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Distribution and characterization of sweet potato alternaria blight isolates in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
In Uganda, sweetpotato virus diseases and Alternaria are the major diseases affecting sweetpotato production. Most of the improved varieties and landraces grown for home and commercial consumption like NASPOT 1 and New ...
A preliminary analysis of diversity among East African sweet potato landraces using morphological and simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers
(International Society for Hoticultural Science, 2006)
East Africa is known to have a wide range of sweet potato landraces and, therefore, is considered to be a secondary center of diversity. In this study, we assessed the diversity among sweet potato landraces from Kenya, ...
Production risk and input use in banana production in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-08)
This study investigated the effect of inputs and banana agronomic management practices on the mean yield and yield variability of bananas in Uganda. In addition, the study estimated returns from different inputs used in ...
Resource use efficiency in potato production in South Western Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2007-01)
Competition in the open market economy leads to exit of the less efficient firms. Hence to stay in business, firms must ensure efficient use of resources through optimal combination of enterprises to maximise profits. In ...
Honey quality as affected by handling, processing and marketing channels in Uganda
(Tropicultura, 2008-04)
The factors that affect honey quality in Uganda were surveyed in 120 beekeeping households. Honey was sampled from supermarkets, hawkers and stall markets along four transects across Kampala, the capital. Honey quality ...
Economic viability of agro-input retail business in Eastern Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2007-01)
With the advent of input market liberalization in Uganda, there has been an increase in private sector investment in agro-input trading. However, the high prices and unavailability of agro-inputs in rural areas continues ...
The distribution, biology and behaviour of major natural enemies of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (homoptera: aleyrodidae) on cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2007-08)
The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) is an important pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) causing substantial yield losses due to transmission of cassava mosaic geminiviruses that cause ...
Honey quality as affected by handling, processing and marketing channels in Uganda
(Tropicultura, 2008-04)
The factors that affect honey quality in Uganda were surveyed in 120 beekeeping households. Honey was sampled from supermarkets, hawkers and stall markets along four transects across Kampala, the capital. Honey quality ...
Competitiveness of crossbred chickens in Eastern Uganda
(2008-12-16)
The poultry population in Uganda is estimared at 23 million, of which 78% are indigenous chickens. However, indigenous chickens have lower productivity, higher feed intake per metabolic body size and lower feed conversion ...
A comparison of the effects of the nematodes Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of an East African highland cooking banana (Musa AAA-group)
(Taylor & Francis, 2003-07)
The effects of Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of the East African highland cooking banana cultivar Mbwazirume (Musa AAA-group) were compared at Mbarara, Uganda, at ...