Baobab Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

5.2 DOMESTIC NON-FOOD USES, OTHER THAN MEDICINAL........................49
5.2.1 Fibre............................................................................................49
5.2.2 Dye .............................................................................................49
5.2.3 Seed shell....................................................................................49
5.2.4 Fuel.............................................................................................49
5.2.5 Animal browse and feed.............................................................49
5.3 MEDICINAL USES ................................................................................50
5.3.1 Traditional use............................................................................50
5.3.2 Antidote to poison ......................................................................50
5.3.3 Use in Indian medicine...............................................................50
5.3.4 Use in cosmetic treatments .........................................................51
5.4 POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED LOCAL USE..............................................51
5.4.1 Processing...................................................................................51
5.4.2 Marketing ...................................................................................60
5.5 USE OF THE OTHER ADANSONIA SPECIES..............................................60
CHAPTER 6. GENETIC RESOURCES, VARIATION AND
SELECTION............................................................................................61
6.1 TAXONOMIC VARIATION.....................................................................61
6.2 FOLK CLASSIFICATION/SELECTION......................................................61
6.3 GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS ................................................................61
6.4 CHROMOSOME NUMBERS....................................................................62
6.5 CHALLENGES TO SELECTION...............................................................62
CHAPTER 7. AGROECOLOGY ............................................................64
7.1 ECO-CLIMATIC ZONES.........................................................................64
7.2 ELEVATION.........................................................................................66
7.3 SOILS ..................................................................................................66
7.4 ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT AND FIRE..................................................66
7.5 MYCORRHIZAE ...................................................................................66
CHAPTER 8. AGRONOMY....................................................................67
8.1 SEED PROPAGATION............................................................................67
8.1.1 Collecting seeds..........................................................................67
8.1.2 Seed sowing and germination.....................................................67
8.1.3 Planting and spacing...................................................................68
8.2 VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION................................................................68
8.2.1 Stem cuttings ..............................................................................68
8.2.2 Grafting ......................................................................................68
8.3 GROWTH AND PRODUCTION................................................................69
8.4 HUSBANDRY.......................................................................................69
8.5 PESTS AND DISEASES ..........................................................................70
8.5.1 Physiological ‘disease’ ...............................................................71
8.6 HARVESTING ......................................................................................71
CHAPTER 9. PLANTING MATERIAL AND RESEARCH
CONTACTS.............................................................................................73
9.1 CURRENT SEED SUPPLIERS..................................................................73
9.2 RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CONTACTS ..............................................74
9.2.1 Regional/International organisations ..........................................74
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