rajkomar

19. SELECTION DE L’AIL (ALLIUM SATIVUM) A LA REUNION SELECTION OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) ON REUNION ISLAND

R. Michellon | J.L. Marchand

20. THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL WATERING AT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STAGES ON THE PRODUCTION OF FRENCH BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.)

K. M'Ribu

21. REGENERATION POTENTIAL, LEAF AND SEED YIELD OF VEGETABLE AMARANTH, (Amaranthus cruentus (L.) , AS A FUNCTION OF INITIAL TOPPING HEIGHTS

N.A. Mnzava | A.M. Masam

22. THE INFLUENCE OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILISATION AND SPACING ON GROWTH AND FRUITING OF BELL PEPPERS (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)

D.K. Mwamba | K. Waithaka

23. IMPORTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAPE (BRASSICA NAPUS L.) AS A VEGETABLE IN ZAMBIA

I.C. Nkhungulu | W. Msikita

24. COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF THREE SELECTIONS OF SUMMER CAULIFLOWER CULTIVAR HSI/SHU WITH CAULIFLOWER CULTIVAR LOCAL

M. Rughoo | I. Rajkomar

25. SELECTION OF HIGH-YIELDING ONION CULTIVARS SUITABLE FOR STORAGE IN MAURITIUS

M. Ramtohul | I. Rajkomar | S. Seeruttun

26. CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL IN ONIONS IN KENYA

O.E.B. Balah

27. THE EFFECT OF WEEDS ON GROWTH AND SEED YIELD OF BEANS (PHAEOLUS VULGARIS)

O.E.B. Balah | D.R. Basiime

28. THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSMISSION OF ISARIOPSIS GRISEOLA SACC. THROUGH THE SEED OF BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.).

R.A. Buruchara

29. THE AGROMYZID LEAF MINER, LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII (BURGESS), A NEW PEST OF POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLE CROPS IN MAURITIUS

J.H. Dove

30. SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SOME TOMATO CULTIVARS TO INFECTION WITH MELOIDOGYNE SPECIES

S.T. Kanyagia

31. ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT, A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED DISEASE OF ACALYPHA INDICA L. (EUPHORBIACEAE)

G. C. Kingsland

32. PATHOGENICITY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CORYNESPORA CASSIICOLA IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE SEYCHELLES

G. C. Kingsland

33. CHOANEPHOR A WET-ROT COMPLEX OF AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS (L.): EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY AND FERTILIZER NITROGEN ON ITS INCIDENCE IN DECAPITATED DIRECT-SOWN PLANTS

N.A. Mnzava | T. Ntimbwa | N.M.N. Mollel

34. THE BIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE MANGO WEEVIL IN THE COAST PROVINCE OF KENYA

K. Mwangi

35. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE RHINOCEROS BEETLE (ORYCTES MONOCEROS) BY THE VIRUS BACULOVIRUS ORYCTES

C.J. Lomer

36. SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY (CERATITIS CAPITATA (WIEDEMANN)) DETERMINED BY DIFFERENT TRAP TYPES ON THE ISLAND OF MAHE, REPUBLIC OF THE SEYCHELLES

M. Shepard | A.R. Young

37. PROGRESS ON A FUNGICIDE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR THE SEYCHELLES

W.R. Sitterley

38. BIO-ECOLOGICAL FACTS ON LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLI BURGESS (DIPT., AGROMYZIDAE) AND ON ITS PRINCIPAL PARASITE HEMIPTARSENUS SEMIALBICLAVA GIRAULT (HYM., EULOPHIDAE)

B. Vercambre | A. Thiery

39. CONTROL OF LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII BURGESS (DIPT., AGROMYZIDAE) IN BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L)

B. Vercambre | A. Thiery

40. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COCONUT PALMS AND THEIR RELATION TO FERTILISER APPLICATION

A.S. Abubaker

41. THE EFFECT OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF GROWING TEA ON YIELDS.

M.J.S. Magambo | K. Waithaka

42. EFFECTS OF INORGANIC FERTILISERS ON COFFEE YIELDS AND QUALITY IN KENYA

J.M. Njoroge

43. PROSPECTS OF INCREASING POTATO PRODUCTION IN MAURITIUS WITH CLONES INTRODUCED THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER

L.J.C. Autrey | P. Ferré | C. Ricaud

44. BREEDING SWEET POTATOES FOR THE TROPICS: VISION, PLANS, METHODOLOGY AND PROGRESS

F.W. Martin

45. INTENSIFICATION OF SWEET POTATO CULTIVATION ON REUNION ISLAND

R. Michellon

46. EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS OF POTATO GERMPLASM EVALUATIONS IN THE LOWLAND COASTAL AREAS OF KENYA

S. Nganga | J. Kimani | C. Warui

47. LIGHT INTERCEPTION, UTILISATION AND CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF SWEET POTATO, IPOMOEA BATATAS, GROWN FROM IBA-TREATED BASAL AND UNTREATED TERMINAL VINE CUTTINGS

M.D.S. Nzima

48. THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH AND TUBERIZATION OF SWEET POTATO, IPOMOEA BATATAS L.

K. Rashid | K. Waithaka

49. THE PERFORMANCE OF INTRODUCED POTATO CULTIVARS IN THE SEYCHELLES

R. T. Wurster

50. REVIEW OF HORTICULTURAL EXTENSION IN TANZANIA

R.D. Kyamba

51. HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN TANZANIA

N.J. Maliwa

52. THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE AT TENGERU, ARUSHA, TANZANIA

N.J. Maliwa

53. THE MARKETING SYSTEM FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN KENYA

O.L.E. Mbatia

54. A GENERAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH WORK ON COCONUTS AND CASHEW NUTS AT THE KENYA COAST.

A.S. Abubaker

55. IMPROVING CASHEW NUT PRODUCTION THROUGH SELECTION AND AN IMPROVED PLANTING METHOD

A.S. Abubaker

56. AN EVALUATION OF MACADAMIA NUT PERFORMANCE IN MALAWI

I.M.G. Phiri

57. A NOTE ON THE IH-MSIRI DRIP IRRIGATION RESEARCH PROJECT

C.H. Batchelor | S.R. Wellings | G.C. Soopramanien

58. EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: ITS INFLUENCE ON NATURAL VEGETATION PATTERNS AND IMPORTANCE TO CROP INTRODUCTIONS

Thomas T. Cochrane

59. RECENT ADVANCES OF THE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY IN ETHIOPIA

S. Haile-Mariam

60. DEVELOPMENT OF TOMATO AND CHINESE CABBAGE CULTIVARS ADAPTED TO THE HOT, HUMID TROPICS

Romeo T. Opeña

61. HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN ZIMBABWE

B. Parsons

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