School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS) Collections: Recent submissions
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Soil moisture stress and nitrogen supply affect the growth characteristics and yield of upland rice cultivars
(ScienceDomain International, 2017)Aims: To assess the effect of soil moisture stress and nitrogen fertilizer application on the growth characteristics and yield of upland rice cultivars. Study Design: Completely randomized design in a factorial ... -
Making ICTs relevant to rural farmers in Uganda: A Case of Kamuli District
(Revista Brasileira de Planejamento E Desenvolvimento, 2016-09)ICTs stands for information and Communication Technologies, it has been broadly defined by the Uganda Communication Commission as technologies that provide an enabling environment for physical infrastructure and services ... -
Tracing Uganda’s global primary organic pineapple value chain
(African Crop Science Society, 2016)The organic sector is one of the fastest growing sectors globally. The sector provides an opportunity for developing countries to export high value products in the global market. One such opportunity for Uganda is the ... -
Dis-adoption of household biogas technologies in Central Uganda
(Elsevier, 2017)The study analyses dis-adoption of biogas technologies in Central Uganda. Biogas technology makes use of livestock waste, crop material and food waste to produce a flammable gas that can be used for cooking and lighting. Use ... -
Factors enhancing household nutrition outcomes in potato value chain in South-Western Uganda
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2017)In Uganda, agricultural commercialization has been promoted to reduce poverty and improve household food security. South-western Uganda, the major producer of potato, has been considered the food basket of the country but ... -
Households’ responsiveness to government ban on polythene carrier bags in Uganda
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2015)Polythene carrier bags have become common in Uganda largely due to their desirable properties that are considered convenient by consumers. They have, however, turned out to be a big nuisance and threatening the environment ... -
Sanitation, hygiene and bacterial contamination of highway-market vended meats in Uganda: Case study of Najembe and Lukaya markets
(Makerere University, 2015-05)Sanitation and hygiene of food vending markets has influence on contamination of food with food-borne hazards which affects food safety leading to out-break of food-borne illnesses. This study aimed to assess the sanitation ... -
Economic potential and willingness to pay for a flexible balloon digester among smallholder farmers: A case study of Tiribogo in Mpigi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-07)The use of advanced forms of energy, such as electricity, biogas has improved quality of life for people around the world. Biogas produced from biogas digesters has been promoted in Uganda through use of fixed dome and ... -
Effect agronomic practices on growth and yield of yam bean in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
(Makerere University, 2015-07)The yam bean (Pachyrhizus ssp) has three closely related species with different agro ecological origins that include, Amazonian yam bean (P.tuberosus), Mexican yam bean (P.erosus) and the Andean yam bean (P.ahipa) It is ... -
The effect of nitrogen and phosphorous application and spatial arrangement of maize intercrop on occurrence of common bacterial blight disease in beans
(Makerere University, 2015-02)Many factors affect crop production and hence the agronomical practices of farmers. Such factors are low soil fertility, disease, pests, and limited resources/land among others. Pests and diseases such as common bacterial ... -
Ecology and nutraceutical value of edible indigenous mushrooms. A case study of Kyebe Subcounty in Rakai District, Uganda
(Makerere University., 2007-02-06)The present study was conducted in two parishes of Kyebe Sub County in Rakai District located in the Lake Victoria Basin, Southwest of Uganda and West of Lake Victoria. The objectives of the study were: 1) to document the ... -
Gender based constraints and opportunities influencing farmer participation in coffee IPM groups in Bugisu sub region, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-01)Studies in various countries have found that gender influences participation in farmer group activities with men and women experiencing varied opportunities and constraints. However, the situation in Uganda was likely to ... -
Successful application of FTA® Classic Card technology and use of bacteriophage 29 DNA polymerase for large-scale field sampling and cloning of complete maize streak virus genomes
(Elsevier, 2007)Leaf samples from 155 maize streak virus (MSV)-infected maize plants were collected from 155 farmers’ fields in 23 districts in Uganda in May/June 2005 by leaf-pressing infected samples onto FTA® Classic Cards. Viral DNA ... -
Transmission of viral RNA and DNA to maize kernels by vascular puncture inoculation
(Elsevier Science, 2001)Vascular puncture inoculation (VPI) is an effective technique for transmission of maize viruses without using arthropods or other biological vectors. It involves using a jeweler’s engraving tool to push minuten pins through ... -
Inheritance of root dry matter content in sweet potato.
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Influence of host plant resistance and disease pressure on spread of cassava brown streak disease in Uganda.
(SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2015)Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is a major constraint to cassava production in Uganda. The disease is caused by two ipomovirus species: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV), ... -
Genetic analysis of resistance to rice bacterial blight in Uganda
(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 ... -
Inheritance of resistance to kernel infection by Aspergillusflavus and aflatoxin accumulation in groundnut
(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 ... -
Response of local cassava varieties in Uganda to cassava mosaic virus disease
(SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2012)Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) resistant varieties have been used to manage CMD in Uganda. In spite the availability of a number of CMD resistant cultivars, several local landraces are continually grown in Uganda because ...