Abdourazak Alio Moussa

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• PhD Crop genetics and breeding
• Lecturer-researcher at Abdou Moumouni University

Maize (Zea mays L.) plays an important role in food security in West Africa. However, its cultivation is declining, thus, threatening food security and leading to loss of genetic resources of maize. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agro-morphological performance of local and improved maize varieties in South-Western Niger. A total of...

Weed competition is a major obstacle to millet cultivation [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. (Poaceae)]. The present study was conducted in the south-east of Niger to determine the density of Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link (Lamiaceae) likely to influence millet production, in order to help farmers define technical itineraries for controlling this specie...

Weed control is one of the most important constraints to crop production. This study was undertaken in the south-east of Niger. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of weed control on millet production in this area. Experiments focused on the growth (height and tillering) and grain weight of millet plants subjected to competition from Cass...

Weed infestation is, after the negative effects of climate variability and change, the second most important factor in grain reduction. The present study, carried out in the southeast of Niger, aims to determine the weeding period that can influence millet production. The experimental setup used is a complete Fisher block, comprising 36 elementary...

Cultivation of the ‘Apple of the Sahel’ (also known as Indian Jujube) is central to the food security, nutrition, and income of rural communities in developing countries like Niger. However, rainfall variability significantly impacts the development of this plant. This study aims to determine the effects of seasonal water regimes on the growth and...

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L) is a plant native to India and Malaysia, very widespread in West African countries. It is a shrub of the Plantae kingdom belonging to the Malvaceae family, of the Hibiscus genus and of the sabdariffa species. This study aims to provide additional information for a better valorization of sorrel cultivation in West Afr...

In Niger, sorrel is cultivated for its leaves, seeds and calyxes, which con-stitute a source of income for producers. It plays an important role in the food and nutritional security of the Sahel populations. The objective of this study is to high-light the main actors and their activities through the value chain approach. The se-lection of individu...

Balanites aegyptiaca contributes strongly to the resilience of Sahelian populations. All the organs of B. aegyptiaca are used either for food, medicinal purposes or for other services. However, very few studies on the socioeconomic importance of B. aegyptiaca have been conducted in Niger. The main objective of this study was to valorize the knowled...

Soil salinization is a major threat to crop production. Biochar and aluminum sulfate as soil amendments are critical for improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity under saline-sodic conditions. This study explored the effects of rice-husk biochar and aluminum sulfate on rice growth, biomass, yield, and soil properties under saline-sodic conditi...

Improving roselle yield and production, particularly in light of climate change and variability, remains challenging and constantly urges for the modification of agro-techniques. One such modification that has proven successful in boosting yield of many vegetable crops in recent years is the adaptation of the apex cutting technique, especially in u...

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) plays a critical socioeconomic role in Sahelian populations (Niger, Burkina, Mali, Senegal...). During the 2017 rainy season, a field experiment was carried out in Tara/Gaya and Tarna/Maradi to study the effect of apex cutting on Roselle production. The experiment used a split-plot in randomized blocks of four (4) r...

Pearl millet is the most widely grown cereal crop in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, and in Niger in particular. To determine an optimized management strategy for smallholder farmers in southern Niger to cope with crop production failure and improve cropping performance in the context of climate change and variability, multi-site trials w...

The efficient plantlets regeneration of peanut is the most important and a primary step to successfully transform gene and apply recently developed genome editing techniques for crop yield improvement. The purpose of this research is to develop protocol for peanut cultivars applying different concentration of hormones for selected peanut cultivars...

Composting chicken manure causes negative impacts on environmental ecosystem by increasing ammonia (NH3) emissions. Split addition of maize straw-derived biochar (Bi) during composting of chicken manure may promote the composting process, increase the quality of produced compost and reduce NH3 volatilization. To build composting piles, fresh chicke...

Abstract In this study, soil samples under long term OW treatments were collected to analyze the changes in soil humic acid composition. The treatments in this study included a control (CK), fodder grass (FG), mushroom (MR), maize straw (MS) and tree leaves (TL) wastes. Soil HA structure was analyzed using (FTIR) and (13C- NMR). The results from th...

Root systems can display variable genetic architectures leading to nutrient foraging or improving abiotic stress tolerance. Breeding for new soybean varieties with efficient root systems has tremendous potential in enhancing resource use efficiency and plant adaptation for challenging climates. In this study, root related traits were analyzed in a...

Abstract Background Breeding for new maize varieties with propitious root systems has tremendous potential in improving water and nutrients use efficiency and plant adaptation under suboptimal conditions. To date, most of the previously detected root-related trait genes in maize were new without functional verification. In this study, seven seedlin...

Purpose: The study aimed at assessing the effects of maize-alfalfa intercropping with and without nitrogen fertilization on photosynthetic characteristics, photosynthetic nitrogen utilization efficiency (PNUE) and yield. Methods: A 2-year field experiment with split plot arrangements was conducted to study the effect of different planting patterns...

The demographic pressure in Benin has led to an increase in demand for cereals, in particular maize (Zea mays L.), which constitutes the staple diet for the populations. Yet, in this context of climatic variability, the environmental conditions greatly limit the yields of this crop. The purpose of this study was to compare the agro-morphological ch...

2021). Mapping QTLs using high-density SNPs genotyped by sequencing reveals novel potential regions underlying maize root morphological traits at seedling stage. Intl J Agric Biol 25:904-914 Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.) root system plays a crucial role in plant fixation and the acquisition of nutrients and water essential for growth and development...

Little research has been done on blueberry under shade nets in northeastern china. We used two color nets black and green with three different level of shade 30%, 50%, 70% nominal shade. We used two variety of hight bush blueberry pulan 9 & northland. Leaf size (width, length) were measured after when all leaves matured, internodes distance, leaf s...

Rice is the second-largest under cultivated crop which is growing globally. However, there is little information about biochar addition particularly in combination with aluminum sulfate on rice grain quality under saline-sodic soil conditions. This study evaluated the effect of rice husk biochar and aluminum sulfate application on rice grain qualit...

Soybean is recognized as one of the most important economically approved beans across the world. Due to its genetic complexity of the several root traits, the study of root traits is generally ignored and not used as a selection standard. In this study, soybean germplasm consisted of 260 inbred lines was assessed for shoot and root traits at vegeta...

Abstract To evaluate the effect of planting distance on yield and agro-morphological characteristics of Bara variety (a local variety of rice), a field experiment was carried out at the experimental station of the Agricultural Faculty of Kunduz University in 2016. Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with four replications was used in the expe...

Rice as a sensitive crop that usually affected by many harmful environmental stresses. Numerous policies are followed to increase plant growth-tolerance under abiotic-stresses in various plant species. The attempts to improve crop tolerance against abiotic stresses via common breeding method are needed to follow a long-term, and may also be non-aff...