Journal articles Open Access Farmer preference for selected finger millet (Eleusine coracana) varieties in Rift Valley, Kenya P.K. Kimurto · J. J. Mafurah · N.W. Mungai · H. Ojulong +1 more Lack of awareness and information on the traits of orphan crops such as finger millet is a major constraint to finger millet production. Farmer participatory and varietal selection (FVPS) is an efficient method of achieving productivity th… RUF-39396 2021 CC BY 4.0 9 Sep 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Resistance to blast in interspecific finger millet progenies Violet Akech · M. Biruma · H. Ojulong · P. Okori Blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea (anamorph-Pyricularia grisea (Cooke) Sacc.) is the single most destructive disease of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) causing substantial yield losses to the crop. Infection of the neck and head… RUF-36503 2016 CC BY 4.0 22 Nov 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Nitrogen timing on weed density and diversity in finger millet production in Lake Kyoga basin in Uganda G. Aguttu · D.L. Nabirye · J.S. Tenywa Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) is the second most important of the millets after pearl millet and a major food crop grown in the semi-arid an arid regions of the world. It is a staple food for the resource poor people in East Africa.… RUF-36301 2016 CC BY 4.0 20 Oct 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Characterizing the genetic diversity of finger millet in Uganda Isaac Onziga Dramadri Finger millet [Eleusine corocana (L) Gaertn.] is a staple cereal, widely cultivated in the eastern, northern, northwestern, and southwestern parts of Uganda and in many other semi-arid regions of Eastern and Southern Africa as well as Sout… RUF-35826 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Variability in Phenotypic traits and resistance to blast in interspecific finger millet progenies Violet Akech Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.)Gaertn.ssp. coracana) is an important food, food security and cash crop in eastern and southern Africa where small-scale farmers grow it in low input farming systems. The crop has food security, nutriti… RUF-35803 2015 CC BY 4.0 27 Jan 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Disease of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. gaertn.) in Uganda Ekwamu Adipala During the period 1976-1978 a study of finger millet diseases was undertaken at the university farm Kabanyolo. It was found that the most important diseases were blast, cylindrosporium leaf spot, tar spot, sclerotium wilt and bacterial bli… RUF-35455 1980 CC BY 4.0 28 Sep 2015
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Variation in pathogenicity and cultural characteristics of pyricularia grisea isolates from finger millet Doreen Kabasindi Wandera Blast disease cauased by pyricularia grisea (Cooke) Sacc., is one of the major constraints limiting finger millet production in Uganda. This study characterized six representative isolatesof P. grisea obtained from the major finger millet … RUF-35453 1995 CC BY 4.0 25 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Diversity of Finger Millet for Crop Improvement in Uganda I.O. Dramadri · P. Okori · N. Wanyera Finger millet (Eleusine corocana L), though highly nutritious and indigenous to Uganda, has not been fully exploited due to limited breeding efforts, and little information about the diversity existing within the germplasm collection. This… RUF-31511 2012 CC BY 4.0 5 Oct 2013
