African Journal of Agronomy

ISSN 2375-1185

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. S.C Ying

Director General

China National Rice Research

Institute (CNRRI)

359 Tiyuchang Road,

Hangzhou 310006, P.R China.

Associate Editors

Prof. H.T Borromeo

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy

University of Philippines at Los

Baños, Laguna 4031

Philippines.

Prof. Z.S Ming-De

Coordinator for East Asia

IPGRI Office for East Asia

C/o CAAS, 30 Bai Shi Qiao Road

Beijing 100081, China.

Prof. K.E Zhu Defeng

China National Rice Research Institute,

359 Tiyunchang Road,

Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006.

Prof. S.M.E Siddiq

Directorate of Rice Research,

Rajendranagar,

Hyderabad 500 030 (AP).

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Abdul Karim Makarim

Senior Researcher,

Central Research Institute for Food Crops (CRIFC),

Jl. Merdeka 147, Bogor 16111

Indonesia.

Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian

Deputy Executive Director,

Philippine Rice Research Institute,

Maligaya, Munoz, Nueva Ecija.

Dr. M. P. Dhanapala

Director,

Rice Research and Development Institute (RRDI),

Batalagoda, Ibbagamuwa

Sri Lanka.

Dr. R.S.M Kupkanchanakul

Senior Rice Agronomist,

Rice Research Institute,

Department of Agriculture,

Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak,

Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Dr. B.A Bong

Director,

Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute,

Omon, Cantho.

Vietnam

Dr. T.V Balasubramanian

CREMNET Coordinator/Program Leader - Impact

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),

MCPO 3127, 1271 Makati, Manila,

Philippines.

Dr. V.E Tran

Senior Rice Agronomist,

Crops and Grassland Service (AGPC),

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO),

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla,

00100 Rome, Italy.

Dr. Prem Nath

Assistant Director-General and FAO

Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,

Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Dr. G.E Qingsong

Deputy Regional Representative,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,

Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Dr. K.N Papademetriou

Senior Plant Production and Protection Officer,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,

Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Dr. T.S Facon

Water Management Officer,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,

Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Dr. I.V Visuthi

Secretary,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,

Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Dr. C.R Chaudhary

Chairman,

Participatory Rural Development Foundation (PRDF),

Shivpur Shahbazganj, P.O. Jungle Salikram,

Gorakhpur (U.P.) 273014, India.

Dr. J.E Lacy

District Agronomist,

New South Wales Agriculture,

P.O. Box 108,

241 Murray Street,

Finley, N.S.W. 2713

Dr. K.E Abdus Sattar

Principal Scientific Officer,

Agronomy Division,

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI),

Gazipur 1710.

Dr R.A Fischer

Research Programme Coordinator,

Crop Sciences

Australian Centre for International

Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

GPO Box 1571, Canberra city

ACT 2601, Australia.

Dr. P.E Lawrance

Australian Tropical Crops Genetic

Resource Centre

PO Box 201Biloela 4715

Australia.

Dr. G.M Hossain

Director, Technology Transfer &

Monitoring Unit

Bangladesh Agricultural Research

Council

Farmgate, New Airport Road

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dr. R.T Gurung

Research Officer

Ministry of Agriculture

PO Box 252, Thimphu,

Bhutan.

Dr. S.B Gyaltshen

Acting Director

Research, Extension & Irrigation

Division, Ministry of Agriculture

PO Box 252, Thimphu, Bhutan

Dr. M.L Sarom

Plant Breeder

Cambodia-IRRI-Australia Project

PO Box 01, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Dr. M.S Soeun

Chief of Technical Research

Agronomy Office, Dept. of

Agronomy, MAFF, 10 Monireth Str.

PO Box 01, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Dr. P.G Weidong

Head, Research Management Division

Institute of Crop Germplasm

Resources, CAAS, 30 Bai Shi Qiao

Road, Beijing 100081, P.R.

China.

Dr. N.E Zhihua

Deputy Director

Dept. of Science & Technology

Management

Chinese Academy of Agricultural

Sciences, 30 Bai Shi Qiao Road

Beijing 100081, China

Dr. Jainend Kumar

Director Research

Koroniva Research Station

Ministry of Primary Industries

Forestry & Cooperatives

PO Box 77, Nausori, Fiji.

Dr. L.E Chadha

National Professor (Hort.)

Division of Fruits & Horticulture

Technology, IARI,

New Delhi 110 012, India.

Dr. P.S Chandel

Ex-Director, NBPGR

C/12 B DDA, MIG Flats

G-8 Area, Mayapuri,

New Delhi 110 064, India.

Dr. A.A Gupta

Indian Institute of Management

(and Society for Research &

Initiatives for Sustainable

Technologies & Inst.), Vastrapur

Ahmedabad 380 015, India

Dr. V.S Paroda

Director General ICAR and

Secretary DARE

Krishi Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Road, New Delhi 110 001, India

Dr. S.E Siddiq

National Professor

Directorate of Rice Research

Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030

India.

