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Potential environmental and human health risk effects of pesticide application in agriculture: a case of smallholder tomato farmers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-10-27)
The objective of the study was to assess the environmental and human health risks associated with pesticide application to control for diseases and pests in tomato production. The specific objectives include: (1) to ...
Farmer learning behaviour : a case of the student-to-farmer university outreach of Gulu University in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12-20)
Globally, a dominant discourse on policy reforms for the higher education sector has called for universities to prioritize community outreach services. However, concerns exist in student outreach formats that they might ...
Field-based polymerase chain reaction detection of key sweetpotato viruses
(Makerere University, 2021-11-25)
Globally, Sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and Sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) occur frequently and in combination cause sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD). In SPVD infections, plants ...
Fertilizer micro dosing and timing of weeding for improved agronomic efficiency in finger millet production in eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-08)
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) is a major food crop mostly for the semi-arid tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, finger millet is rated third after maize and sorghum in order of production, among smallholder ...
Study of sources and inheritance of resistance to African rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzivora) in lowland rice in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The African Rice Gall Midge (AfRGM), Orseolia oryzivora is one of the major insect pests in Africa including Uganda. Yield losses of up to 100% are attributed to the AfRGM in different rice growing regions especially in ...
Strategies for improving screening and management of Black Sigatoka disease of banana
(Makerere University, 2021-02-04)
Control methods for Black Sigatoka including cultural, chemical and resistance are ineffective, and screening procedures have limitations. Thus, there is need for alternative control methods and screening procedure. The ...
The genetics of farmer preferred sorghum traits in south western highlands of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a staple food and commercial crop for over 95% of the households in the highlands of southwestern Uganda. However, the farmer based selection traits for sorghum in the zone have not ...
Socio-cultural factors influencing farmer use of tissue culture banana seed in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Banana, a major food and income security crop in Uganda is severely threatened by the Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) disease. Use of disease-free planting material such as tissue culture (TC) banana is a key intervention ...
Inheritance of tolerance to seedling submergence in rice genotypes in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Normal growth of rice seedlings is affected when subjected to a prolonged period of
submergence. The effects of submergence vary among different rice genotypes. This problem
is more pronounced when fields are not well ...
Inheritance of resistance to sclerotium root rot (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Sclerotium root rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is one of the major soil-borne diseases of common bean in Uganda and many other countries. The disease is very aggressive causing pre-emergence damping off. It affects ...