Research

Past Research Activities of the USRI

The Institute was involved in collaborative and individual research activities conducted by Research Associates. Some of the research projects for the period under review are as follows:

1. West Africa Sugar Development Project on Varietal Identification for the Rain Forest Ecologies of Nigeria (CFC/ISO Project)

Funded by the NSDC, Abuja.

Funded by the
NSDC, Abuja.

3. Evaluation of Advanced Sugarcane Progenies for Cane and Sugar Yield (USRI/NCRI Project)

4. Evaluation of Exotic Sugarcane Varieties for Cane and Sugar Yield (NCRP-Sc Project)

Funded by NSDC and coordinated by NCRI/USRI.

Postgraduate Students’ Research

The Institute accommodated and encouraged postgraduate research projects in sugarcane and sugar-related subjects. The Institute normally contribute through the provision of land, planting materials and technical assistance to the students.

Student’s Name:    OSATUYI, Oluwafemi Odunayo

Research Title: Effect of Sugarcane Plant Population in Legume-Sugarcane Intercropping Systems on Growth and Yield of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)

Third ratoon Sugarcane crop intercropped with Cowpea (A) and Soybean (B)

Student’s Name:    GARUBA Isamaila Ayinde

Research Title:     Occurrence, Reaction and Control of Phyto-Parasitic Nematode in Sugarcane Ecology

Soil Sample from Agenebode and Ikenne in IITA Nematology Laboratory

Legume Trials in a previously sugarcane field at USRI

Sugarcane varieties reacting to root knot nematode