Dr. B.E Singh

Director

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Puse Campus

New Delhi 110 012

India.

Dr. M.I Manwan

c/o. Agency for Agricultural Research

& Development (AARD)

Jalan Merdeka No.147

Bogor 16111, Indonesia.

Dr. H. O Soedarsan

Agency for Agricultural Research

& Development (AARD)

Jl Ragunan 29

Pasar Minqqu, Jakarta

Indonesia.

Dr. L.S Wahid

Director

Central Research for Institute Industrial

Crops & Chairman,

National Committee for Genetic

Resources

Jalan Tentara Pelajar (Cimanggu)1

Bogor, West Java 1611

Indonesia.

Dr. F.M Seko

Genetic Resources Coordinator

National Institute of Agrobiological

Resources

Japan.

Dr. S.Y Kim

Director General

International Tech. Coop. Centre

Rural Development Administration

Suweon 441707, Republic of Korea

Dr. D.A Lee

Korean Germplasm Bank, National

Agricultural Science & Technlogy

Institute

Rural Development Administration

249 Sedun Dong, Suwon 441-707

Republic of Korea.

Dr. S.N.O Altansukh

National Coordiantor of Plant Genetic

Resources Programme

Mongolian Agricultural University,

Vice-Rector

210153, Ulan Batar, Zaisan-Haais

Mongolia.

Dr. U. Htein Lin

Manager

Myanmar Agriculture Service

Yangon,

Myanmar.

Dr. P.S Upadhyay

Agriculture Botany Division

Nepal Agricultural Research Council

PO Box 5459, Khumaltar, Lalitpur

Kathmandu,

Nepal.

Dr. M.A Khan

Ex-Chairman

Pakistan Agricultural Research

Council, Plot No. 20, G-5/1

P O Box 1031, Islamabad,

Pakistan

Dr. C.N Altoveros

University Researcher & Division

Head, National Plant Genetic

Resources Laboratory

Institute of Plant Breeding

University of Philippines

Los Baños

Philippines.

Dr. William D. Dar

Acting Secretary

Department of Agriculture

Diliman Quezon City

Philippines.

Dr. M.A Salazar

Chairperson

Programme Coordinating Committee

Community Biodiversity Conservation

Development Programme,

Quezon City

Philippines.

Dr. R.N Kambuou

Principal Agronomist (PGR)

National Agricultural Research Institute

Dry-Lowlands Programme-Laloki

P.O. Box 1828, Port Moresby, NCD

Papua New Guinea.

Dr. R.B Wayi

Director Research

Agricultural Research Division

Department of Agricultural Livestock

P.O. Box 417, KONEDOBU

Papua New Guinea

Dr. Ruth Liloqula

Director of Agricultural Research

P.O. Box G13

Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries

HONIARA

Solomon Islands.

Dr. H.D Muthukuda

Arachchi

Dy. Director (Research)

Regional Agricultural Research &

Development Centre, Aralaganwila

Sri Lanka.

Dr. Jaray Sadakorn

Chief, Bangkok Herbarium

Botany and Weed Science Division

Department of Agriculture

Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

Thailand.

Dr. T.L Duong

Dy. Director & Head

Department of Plant Biodiversity

University of Can Tho, Truong Dai

hoc, Can Tho, Vietnam.

Dr. H.N Nghia

Director General

Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute

(VASI), Thanh Tri-Hanoi

Vietnam.

Dr. Luu Ngoc Trinh

National PGR Coordinator

Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute

(VASI), Van Dien, Thanh Tri-Hanoi

Vietnam

Dr. T. S Semisi

Assistant Director Research

Ministry of Agriculture, Forests,

Fisheries & Meteorology,

Research Division

Nuu Crop Development Center

Apia, Western Samoa.

Dr. G. S Ilangantileke

Regional Representative

International Potato Center

Regional Office for South & West

Asia, IARI, Pusa Campus

New Delhi, India.

Dr. N.M  Anishetty

Senior Officer, Plant Genetic

Resources Group

Plant Production and Protection Division

Food and Agricuture Organization of

the United Nations

Via delle Terme di Caracalla

00100 Rome, Italy.

Dr. M.S Chomchalow

Regional Plant Production Officer

FAO Regional Office for Asia and

Pacific, Maliwan Mansion,

39 Phra Atit Road

Bangkok 10200, Thailand

Tel: 66-2 2817844; Fax: 66-2-280-0445

Dr. I.I Kermali

Plant Genetic Resources Analyst,

AGPD

FAO/ICPPGR

Room B-750 bis,

Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100

Rome, Italy.

Dr. S. G. Loresto

International Rice Research Institute

PO Box 933, Manila 1099

Philippines.