Browsing by Author "Muyinza, Harriet"
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Components of resistance to sweetpotato weevils Cylas Puncticollis (Boheman) and Cylas brunneus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Apionidae) in Ugandan sweetpotato germplasm
Muyinza, Harriet (Makerere University, 2010-10)Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Family Convulvulaceae, is an important staple food, feed and raw material for both industrial and non-industrial products. Production in Africa is estimated at over 13.4 million ... -
Resistance to the weevils Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus conferred by sweetpotato root surface compounds
Anyanga, M. Otema; Muyinza, Harriet; Talwana, Herbert; Hall, David R.; Farman, Dudley I.; Ssemakula, Gorrettie N.; Mwanga, Robert O. M.; Stevenson, Philip C. (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013-08-01)Seven resistant varieties of sweetpotato were compared with three susceptible varieties in field trials and laboratory bioassays and showed that resistance was an active process rather than an escape mechanism, as field ...