First report of Penicillium sclerotigenum causing post-harvest rotof yam in Côte d’Ivoire

Publication Type

Journal Article

Name of Author

• A Kamara, Centre d’Excellence Africain sur le Changement climatique, la Biodiversité et l’Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côted’Ivoire
• B Camara, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Agriculture et Valorisation des Ressources Biologiques, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• A D. Armitage, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
• O Ogunsanya, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
• V Gouannou, Centre d’Excellence Africain sur le Changement climatique, la Biodiversité et l’Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côted’Ivoire
• D Koné, Centre d’Excellence Africain sur le Changement climatique, la Biodiversité et l’Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côted’Ivoire

Publication Date (Issue Year)

2024

Journal Name

N E W D I S E A S E R E P O R T

Abstract

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is the third most produced non-cereal crop withglobal production of 72 million tonnes per year and is cultivated acrossWest Africa. With a production of over 7 million tonnes, Côte d’Ivoireis the world’s third largest producer and yam is the country’s main non-cereal food crop (Scott et al., 2020). However, the storage life of yamsis greatly reduced by post-harvest rots and previous studies revealedthat a range of fungi were responsible, including Aspergillus Botryodiplo-dia, Colletotrichum, Mucor and Penicillium species (Assiri Kouamé et al.,2017).

Keywords

post harvest, rot, yam

Grantee Name(s)

B. Camara

Project Title

Sustainable and innovative yam production in Côte d'Ivoire through post-harvest pest control.

Funding Statement

This research was funded by the Partnership for Skills in AppliedSciences, Engineering, and Technology Regional Scholarship and Inno-vation Fund (PASET-RSIF)

Recommended Citation

Kamara, A., Camara, B., Armitage, A. D., Ogunsanya, O., Gouannou, V., & Koné, D. (2024). First report of Penicillium sclerotigenum causing post-harvest rotof yam in Côte d’Ivoire. N E W D I S E A S E R E P O R T https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12307