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Maureen. Katafiire

Studies were conducted in the field, shade house and laboratory to explore different Ralstonia solanacearum management options for southwestern Uganda. The major objectives were to determine the effect of the crops commonly grown in rotati…

RUF-35411 2004 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

Ekwamu Adipala

Virulence patterns, mating types, disease development, and yield losses associated with Exserohilum turcicum from Uganda were investigated. Maize differentials containing Ht1, Ht2, Ht3 or HtN genes were resistant to 215 Ugandan isolates te…

RUF-35409 1992 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

Charles Francis. Emaju

Cowpea is a very important crop in Uganda, particularly among the north and northeastern tribes because of its versatility and economic importance. An increase in production of cowpea demands that reliable information on the marketing of c…

RUF-35408 2000 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

B. Bua

This study was conducted to establish the prevalence and distribution of sweetpotato virus disease and other viruses infecting sweetpotato in Uganda, assess the level of resistance in the most commonly grown sweetpotato landraces in areas …

RUF-35406 2004 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

Martin Ameu

Experiments were carried out in Serere Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute (SAARI) with the aim of establishing the economic injury levels and economic thresholds of aphids and pod borers on cowpea. The experiment to est…

RUF-35403 2004 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

Moses Biruma

Studies aimed at determining the occurence of seed-borne fungi and bacteria of rice in Uganda and effect pf postharvest processing practices on the quality of rice seed were conducted at Makerere University. A total of seventy seed samples…

RUF-35402 2004 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015

Richard Edema

A study of the genetics of virulence was conducted for Maize Streak Virus (MSV), genus Mastrevirus, family Geminiviridae. The genomes of four clones were sequenced and their virulence determined using the susceptible maize hybrid pioneer 3…

RUF-35396 2001 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

A. Wasukira

The aim of this study was to identify infection avenues of the fungus Fusarium Xylarioides and subsequent pathogen development within coffee tissues. Two commercial clonal varieties robusta coffee 1s/3, 257/53, one arabica (SL14) at 4 mont…

RUF-35393 2004 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

F. Ssegujja

Commercial urban farming in Kampala is greatly challenged by inability to access agricultural information and agricultural department's lack of knowledge on farmers' information needs. In addition absence of designated areas for agricultur…

RUF-35392 2011 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

Grace. Abalo

High yielding potato (Solanum tuberosum) genotypes with good levels of resistance to late blight were identified at Kalengyere Research Station in southwestern Uganda. The yield stability of these genotypes, however, remains uncertain. F…

RUF-35391 2001 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

R. Kawuki

Currently, Uganda is experiencing a severe out break of soybean rust (phakopsora pachyrhizi sydow), a disease previously unknown in the country until 1996. As part of national efforts to contain the epidemic, three studies were conducted; …

RUF-35390 2002 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

Milly Nambogga

Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD), the main disease constraint to sweet potato production in the area within the Lake Victoria Crescent (LVC), was first reported in Uganda in 1944 and since then, the disease has been reported to cause cons…

RUF-35387 2004 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

M.K.N. Ochwo-Ssemakula

Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary isolates were recovered from late blight infected leaf samples collected from the districts of Kisoro, Kabale, Mbale and Mbarara in the Eastern and Western highlands of Uganda in 2001. Genetic analysi…

RUF-35382 2002 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

B. Bua

Experiments were carried out at Kabanyolo and Namulonge to (a) determine the level of seed infection and ability of cowpea seeds to transmit Xanthomonas campestris pv vignicola, (b) determine the most suitable techniques for inoculating co…

RUF-35381 1996 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

H. N. Opolot

This study evaluated the effect of integrating synthetic and botanical pesticide sprays in the management of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) field and storage pests. Cypermethrin (Ambush CY 5% EC) and unitary crude concoctions of tobacco (Nicot…

RUF-35379 2004 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

A. Egeru

Livestock herding is an important undertaking in rangeland areas of East Africa. These regions are characterized by climate variability that affects the availability of key livestock production resources especially forage and water. This s…

RUF-35377 2014 CC BY 4.0 22 Sep 2015

Kumbukani Mzengereza

Modern fish culture requires the reduction of the cost of feeds which can partly be achieved by minimal use of dietary animal protein. This study assessed the nutritional potential of locally available plant based feedstuffs from Mpamba EP…

RUF-35376 2015 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Juma William Yabeja

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is one of the general linear models used to nearly unimaginable range of problems in many different disciplines and has been a fundamental method used by plant pathologists and other researchers for analysis of…

RUF-35373 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Abdelfadeel

Climate change and/or variability are expected to affect water availability as well as the techniques of water harvesting. The main objective of this study was to investigate factors affecting adoption of rainwater harvesting techniques in…

RUF-35369 2012 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Verrah Akinyi Otiende

The nature and form of collective action varies. It is contextually specific and may change over time. It arises when individuals jointly tackle constraints, make decisions and achieve outcomes with mutual benefit. Strong and vibrant small…

RUF-35364 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Samuel Murachia Kamau

Multi-locational data on medium duration pigeonpea varieties in Eastern and Southern Africa was analyzed for genotype performance. The objective was to utilize multi-locational data to identify superior genotypes. The study also aimed at r…

RUF-35361 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Gregory Ndwandwa Sikumba

The cost of feed is one of the major constraints to dairy cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. East Africa dairy development project is promoting several feed technologies for dairy cattle in order to reduce costs and increase milk pro…

RUF-35357 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Gabriel Otieno Okello

Dose-response studies in arthropod research usually involve observing and collecting successive information at different times on the same group of organisms (insects) exposed to different concentrations of stimulus such as botanical extra…

RUF-35355 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Esther Nthambi Nthuku

About 70% of child deaths in the community occur at home caused by preventable or easily curable diseases like malaria, diarrhea and malnutrition. The government of Kenya came up with a plan referred to as Community Health Strategy in 2006…

RUF-35354 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Patrick Jeremy Likongwe

Fisheries researchers are faced with the challenging task of studying complex patterns and processes in aquatic resources. Analysis of such patterns is mostly performedundertheassumptionthatecologicalrelationshipsdonotvarywithin management…

RUF-35352 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015