Volume 35, Issue 1, December 2021, Pages 140–152
Camara Brahima1, Ganemtore Souleymane2, Traore Ibrahim3, Kamara Adjata4, and Daouda KONE5
1 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Laboratoire de Physiologie végétale, UFR Biosciences, Université FHB de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
Original language: English
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Yam (Dioscorea spp.) occupies an important place in the diet of the populations of Côte d'Ivoire. However, during storage, significant losses due to fungi are observed. The objective of this work was to know if traders are aware of the difficulties they encounter during the storage of yam tubers. To do this, a survey was conducted in four communes in the District of Abidjan. It was found that more than 94% of traders encounter enormous difficulties, particularly rotting during the storage of yams before sale. This mainly soft rot (93.75%) causes the loss of 10 to 20% of stocks according to 56.25% of traders. Although 87.5% of the traders felt they knew the causes of the rots, fungi were not mentioned at all. This study is a preliminary study that could be a database for a possible study on the identification and control of these fungi responsible for post-harvest rots.
Author Keywords: yam, fungi, rots, storage, survey.
Camara Brahima1, Ganemtore Souleymane2, Traore Ibrahim3, Kamara Adjata4, and Daouda KONE5
1 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Biosciences, UPR Physiologie et Pathologie Végétales, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Laboratoire de Physiologie végétale, UFR Biosciences, Université FHB de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) occupies an important place in the diet of the populations of Côte d'Ivoire. However, during storage, significant losses due to fungi are observed. The objective of this work was to know if traders are aware of the difficulties they encounter during the storage of yam tubers. To do this, a survey was conducted in four communes in the District of Abidjan. It was found that more than 94% of traders encounter enormous difficulties, particularly rotting during the storage of yams before sale. This mainly soft rot (93.75%) causes the loss of 10 to 20% of stocks according to 56.25% of traders. Although 87.5% of the traders felt they knew the causes of the rots, fungi were not mentioned at all. This study is a preliminary study that could be a database for a possible study on the identification and control of these fungi responsible for post-harvest rots.
Author Keywords: yam, fungi, rots, storage, survey.
How to Cite this Article
Camara Brahima, Ganemtore Souleymane, Traore Ibrahim, Kamara Adjata, and Daouda KONE, “Diagnostic study of the conservation of yam tubers varieties in four communes of the Abidjan district (Côte d'Ivoire),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 140–152, December 2021.
