Publications

P. Kibwika · F.B.I. Kyazze · Dorcas Elizabeth Loga

This paper reports on a Field Attachment Program Award (FAPA), an internship undertaken by the first author to report back to the communities where the MSc thesis research was done, and come up with ideas to scale up the Masters’ research …

RUF-32598 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

K Hulela

The purpose of this ethnographic research study was to investigate the factors that contributed to the decline in the number of practical assessed projects in junior secondary education in Botswana. The study was conducted at the Botswana …

RUF-32594 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

A. Egeru · J.G.M. Majaliwa

This field attachment programme aimed at disseminating the MSc. study findings and train women and local artisans in constructing improved cook stoves. The programme thus provided an opportunity to the community to discuss the issues affec…

RUF-32592 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

S. Apolot · P. Okaje · J.A. Olaja

School gardening was practiced in Uganda over 30 years ago. Perceptions about school gardening were however varied, with many people looking it negatively. It is however known to have positive attributes including transferring practical ag…

RUF-32589 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

S. Apolot · P. Kibwika · B.F. Kyazze · Dorcas Elizabeth Loga

School curricula in Africa emphasise competitive academic subjects and prioritize terminal examinations over practical skills. Although it has been argued that schools can serve as platforms for reaching rural communities with farming inno…

RUF-32585 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M.W. Adidja · S. Bashwira · F. Kansiime · J.G.M. Majaliwa +1 more

Provinces of eastern D.R. Congo are going through a period of political instability which has impacted negatively on the way smallholder farmers manage natural resources. This has contributed to increased degradation of Lake Kivu water and…

RUF-32580 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Ghislain · A. Kiggundu · S.B. Mukasa · A. Sefasi +1 more

resistance to weevils through conventional hybridisation has been limited by the lack of resistance sources in the sweetpotato germplasm. The aim of this study was to investigate induction of adventitious shoots which would facilitate gene…

RUF-32574 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Ghislain · W.J. Moar · S.B. Mukasa · B. Odongo +2 more

Sweetpotato is affected by the sweetpotato weevil (Cylas spp.) which caused immense tuber yield loss in many sub-Saharan Africa countries. Management of this pest is still difficult. The International Potato Centre has introduced insectici…

RUF-32568 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

B.E. Owor · D.M. Shepherd · J.A. Thompson

Through an extensive survey conducted in all maize-growing regions in Uganda as well as the application of gene silencing to develop a novel disease control option for maize streak disease, the diversity of Maize streak virus (MSV) in diff…

RUF-32561 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Malinga · M. Okao · C.A. Okia

A study to evaluate the effects of rooting substrate and planting techniques on the rooting of Vitellaria paradoxa stem cuttings is being conducted at Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Lira district-Northern Uga…

RUF-32557 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Malinga · D. Obua · C.A. Okia · J.B.L. Okullo

This preliminary study is being carried out in Adwari Sub County, Otuke District (Northern Uganda). The aim of the study is to adapt an appropriate grafting technique for propagating Vitellaria paradoxa in Uganda. Two grafting techniques (…

RUF-32552 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

S. Gudu · A. Nyambok · P. Okori

The acid soils of Western Kenya where most of the sorghum is grown have very low available phosphorus, and thus cannot support optimal sorghum productivity. In addition, foliar anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum L.) also reduces sorgh…

RUF-32546 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

S. Kyamanywa · M. Mgonja · P.W. Muturi · P. Rubaihayo +1 more

Sorghum is a useful cereal crop cultivated by numerous resource poor farmers in semi arid regions. The crop is indigenous thus well adapted to various environments in Kenya. Sorghum performs better than other cereal staples particularly ma…

RUF-32542 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

S.N. Mugo · S.W. Munyiri · J.K. Mwololo · P. Okori +1 more

This study examined the mechanisms of stem borer resistance in CIMMYT tropical inbred maize. Kenya is a producer of maize, but cannot satisfy its domestic needs. The maize stalk borers are among the production constraints that are responsi…

RUF-32536 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

R. Edema · P. Gibson · J. Lamo · E. Munganyinka

Rice Yellow Mottle Virus sobemovirus (RYMV) has been noticed as major constraint of both upland and lowland rice. It is highly infectious, variable and several resistance-breaking strains have been identified. The effective control was mai…

RUF-32530 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

A.W. Kihurani · E.G. Mamati · N.N. Mumo · F.K.R. Wanzala

The objective of this study was to optimise media conditions in order to develop an efficient plantlet regeneration system of papaya planting materials. Twelve combinations of different levels of BAP (0.1, 0.3, 0.5 & 0.7mg/L) and NAA (…

RUF-32525 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

C. Mukankusi · J. Obala

The study is aiming at developing a superior breeding parent for Fusarium root rot resistance through pyramiding non-allelic resistance genes from five different parents. The rationale is to accumulate and fix resistance quantitative trait…

RUF-32520 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

R. Edema · P. Gibson · F. Mukamuhirwa · C. Mukankusi +1 more

The study was conducted at National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) at Kawanda in order to identify potential sources of high iron and zinc content, Such varieties would contribute to improved health of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) …

RUF-32517 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

A. Ahanchede · W. Bonou · Y.D. Moukoumbi · M. Sie +2 more

Weed competition is a major constraint in rice production systems in Africa. This study was conducted at the Africa Rice Experimental Station in Benin in the dry and rainy seasons to screen rice varieties for weed competitiveness. The expe…

RUF-32511 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

P. Gibson · C. Magorokosho · X. Mhike · P. Okori

Drought tolerance is a complex trait, hence genetic improvement of this trait in maize requires indirect selection methods based on highly heritable traits that correlate strongly with grain yield. This study aimed at determining the modes…

RUF-32504 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Abdelbagi Ali · D. Kiambi · Beshir Mayada M. · P. Okori

Sorghum cultivars grown in East and Central Africa are susceptiple to various foliar diseases, of which turcicum leaf blight, caused by Exerohlium turcicum, causes severe damage. The best way to control foliar diseases is by breeding resis…

RUF-32499 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014

M. Abdelbagi Ali · Beshir Mayada M. · P. Okori

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is frequently devastated by Turcicum leaf blight, caused by Exserohilum turcicum, leading to considerable grain and fodder yield losses. However, the mechanism of inheritance of resistance to E. turcic…

RUF-32494 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014

M. Maphosa · H. Talwana · P. Tukamuhabwa

The threat posed by soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) on soybean production is worsened by resistance breakdown associated with single gene resistance present in most cultivars. Few studies have, however, been undertaken to use mapped s…

RUF-32490 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014

M. Maphosa · H. Talwana · P. Tukamuhabwa

Combining ability for soybean rust resistance was estimated from a half diallel cross of eight soybean lines using disease severity and sporulation rates as indices for resistance. A consistent contribution of additive gene action was obse…

RUF-32486 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014

R. Edema · J. Lamo · R.K. Lussewa

Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is a destructive disease prevalent in most rice growing countries. It is a serious problem under all managements, but especially in irrigated and high fertilizer …

RUF-32482 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014