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    • Combining ability of maize inbred lines for performance under low nitrogen and drought stresses 

      Nyombayire, A.; Edema, R.; Asea, G.; Gibson, P. (African Crop Science Society, 2011)
      Drought and infertile soils are increasingly the most important stresses affecting maize (Zea mays L.) and causing substantial yield losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Varieties with improved water use efficiency and/or N would ...
    • Genetic analysis of resistance to rice bacterial blight in Uganda 

      Habarurema, I.; Asea, G.; Lamo, J.; Gibson, P.; Edema, R.; Séré, Y.; Onasanya, R.O. (African Crop Science Society, 2012)
      Rice bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae) is a major constraint to rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in Uganda and as part of strategies to develop resistant cultivars, it is important to evaluate resistance of ...
    • Improvement of resistance to fusarium root rot through gene pyramiding in common bean 

      Obala, J.; Rubaihayo, P.R.; Gibson, P.; Edema, R.; Mukankusi, C. (African Crop Science Society, 2012)
      Fusarium root rot (FRR), caused by Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli, is one of the most serious root rot diseases of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) throughout the world. Yield losses of up to 84% have been attributed ...
    • Inheritance of resistance to kernel infection by Aspergillusflavus and aflatoxin accumulation in groundnut 

      Ozimati, A.A.; Rubaihayo, P.R.; Gibson, P.; Edema, R.; Kayondo, I.S.; Ntare, B.R.; Okello, D.K. (International Scholars Journals, 2014)
      Aflatoxin contamination in groundnut is one of the major barriers in international groundnut trade. Aflatoxin may cause human cancer, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. The objectives of the study were to determine: (i) the ...
    • Inheritance of root dry matter content in sweet potato. 

      Shumbusha, D.; Tusiime, G.; Edema, R.; Gibson, P.; Adipala, E.; Mwanga, R.O.M. (African Crop Science Society, 2014)
      There has been much emphasis on breeding for increased sweet potato storage root yield, but less on dry matter yield, and its inheritance. High dry matter content (DMC) is associated with consumer preferences, and ...
    • Reaction of rice cultivars to a virulent rice yellow mottle virus strain in Uganda 

      Mogga, M.L.; Lamo, J.; Asea, G.; Gibson, P.; Edema, R. (African Crop Science Society, 2012)
      Rice (Oryza spp.) has long been an important food staple for many traditional rice growing communities. Key developments in efforts to improve rice production such as the development of NERICA varieties have been widely ...
    • Relationship between causal pathogens for maize ear rots and grain yield in tropical maize in Uganda 

      Alunga, J.C.; Tusiime, G.; Asea, G.; Gibson, P.; Kwemoi, D.B. (RUFORUM, 2016-08)
      Maize ear rots caused by Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium graminearum and Stenocarpella maydis reduce the quality of maize through production of mycotoxins and carcinogenic compounds that are harmful to both humans and animals ...
    • Response to cold stress at reproductive stage of introduced and adapted rice genotypes in Uganda 

      Nyiramugisha, J.; Lamo, J.; Oloka, B.M.; Ongom, P.; Gibson, P.; Edema, R. (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, 2016-10)
      Exposure of rice (Oryza sativa) to cold stress has significant negative impacts on its development and yield. Prospects of increasing production by growing rice in highland areas of Uganda have not been fruitful due to ...
    • Sources and inheritance of resistance to Sesame Webworm in Uganda 

      Matina, G.D.; Anyanga, W.; Karungi, J.T.; Biruma, M.; Edema, R.; Gibson, P.; Rubaihayo, P. (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, 2016)
      Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important income security crop among smallholder farmers in Eastern and Northern Uganda. However, Sesame webworm (Antigastra catalaunalis Dup) causes high yield loses in Uganda. A few ...