Beauveria bassiana, which is effective against a variety of insect pests, is the most researched and commercialised fungal biopesticide. Laboratory and screenhouse studies have revealed great potential of this entomopathogenic fungus for use against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, in ba...
Akello, J.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Hillnhűtter, C.
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[Beauveria bassiana as an artificial endophyte in tissuecultured banana (Musa spp.) plants: a novel way to combat the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus]
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Beauveria bassiana as an artificial endophyte in tissuecultured banana (Musa spp.) plants: a novel way to combat the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus
Over recent years, pest and disease epidemics have affected the reliability of the main food crops in Uganda. Attempts to improve crop diversity therefore, and reduce reliance on the key staple crops, have included the promotion of yam (Dioscorea spp.) through the introduction of improved cultiva...
Coyne, D.L.
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Kajumba, C.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Expanding guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Uganda: results of a short survey in Luweero district]
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Expanding guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Uganda: results of a short survey in Luweero district
Radopholus similisis a major pest of East African highland cooking bananas (Musaspp.) in Uganda. Non-pathogenic Fusariumoxysporumendophytes, isolated from bananas in farmers’ fields, have shown potential to reduceR. Similis numbers in tissue culture banana. The mechanism through which endophyte...
Paparu, P.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Viljoen, A.
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[Defenserelated gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis]
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Defenserelated gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis
Kahangi, E.
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Turoop, L.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Wainwright, H.
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Mongi, H.O.
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[Bio-enhanced seeds and seedlings for East Africa]
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Bio-enhanced seeds and seedlings for East Africa
Using two commercially available arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) products, one based on
Funneliformis mosseae and the other on Glomus dussii, an experiment was conducted to assess their
effect on yam growth and ability to suppress nematode damage in pots. Four yam cultivars (cvs) were
used: t...
Tchabi, A.
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Hountondji, F.C.C.
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Ogunsola, B.
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Lawouin, L.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Wiemken, A.
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Oehl, F.
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[Effect of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on development of micro-propagated yam plantlets and suppression of Scutellonema bradys (Tylenchideae)]
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Effect of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on development of micro-propagated yam plantlets and suppression of Scutellonema bradys (Tylenchideae)
Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, an entomopathogenic fungus, can exist asymptomatically as an endophyte in banana (Musa spp.) and potentially provide management against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar). However, in order to optimize its biological control potential when dep...
Akello, J.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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[The effects of Beauveria bassiana dose and exposure duration on colonization and growth of tissue cultured banana (Musa sp.) plants]
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The effects of Beauveria bassiana dose and exposure duration on colonization and growth of tissue cultured banana (Musa sp.) plants
Plant-parasitic nematodes cause serious damage on banana in Africa. Affected plants are less able to access nutrients and water, leading to yield losses, particularly under nutrient- and water-stressed conditions. Heavily affected plants often topple, with consequent total loss of bunches, while ...
Coyne, D.L.
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[Preempting plantparasitic nematode losses on banana in Africa: which species do we target?]
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Preempting plantparasitic nematode losses on banana in Africa: which species do we target?
The Cerrado is the largest savanna biome in the Neotropics and considered a major hotspot for world biodiversity. However, over recent decades the area has increasingly been converted to intensive agricultural ecosystems, primarily for soybean production. Conservation tillage systems have gained ...
Pontes, J.S.
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Oehl, F.
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Pereira, C.D.
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Machado, C.T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Silva, D.K. da
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Maia, L.C.
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[Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Brazilian's Cerrado and in soybean under conservation and conventional tillage]
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Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Brazilian's Cerrado and in soybean under conservation and conventional tillage
Two major biotic constraints to highland cooking
banana (Musa spp., genome group AAA-EA) production in
Uganda are the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus and
the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Endophytic
Fusarium oxysporum strains inoculated into tissue culture
banana plantlets have shown...
Paparu, P.
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Dubois, T.
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Gold, C.S.
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Niere, B.
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Adipala, E.
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Screenhouse and field persistence of nonpathogenic endophytic Fusarium oxysporum in Musa tissue culture plants]
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Screenhouse and field persistence of nonpathogenic endophytic Fusarium oxysporum in Musa tissue culture plants