Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Sorghum"
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Characterisation of sorghum germplasm and sorghum anthracnose epidemics in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-05)Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum sublineolum is considered one of the most important diseases of sorghum. The disease can cause up to 50% yield loss as it attacks all aerial parts of the plant. The pathogen is highly ... -
Development of a production process for sorghum based ice-cream cones
(Makerere University, 2014)In the development of the production process for sorghum ice-cream cones, wheat was completely substituted with whole white sorghum flour. Eight white sorghum varieties available in Uganda were evaluated for their suitability ... -
Development of molecular based tools for resistance breeding of sorghum to colletotrichum sublineolum
(Makerere University, 2013-10)Sorghum is a major staple food accounting for over 65 % of the carbohydrate requirements and 30% of the daily calorie intake for over 300 million people in developing economies of Africa and Asia. Sorghum production world ... -
Development of molecular markers for introgression of resistance to turcicum leaf blight in Sorghum
(2011-04)Sorghum {Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench (2n=2x=20)}, a C4 grass that diverged from maize about 15 million years ago, is the fifth major cereal crop in the world after wheat, rice, maize and barley. It has relatively small ... -
Development of noodles from new Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) varieties flour
(Makerere University, 2023-11-10)Sorghum is one of the common staple foods in Africa. Minimal value addition has been done to sorghum despite it being considered a health food due to its nutritional composition. This study aimed to utilize sorghum in ... -
Evaluation of Ugandan sorghum accessions for cytoplasm male sterility status and combining ability for hybrid development.
(2014)In sorghum, a predominantly self-pollinated crop, hybrid seed production relies exclusively on the cytoplasmic-genetic male sterility system. The system of hybrid development requires sorghum breeding programs to develop ... -
Genetic characterisation of Ugandan strains of Colletotrichum sublineolum using ISSR makers.
(National Agricultural Research Organisation, 2013)Colletotrichum sublineolum, the causal agent of sorghum anthracnose, presents high variability, genetic instability and host specialisation, hence rapidly breaking down resistance. In Uganda, no population studies of ... -
Genetic progress of yield and its components of Uganda sorghum varieties through breeding
(Makerere University, 2022-06)Genetic progress and diversity of released sorghum varieties over the last 50 years in Uganda have not been assessed. This has led to limited information on the diversity, rate of genetic progress for grain yield and its ... -
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 ... -
Optimization of saccharification for Obushera production using commercial enzymes
(Makerere University, 2014)Application of starter cultures in Obushera production has had some draw backs because of low residual sugars resulting into less sweet but sour tasting product that is not so appealing to consumers. This necessitated the ... -
Phenotypic Diversity of Sorghum on farmers' fields in Northern and Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-10)Sorghum is a marginal environment crop with needs for constant breeding to respond to the changes in the fragile agricultural production environment. Therefore understanding and utilizing the genetic variation in sorghum ... -
Resistance to the African and spotted stem borers in sorghum in Kenya.
(Makerere University, 2013-11)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, L. Moench) is a key cereal crop to over 500 million people in semi arid tropics. Sorghum production in subsistence farming is low and ranges between 0.5– 0.8 t/ha compared to potential yields of ... -
Studies of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) resistance to downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) disease in Uganda
(2019-10)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) is a multi-purpose crop ranked fifth as the World’s major cereal after Maize, Wheat, Rice and Barley in terms of worldwide production and acreage. In Uganda, it is the third most ...